Deadwood Berg Jewelry

Our building was the site of the first commercial building in Deadwood, constructed in 1876 by Isaac Brown and Craven Lee. The lot was later acquired by John Nye, an early Deadwood pioneer, who had several buildings on Main St. Deadwood, SD. Our Current Building was constructed in 1880. The corner stone was laid at 5:00 p.m. July 17th of that year, the first corner stone ceremony held in Deadwood. The storefront was occupied by a dry goods store. The second floor served as Deadwood first real opera house with a saloon conveniently located in the basement. The opening show was the comedy, "Our Boys." The building also housed an early bowling ally and Charles Karcher's shoe store. Gus Keller's meat market was here for many years. The pink store front was the result of a 1940's remodeling for Deadwood's Sederstrom's Restaurant. The second story served as a one of the first Deadwood photographer' studio after the opera house closed. A large window was cut into the second story wall to improve light in the studio in 1883. Although since filled in, the location of the window can still be seen along Gold Street.