When John F. Miller was building a hotel in Las Vegas, a local paper reported he was sparing no expense.

The rooms were large, well-lit and ventilated, and electric lights and a telephone system were being installed.

All told, the hotel would be a “credit to Las Vegas and as comfortable a hostelry as can be found anywhere,” the Las Vegas Age declared in 1906.

Nearly 120 years later, after a history of name changes, expansions and other new features, the former Hotel Nevada still stands — a stunning feat in Las Vegas, where numerous hotels, primarily on the Strip, were imploded over the years to clear space for bigger and flashier casino-resorts.

And as a recent real estate deal shows, the historic downtown hotel long known as the Golden Gate was still linked to the original developer,

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