Discussion Highlights:
Harrison House:
It was a boarding house on F Street in the Historic Westside that was built in the 40s. It is now on the National Register of Historic Places because it is the last of the homes that were used by Black entertainers and visitors to Las Vegas who could not stay at hotels on the Strip and downtown.
“People like Sammy Davis Jr., Nat King Cole, Pearl Bailey, and other names that we would recognize today as renowned entertainers of the 40s, 50s and 60s. That’s where they stayed because they could not stay at the Dunes, the Flamingo, the Sands, the Desert Inn.”