Then and now: Stateline club site becomes county facility

Tahoe Village in Stateline in 1950. Photo/ Pomona Public Library Frasher Collection

The original Tahoe Village (1946-51) was on Highway 50 near Kingsbury Grade in Nevada, although an Internet search today may refer to a different development.

Casino De Paris Photo/Special Collections Department UNR

Douglas County buildings today. Photo/Bill Kingman

Notice the sign’s vertical notation Open All Year. This was in the early 1950s era when most Lake Tahoe resorts and casinos closed after Labor Day until the next Memorial Day.

Later, this location became the Casino De Paris (1952-54) and lastly Oliver’s Club until 1963. Oliver Kahle (rhymes with mail) eventually saw that property become today’s Douglas County Administrative Center shortly before his death in the late 1980s.

Today, his name adorns Kahle Drive, Kahle Park, Oliver Park GID, and the Kahle Community Center.

— Bill Kingman