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View of the rear of the old house at Ivanpah, Mojave National Preserve

7524-ivanpah.jpg Today, the valuable historic house at Ivanpah is an attractive nuisance, too close to paved roads travelled by bums and thugsThumbnailsOne of the outbuildings at the Ivanpah house is clad with plywood from a sign that once advertised a "ranch resort"Today, the valuable historic house at Ivanpah is an attractive nuisance, too close to paved roads travelled by bums and thugsThumbnailsOne of the outbuildings at the Ivanpah house is clad with plywood from a sign that once advertised a "ranch resort"Today, the valuable historic house at Ivanpah is an attractive nuisance, too close to paved roads travelled by bums and thugsThumbnailsOne of the outbuildings at the Ivanpah house is clad with plywood from a sign that once advertised a "ranch resort"Today, the valuable historic house at Ivanpah is an attractive nuisance, too close to paved roads travelled by bums and thugsThumbnailsOne of the outbuildings at the Ivanpah house is clad with plywood from a sign that once advertised a "ranch resort"Today, the valuable historic house at Ivanpah is an attractive nuisance, too close to paved roads travelled by bums and thugsThumbnailsOne of the outbuildings at the Ivanpah house is clad with plywood from a sign that once advertised a "ranch resort"

The back corner of the house looks like a later add-on that isn't aging so well. On the other hand, the fireplace and chimney appear to have been built to last.