Whitehouse Saloon

Historical marker location:

168 Butte Avenue, Randsburg, California

( Marker is on Butte Avenue, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1995

Dickinson's Saloon. 1895 Centennial 1995.

The Hollywood sign, which originally read "Hollywoodland," was built in 1923 as an advertisement for a real estate development. The sign was intended to be temporary, but it became a beloved symbol of the film industry and was eventually made permanent.