Francis G. Newlands House
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| Senator Francis G. Newlands House | |
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| (U.S. National Historic Landmark) | |
| Location: | Reno, Nevada |
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| Built/Founded: | 1890 |
| Architect: | unknown |
| Architectural style(s): | Shingle style |
| Added to NRHP: | October 15, 1966 |
| Reference #: | 66000459 [1] |
| Governing body: | Private |
The Francis G. Newlands House, in Reno, Nevada, United States, is the former mansion of United States Senator Francis G. Newlands. It is one of only six National Historic Landmarks in the state of Nevada.
The house was built from 1889 to 1890, with the front wing and arbor added sometime before 1908. The Shingle style mansion contains numerous Queen Anne attributes, including a random horizontal plan with wings, bays and porches, and the steep gable roof. Newlands' mansion was the first residence built along the bluff overlooking the Truckee River, and the area grew into a fashionable neighborhood known as Newlands Heights.
After Newlands' death in 1917, George Thatcher, a prominent local attorney, purchased the home in 1920. Thatcher was a well-known and successful divorce lawyer, who occasionally let his prominent clients reside in the home. This was the case when F.W. Woolworth Company heiress Barbara Hutton came to Reno for a divorce in 1935.
The house is currently a private residence and is not open to the public.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2006-03-15).
[edit] References
- Senator Francis G. Newlands House. Three Historic Nevada Cities. National Parks Service. Retrieved on March 22, 2007.
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