Oldest Building in Lusk

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, June 8, 2016

1. Oldest Building in Lusk Marker

Inscription. Front from oldest building in Lusk owned by Ellis Johnson. Originally at townsite of Silvercliff 1886. Log part of this building is from Rawhide Butte Stage Station.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Notable Buildings • Roads & Vehicles.

Location. This marker has been replaced by another marker nearby. It was located near 42° 45.701′ N, 104° 27.184′ W. Marker was in Lusk, Wyoming, in Niobrara County. It could be reached from South Main Street near West 4th Street. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 322 South Main Street, Lusk WY 82225, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in Wyoming’s Laramie Basin. It was also in the American Mountain West,

on the Great Plains,

and specifically on the High Plains.

Globally, it was in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: The Iron Clad Store (here, next to this marker); Wyoming National Guard Armory (within shouting distance of this marker); The Lusk House (within shouting distance of this marker); Niobrara County Courthouse (approx. 0.2 miles away); Redwood Water Tank (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named Redwood Water Tank (approx. half a mile away); The C & H Refinery (approx. 0.6 miles away); Breaks in the Prairie (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lusk.

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marker. The building is at the back of the Stagecoach Museum in Lusk.

Oldest Building in Lusk and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, June 8, 2016

2. Oldest Building in Lusk and Marker

Cheyenne-Black Hills Stage Route (Rawhide Buttes Station) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, June 8, 2016

3. Cheyenne-Black Hills Stage Route (Rawhide Buttes Station)

The National Register of Historic Places
Wyoming Place No. 15

Not on of in the building

Credits. This page was last revised on August 7, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 30, 2016, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 980 times since then and 26 times this year. Last updated on August 2, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 30, 2016, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.