Rinckel Mansion - Carson City, NV
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saopaulo1
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The Rinckel Mansion is located close to downtown Carson City. The house now is home to Nevadan press organizations, including the Carson City bureau of the Las Vegas Sun.
Waymark Code: WMBEA6
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 05/11/2011
Views: 7
From a Nevada Historical Marker at the site:"Completed in 1876, this palatial residence represents one of the finest and best preserved examples of High Victorian Italianate architecture remaining in the American West.
Charles H. Jones, a French-schooled designer, constructed the residence for Mathias Rinckel using European craftsmen. The mansion is constructed of pressed brick resting upon a sandstone ashlar foundation. The sandstone originated from the Nevada State Prison Quarry. The brick came from Carson Valley and knot-free lumber was obtained from the pine forests of Lake Tahoe.
Rinckel, a German immigrant and pioneer Carson City merchant, accumulated a degree of wealth in the gold fields of the Feather River district of California from 1849 to 1859. He increased his fortune in mining at Virginia City during that city's infancy. In 1863, Rinckel settled in Carson City, where he engaged in livestock and butchering. As a successful merchant, he supplied the mining and timber districts surrounding Eagle Valley with meat."
Street address:
102 N Curry
Carson City, NV USA
County / Borough / Parish: Carson City
Year listed: 1975
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1875-1899
Historic function: Domestic
Current function: Vancant/Not in Use
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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