Western Building

The building custom-built to house “Reno’s Newest Modern Offices" appeared on South Virginia in 1951.

Southside Fire Station (site)

The 1917 fire station was designed to blend in with what was once a residential neighborhood.

Longhorn Motel

A popular South Virginia Street motel opened in 1954.

Miguel's Mexican Food

Chef Miguel Ribera opened his namesake restaurant in 1959.

Reno Elks Home (site)

Destroyed by fire in 1957, Elks Club Lodge No. 597 stood on the Reno riverfront for more than 50 years.

Q.S. Wong, Chinese Herb Specialist

A health practitioner who overcame decades of racial prejudice

Caughlin Ranch House

An enduring link to one of Reno's most prosperous pioneering ranch families

Hudson-Essex/Fix-It Shop

A charming 1927 auto showroom on West Street opened by the director of Reno's Municipal Band

777 Motel

Built in 1964 when Virginia Street was still the north-south highway through the city.

Historic Huffaker Schoolhouse

The one-room schoolhouse built in 1867 was moved to Bartley Ranch Regional Park in 1992.

Chinatown (site)

Reno's Chinese community experienced decades of racism, displacement, and violence.

St. Albans Hotel (site)

Demolished in 2020, the hotel had anchored the SE corner of Virginia and Fourth Streets since 1908.

E.C. Lyons Building

Built for the Odd Fellows in 1908, the five-story building lost its two top floors in a 1945 fire.

Grimmon House (site)

Frank M. and Ada F. Lee House

Santa Fe Hotel

The second Santa Fe Hotel opened in 1949 with Basque-style family dining, a barber shop, and 22 rooms.

Reno City Hall (former)

Built in 1965, Reno's second City Hall building now houses the Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum.

Piazzo Building

Santino Piazzo and his family ran their market on the ground floor and the St. Francis Hotel above.

Silas E. Ross Hall

A new modern home for UNR's School of Business in 1957

Sewell's Market

One of Reno's first modern, full-service supermarkets opened by the Sewell family in 1942.

Fleeter Turner's Stone House

Mt. Hope Baptist Church

Black Springs Volunteer Fire House

Constructed by the community in 1970, the station gave residents the power to protect their homes.

Willie Stevens House (site)

First Baptist Church of Black Springs

Black Springs Community Center

Moved to Black Springs in 1970, the renovated house became an important community hub.

Westbrook House

Lobster House

Chatman House

Carthen House

Black Springs in the 1960s

A decade of challenges and successes