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NPS Fo m 10*004 OMB AWWaf No.1024-0018 (&N) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 7 the segmental arch with elaborate label molds with keystones was used on the second story of buildings. The Gilpin Hotel (B35-6) in Black Hawk, built in 1870, was the first distinctive structure there incorporating the segmental arch and label mold. Most 1870s buildings in Central City and Black Hawk have a combination of round arched entries and windows on the first story, with segmental arches on the second story. Corbeled entablatures are more elaborate than the pre-fire period, and many buildings have wide iron entablatures. These and other elements often imitate the Italianate style. Secondary entablatures cap most of the full storefronts, which also have large plate glass windows with kickplates and decorative iron columns. Almost all of the commercial structures in Black Hawk and Central City were built prior to the decade of the 1880s, many in the late 1870s. There are several smaller buildings in Central City, however, built in the late 1880s and early 1890s. Most of the extant historic buildings in Nevadaville date from this period. Nevadaville was practically deserted after the depression of 1893 but then experienced a revival in the late 1890s. II. Contributing Social, Educational. Religious. and Government Buildings As with regard to commercial buildings, Black Hawk has the largest existing number of social and government buildings constructed in the 1860s. In all three towns, fraternal lodge meeting halls, town halls, and post offices usually were combined in the same building with commercial enterprises, and the architectural style of buildings designed for these public functions was similar in style, material, and shared location to other buildings in the commercial district. Washington Hall (C5-3) , the primary public building of the embryonic community of Central City, is striking in its vernacular simplicity. Begun as a log structure in 1861, the wood siding was added in 1864. The Gregory Miner's Court and then the first Territorial District Court convened there. It housed the county offices and jails, and various religious congregations used its courtroom as a meeting hall until they built their own edifices. Today it is used as City Hall and the Gilpin County Art Association Gallery. Though City Hall (N-18) in Nevadaville has an estimated date of construction of 1870, its simple vernacular style and wood frame construction indicates it could have been built earlier. Other public buildings and lodge halls of the 1860s usually are brick and/or stone and are generally vernacular with Italianate elements, including tall rectangular windows with high circular arches and bracketed entablatures. Churches and schools have a more