#15. The Jack Johnson House, 2008 North Gonzales Street; Built ca. 1870

This imposing two-story adobe house has gained local notoriety because it served as Jack Johnson's training camp for his World Heavyweight Boxing Title defense on July 4, 1912 against Jim Flynn. In the open area in front and alongside the house, bleachers were built for capacity crowds to watch his daily workouts. Johnson stopped Flynn by TKO, providing Las Vegas its greatest claim to sports fame. Proceed north to Bernalillo Street, turn left, go up the hill to Hot summers Boulevard, turn left; one block (towards the Plaza) at the corner of Santa Fe Street and Hot summers Boulevard is:

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