Long-time Keno City resident, merchant marine seaman and entrepreneur, Geordie Dobson, moved this house here from Calumet, a nearby abandoned mining camp. It is reportedly one of the oldest buildings still surviving from the early days of Keno, possibly originating from the Duncan Creek rush of 1901.

Dobson was a seaman when he heard about a silver mine in the North and answered the call for “forty men for the Yukon”. He arrived in Keno in 1952 and purchased the Keno City Hotel. Believing there was insulation value in the glass, Dobson began encasing the house in empty, non-refundable, “stubby” beer bottles. He started the project in 1966 and finished the job four years–and 32,000 beer bottles–later. The house is very warm, probably helped by 60 centimetres (two feet) of mortar. In 1992, Dobson received an Exemplary Service Medal in recognition of his 25 years as a volunteer firefighter.

This property is one of the larger lots in Keno City and has numerous outbuildings throughout. It is a private residence, and visitors are asked to obtain permission before entering the property.