Veterans of Foreign Wars Building

301 Burris Ln., Reno, Nevada. County/parish: Washoe.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 10, 2008. NRIS 08000511.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Veterans of Foreign Wars Building

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Building in Reno, Nevada, located at 255 VFW Historic Ln, is a historic building that was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2008. The building was a combined work of VFW Post 207 (founded 1926) and VFW Post 9211 (founded 1944), and includes a "semi-subterranean hall" in Reno's Tighe Park. The 2012 national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars was held in Reno, and U.S. president Barack Obama gave a speech.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63816818