311 W. Third St., Carson City (Independent City), Nevada. County/parish: Carson City.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 09, 1979. NRIS 79003438.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Sears–Ferris House, at 311 W Third Street in Carson City, Nevada, is a historic house built in 1863. It was owned from 1868 to 1890 by George Washington Gale Ferris Sr., father of George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., future inventor of the Ferris wheel. It has also been known as the G. W. G. Ferris House.
Originally built in about 1863 by Gregory A. Sears, a pioneer Carson City businessman, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places for Carson City in 1979.
It includes Colonial Revival and Georgian Revival architecture. This house is square in size and its measure is roughly sixty by sixty feet. It is currently under private ownership and not open to the public.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63816318