This elegant mansion built in 1861, designed in a French Second Empire style, served as a residence for the superintendent, as well as a mine office for the Savage Mining Company. The first floor served as the mine office while the upper two stories provided a residence for many successful superintendents. Inscription. Claimed on July […]
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Chinatown
On both sides of of Union Street, between E Street and G Street, there was a Chinese community of almost 2,000 people. They came to Nevada during the mining days and did much of the hard work that helped establish the State. This honors the Chinese pioneers who played a major role in Nevadaโs early […]
Old 62 Bar
Address 62 So. C Street, this building had two commercial spaces. Moses Wertheimer a German Jewish immigrant owner of a San Francisco cigar factory was in the south half of the building in 1868. It operated until the mid 1890โs. North half was a saloon from 1864 to early 1900โs. In 1930โs C. Pucinelli merged […]