{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Friday's Station | nrhp_type = | image = Friday's Station, 1896.JPG | caption = | location = US 50 between Kingsbury Grade and Loop Rd., Stateline, Nevada | coordinates = {{coord|38|57|56.4|N|119|56|8.95|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Nevada#USA | built = 1860 | added = October 9, 1986 | area = {{convert|7.6|acre}} | refnum = 86003259<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }} '''Friday's Station''', on US 50 between Kingsbury Grade and Loop Road in Stateline, Nevada, was originally a two-story log-frame building prior to the addition of white lumber siding. It served as a Pony Express station and inn in 1860. In 1986, it was known as '''Park Cattle Company Residence''' and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The two-story log-frame white building is visible from U.S. Route 50 near the California-Nevada border at Stateline, Nevada.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Friday's Station |url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1JBW_Fridays_Station |publisher=Waymarking.com|accessdate=2010-11-16}}</ref>
When built, it was also a Union Army military post of the District of California.
During the 1870s through the 1880s it operated as a resort under the name "Buttermilk Bonanza Ranch."<ref name="nrhpdoc" /> The listing included two contributing buildings: the second was a blacksmith shop and stable added to the rear of the inn.<ref name=nris/><ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=86003259}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Friday's Station / Park Cattle Company Residence |author= |date= |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NRHP url|id=86003259|title=accompanying three photos|photos=y}}</ref>
The nearest locale was called Smalls by 1891,<ref name="USGS Markleeville 1891">{{cite map |author = United States Geological Survey |author-link = United States Geological Survey |year = 1891 |title = Markleeville Sheet |url = https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/img4/ht_icons/Browse/CA/CA_Markleeville_299437_1891_125000.jpg |format = JPEG |type = Topographic map |series = |scale = 1:125,000 |location = Reston, VA |publisher = United States Geological Survey |access-date= July 17, 2018}}</ref> but had changed its name to Tahoe Village by 1955.<ref name="USGS Bijou 1955">{{cite map |author = United States Geological Survey |author-link = United States Geological Survey |year = 1957 |title = Bijou, Calif.-Nev. |url = https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/img4/ht_icons/Browse/CA/CA_Bijou_288430_1955_24000.jpg |format = JPEG |type = Topographic map |series = 7.5 Minute Series |scale = 1:24,000 |location = Reston, VA |publisher = United States Geological Survey |access-date= July 17, 2018}}</ref>
The interior of the building has undergone several remodels throughout its history, but the original floor plan included space for both a restaurant and a saloon on the lower floor.<ref name="nrhpdoc" /> The upper floor has remained largely unchanged since its construction, except that it now features bathrooms which were not part of the original structure.<ref name="nrhpdoc" /> It is the only Pony Express station in the state of Nevada to survive in a largely intact form.<ref name="nrhpdoc" />
It is designated as California Historical Landmark #728.<ref name=CHL>{{cite ohp|728|Friday's Station|2012-10-07}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category-inline|Friday's Station}} *[http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt8v19q4kq/?order=1 Photo from circa 1860-70 of Friday's Station, Valley of Lake Tahoe.], Society of California Pioneers Lawrence & Houseworth Photography Albums, 1860–1870 California Views collection, via California Digital Library's Calisphere
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