A recreation hall, called Corkhill Hall, was built at the northeast end of the complex. The buildings designed by architect Alexander Hamilton McCulloch became the center of town. in 1923 the Pacific Coast Borax Company constructed a U-shaped complex of Spanish Colonial style adobe buildings to house the company offices, store, dormitory, a twenty-three room hotel, dining room, lobby, and employees' headquarters.

Located at the terminus of the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad, it soon had a population of 350 people, which was a good size for a remote desert town. Originally named Amargosa, the town started in 1907 as a result of borax mining in the area. These are unusual commercial stats for any town. The stats for the town are stark: gas stations-0, auto repair shops-0, bars-0, convenience stores-0, hotel-1, opera house-1, Cafes (associated with Hotel and open on weekends only)-1. Death Valley Junction California would be a ghost town if it wasn’t for the sparkling white Spanish Colonial style hotel and adjoining opera house at its center.

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