Historical Markers of Carson City
Location: Downtown Carson City Directions: Located at 102 N. Curry Street
N 39° 09.845 W 119° 46.079
Date Conquered: 6/18/07 Nearest Intersection: Spear St. Quick Description: A marker noting a stately mansion built during the Comstock Era. Signed: No -- This marker has never been signed. Full Description: Exact description as reads ... 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. An unassuming mansion directly behind Cactus Jack's Casino. * State Residence. Not open to the public. *
Full Description: Exact description as reads ... 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. An unassuming mansion directly behind Cactus Jack's Casino. * State Residence. Not open to the public. *
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. An unassuming mansion directly behind Cactus Jack's Casino. * State Residence. Not open to the public. *
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. An unassuming mansion directly behind Cactus Jack's Casino. * State Residence. Not open to the public. *
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. An unassuming mansion directly behind Cactus Jack's Casino. * State Residence. Not open to the public. *
* State Residence. Not open to the public. *
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