Forest City
GPS *** N39' 29.375 W120' 51.197 *** elev. 4468'
     
FOREST CITY DANCE HALL
BUILT BY WEST AND KNOWLES FOLLOWING THE FIRE OF
1883. THIS THEN THREE-STORY STRUCTURE HOUSED THE
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, A LARGE RUBBER-SPRUNG DANCE FLOOR,
BARBER SHOP, SALOON AND BILLIARD HALL. IN THE LATE
1930S, THE TOP FLOORS WERE CRUSHED BY SNOW AND THE
DANCE FLOOR RELOCATED TO THE BOTTOM STORY. THE HAND-
GRAINED WAINSCOTING, BAR AND FIXTURES REFLECT THE
ORIGINAL 1880S DECOR. THE BARBER SHOP WITH ITS ORIGI-
NAL FURNISHINGS WAS IN THE ROOM NOW OCCUPIED BY
THE MUSEUM. IN 1992 THE FOREST CITY HISTORICAL ASSO-
CIATION ASSUMED STEWARDSHIP AND HAS DEDICATED IT TO
PUBLIC USE
CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM
DEDICATED JULY 13, 1996
BY THE MAJOR WILLIAM DOWNIE CHAPTER #1849 E CLAMPUS VITUS
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