Chollar Mansion

565 S. D St., Virginia City, Nevada. County/parish: Storey.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 05, 1993. NRIS 93000689.

Also known as:

  • See Also:Virginia City Historic District

From Wikipedia:

Chollar Mansion

The Chollar Mansion is located at 565 S. D Street, in Virginia City, western Nevada. It is a historic Victorian Italianate style house, that was built between 1862 and 1864.

The residence was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1993. It was deemed significant for its association with William "Billy" Chollar, a miner whose Chollar Mine, later merged with Potosi Mine to form the Chollar-Potosi Mine, tapped part of the Comstock Lode, and yielded enormous amounts of silver ore. It is also significant for its fine Italianate architecture.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63816691