Historical Markers of Storey County
Location: Virginia City Directions: Located on D Street, 1/4 mile south of Virginia City School
N39° 18' 19.2" W119° 39' 03.7"
Date Conquered: 7/7/07 Quick Description: A marker dedicating one of many stately homes built during the Comstock Era. Signed: No -- Historically, this marker was never signed. Full Description: Exact description as reads ... This elegant mansion, 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 superindendents. Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States and "General of the Armies," spoke to the townspeople from the second floor balcony on October 27, 1879, after a town parade in his honor. ** Private Residence. Not open to the public **
Full Description: Exact description as reads ... This elegant mansion, 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 superindendents. Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States and "General of the Armies," spoke to the townspeople from the second floor balcony on October 27, 1879, after a town parade in his honor. ** Private Residence. Not open to the public **
This elegant mansion, 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 superindendents. Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States and "General of the Armies," spoke to the townspeople from the second floor balcony on October 27, 1879, after a town parade in his honor. ** Private Residence. Not open to the public **
Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States and "General of the Armies," spoke to the townspeople from the second floor balcony on October 27, 1879, after a town parade in his honor. ** Private Residence. Not open to the public **
** Private Residence. Not open to the public **
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