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July 4, 1961 [2] Virginia City Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing the former mining villages of Virginia City and Gold Hill, both in Storey County, as well as Dayton and Silver City, both to the south in adjacent Lyon County, Nevada, United States. Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961, the district ...
The Territorial Enterprise, founded by William Jernegan and Alfred James on 18 December 1858, was a newspaper published in Virginia City, Nevada. Published for its first two years in Genoa in what was then Utah Territory, new owners Jonathan Williams and J. B. Woolard moved the paper to Carson City, the capital of the territory, in 1859. [1 ...
Mark Twain's editor's desk preserved at the Mark Twain Territorial Enterprise Museum, Virginia City, NV. Having stumped for Abraham Lincoln 's presidential bid in 1860, Orion Clemens was appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory in March 1861. Although the position carried a significant salary, it did not include any funds to relocate to Nevada.
93000688 [1] Added to NRHP. August 5, 1993. The Parish House, at 109 S. F St. in Virginia City, Nevada, is a well-preserved historic Italianate -style house that was built in 1876. It is included in the Virginia City Historic District. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
The Fourth Ward School is an historic 4-story mansard-roofed former public school building located at 537 South "C" Street in Virginia City, Nevada.Designed in 1876 by architect C. M. Bennett in the Second Empire style of architecture, it originally held over 1000 students in grades 1 though 9 divided into three departments: primary (grades 1 though 4); second grammar (grades 5 though 7) and ...
Virginia City, Nevada. / 39.31028°N 119.64944°W / 39.31028; -119.64944. Virginia City is a census-designated place (CDP) that is the county seat of Storey County, Nevada, and the largest community in the county. [4] The city is a part of the Reno – Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Virginia City Historic District ( ID66000458 [1]) The Knights of Pythias Building, also known as the Knights of Pythias Hall is an historic Knights of Pythias lodge hall located in Virginia City, Nevada, United States. It was built of cast iron and stuccoed brick in 1876 by Nevada Lodge No. 1 of the Knights of Pythias, which had been formed on ...
Carpenter Gothic. Part of. Virginia City Historic District ( ID66000458 [1]) St. Paul's Episcopal Church is a historic Carpenter Gothic -style Episcopal church building located at F and Taylor Streets in Virginia City, Nevada, United States. It was built in 1876 to replace an earlier church that had burned down in 1875. [2]