Bowers Mansion

Bowers Mansion
Bowers Mansion, 1940
LocationWashoe City, Nevada
Coordinates39°17′04″N 119°50′29″W / 39.284518°N 119.841438°W / 39.284518; -119.841438
Built1863
ArchitectJ. Neely Johnson
Architectural styleGeorgian, Italianate
NRHP reference No.76001143 [1]
 No.166
Added to NRHPJanuary 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.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 15, 2006.