Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort Historic Park
The Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort Historic Park preserves the city's oldest building — a remnant of the 1855 adobe fort where Las Vegas began — with exhibits on the area's earliest settlers. A quiet, significant Downtown history stop.
Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort Historic Park: Review, Tickets & What to Expect
Long before the neon, Las Vegas began here. The Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort Historic Park preserves the oldest standing structure in the city: a surviving section of the adobe fort built by Mormon missionaries in 1855 beside the life-giving springs that made settlement possible.
Exhibits and a reconstructed stockade tell the story of those first settlers and the transformation of this desert outpost into a modern metropolis. It's a small, quick stop, but a meaningful one, and an easy pairing with nearby Downtown attractions. Check current admission online.
Insider tipIt's a small, quick stop but a genuinely significant one — this is where Las Vegas began — and it's an easy add-on to other Downtown sights like the Natural History Museum next door.Check Tickets & Prices →
Location
500 E. Washington Ave.
