The oldest extant bottle house was constructed over 50,000 beer bottles in 1907, due to the lack of lumber available in the deserts of Nevada.
"In the old spirit town of Rhyolite, Nevada, a saloon owner built a house out of bottles because lumber was insufficient at the time. Apparently he used some 50,000 beer, whiskey, soda and medicine bottles to build the formation which still stands today. The house took almost six months to complete."
"The bottle house was refurbished and re-roofed by Paramount Pictures in 1925 for a movie locations. Afterwards it was prearranged to the Beatty Improvement Association for maintenance as a historical site."
Subsequently to the bottle house is a "garden" of sculptures made of busted glass with miniature houses, bottle ropes, and whole bunch more glass junk, ... treasures."
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