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Talking Houses of Carson City, Nevada
A walk through some of the famous houses houses

  • Talking Houses 1 - Nevada State Capitol and the State Library and Archives
    Our tour of Carson City's famous homes continues as Hannah Keziah Clapp describes the State Capitol. In 1875 she won the contract to provide the iron fencing surrounding the Capitol yard.
  • Talking Houses 2 - Former U.S. Post Office and Kitzmeyer Furniture Factory
    In 1872, George Kitzmeyer built his furniture factory, which added coffin and mortuary services a few years later. The federal building just to the north of his factory went through many changes and is now the home of the Nevada Commission on Tourism.
  • Talking Houses 3 - Nevada State Museum / U.S. Mint
    Judge Clark Guild, sometimes called the father of the Nevada State Museum, describes its origins in the state Mint and the silver "CC" coins of Carson City.
  • Talking Houses 4 - Governor's Mansion
    June Dickerson was the only child ever born in the Nevada Governor's Mansion. She tells its story - after the first 11 governors built their own homes or rented, the Mansion was built in the Southern Colonial Style in 1909.
  • Talking Houses 5 - Ormsby County Courthouse, Former Nevada Supreme Court and Heroes' Memorial Building
    From 1919 to 1926, Frederick J. DeLongchamps served as Nevada's State Architect, and designed over 550 buildings. He talks about three of his most famous, Ormsby County Courthouse, Former Nevada Supreme Court and Heroes' Memorial Building, all in his signature hybrid style of Beaux Arts and Neoclassical.
  • Talking Houses 6 - St. Teresa's Catholic church and the Stewart-Nye House
    Born in France, Jacob Klein came to Nevada at age 19 and co-founded the Carson Brewing Company. He helped establish the first Catholic church in Carson City, across the street from his brewery.
  • Talking Houses 7 - Curry House and Chartz House
    A respected water and mining attorney, Alfred Chartz bought the house that still bears his name in 1894 for the princely sum of $3500. He describes his home as well as that of Abraham Curry, unique in its use of locally-quarried sandstone.
  • Talking Houses 8 - Orion Clemens House
    Sam Clemens, aka Mark Twain, tells us about his elder brother Orion and the fine house he built in 1863. Some in town called it "the Governor's Mansion", though the real Governor's Mansion wouldn't be built until 1909.
  • Talking Houses 9 - Yerington Home
    In 1869, Henry Marvin Yerington drove the first spike into the first rail of the famous Virginia & Truckee Railway. He bought his beautiful home for its Solarium, which reminded him of a railroad observation car.
  • Talking Houses 10 - Bender-Pozzi House and Bliss Mansion
    Welcome to the first stop on our tour of Carson City's famous homes. In this episode, Elizabeth Tobey Bliss describes her husband Dwayne and their home, the Bliss Mansion, built in 1879.
  • Talking Houses 11 - Krebs-Peterson House
    J.B. Books, reading as John Wayne, describes the Krebs-Peterson house at 500 N. Mountain St. where many scenes from The Shootist were filmed. Dr. Krebs developed an influenza treatment with local plants.
  • Talking Houses 12 - Dat So La Lee and Cohn Homes
    Famed basketmaker Dat So La Lee (Louisa Keyser) lived nextdoor to Abe and Amy Cohn. The Cohns sponsored Louisa's creations - now considered priceless by the Smithsonian.
  • Talking Houses 13 - Carson Brewing Company
    Arnold Millard raises a toast to Carson Brewing, Nevada's longest-operating brewery, the same business he closed down 88 years after it first opened. Its steam beer was brewed to satisfy the silver miners, and was so popular that a new 2-story structure was added in 1875.
  • Talking Houses 14 - Rinckel Mansion and E.D. Sweeney Building
    Rinckel Mansion was built by the fortune of Mathias Rinckel, a forward-looking meat magnate who struck it rich supplying Gold Rushers and Lake Tahoe lumbermen. He describes his solid brick home, modeled after the homes of Europe.
  • Talking Houses 15 - J.D. Roberts House
    Hattie Hale Roberts and her husband Thurman bequeathed their home to Carson City. The Roberts house is a rare example of Gothic Revival style in Nevada. Built in 1859, in Washoe City, it was moved to Carson City on Virginia and Truckee railroad cars.
  • Talking Houses 16 - St. Charles-Muller's Hotel
    Infamous stagecoach driver Hank Monk tells us of his famous passengers, and the Carson City hotel which was his perennial first stop. Among the first hotels in Carson City, the Muller hotel served the working class, and later merged with the St. Charles in 1902.