The store provided a stopping point in a remote portion of U.S. Route 50 and served as a focal point in the small town of Hazen.

[2] The property comprises the main store, a garage, and a bunkhouse formerly used by the Southern Pacific Railroad.

The central portion of the structure dates to about 1904, operating at a different location as a saloon called Shorty's Bar until it was relocated in 1944.

[2] The Hazen Store was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 28, 2002, as an illustration of a commercial property on the Reno Highway.

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