Bowers Mansion | |
Nevada Historical Marker No. 166
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Location | Washoe City, Nevada |
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Coordinates | 39°17′04″N 119°50′29″W / 39.284518°N 119.841438°W |
Built | 1863 |
Architect | J. Neely Johnson |
Architectural style | Georgian, Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 76001143 [1] |
No. | 166 |
Added to NRHP | January 31, 1976 |
The Bowers Mansion is a mansion located between Reno and Carson City, Nevada. It was built in 1863 by Lemuel "Sandy" Bowers and his wife, Eilley Orrum Bowers, and is a prime example of the homes built in Nevada by the new millionaires of the Comstock Lode mining boom.