For nearly the first eighty years of the building’s existence it was street level. So what happened? A major change came in 1922 when Highway 36 was constructed it would enter Susanville on South Pine Street. Prior to this highway one left town via North Pine Street.

In 1965/66 the California Division of Highways  did a 8.3 mile highway realignment from Susanville to Willard Creek. The curve near the Elks Lodge saw a drastic change. The retaining wall was removed thus lowering that segment of Pine Street below the Elks Lodge. to what is today. One of the other dramatic change was a new bridge span over the Susan River at Devil’s Corral.

On a trivial note, when Lake Lahontan covered the Honey Lake Valley, the property of the Elks Lodge would have been lake front.

Tim