LDS Moapa Stake Office Building, also known as the Virmoa Maternity Hospital, is listed on the

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in Overton,

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. It was built between 1917 and 1919 to serve the community of

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as a local office, classroom and records repository for the

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. In 1939, the local stake decided to relocate their offices to

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as travel between the communities became easier. The building then sat vacant. In 1940, the Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital leased the building and converted it into a hospital which opened on January 9, 1941 as the Virmoa Maternity Hospital. The name "Virmoa" is a contraction of Virgin and Moapa. The hospital then was changed into an emergency room in the 1960s. In 1970, the emergency room closed and the

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purchased the building for use as a

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and

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. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places for its association with the development of Moapa Valley as a religious and later a medical site.

References

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