Gridley Store

The Gridley Store is located at 247 Water Street in Austin, Lander County, Nevada. Austin is situated at an elevation of approximately 6,600 feet above sea level in Pony Canyon near the northern end of the Toiyabe Range and near the geographic center of the state. The town lies in the watershed of the Reese River, a tributary of the Humboldt River, and it is served by US Highway 50. The 1863 store is located in an area historically known as Upper Austin, above and east of most of the presently built-up section of town. The south-facing one-story building is constructed of granite and has a wood-shingled front-gable roof and two large front entries. A wooden framework on the interior extends above the roof to form what was apparently a support for a bell. The plain interior dates largely to a ca. 1985 rehabilitation.