14. The Fire of 1879

Disaster strikes Deadwood more than once.

Built and rebuilt after many fires and floods, Deadwood’s commercial center rose again and again from ashes and mud.
Like its mythical namesake, the Phoenix Black, in the middle of the next block up Main Street, was the first brick building erected after the devastating Deadwood Fire of 1879.

Continue east on Lee Street across Highway 14A to site sign No. 15 on the southeast corner.