International Hotel (Virginia City)

International Hotel
International Hotel in 1890
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General information
StatusDestroyed
TypeHotel
Town or cityVirginia City, Nevada
CountryUnited States
Coordinates39°18′40″N 119°38′59″W / 39.310985°N 119.649803°W / 39.310985; -119.649803
Construction startedMay 1876
OpenedMarch 31, 1877
DestroyedDecember 12, 1914
Cost$600,000
Height109 feet (33 m)
Technical details
Floor count6
Other information
Number of rooms160

The International Hotel was a hotel located in Virginia City, Nevada. The hotel initially opened as a wooden one-story building in 1860. Two years later, a three-story brick addition was added to the hotel. The wooden portion was dismantled in 1863, and was used to construct a new International Hotel in Austin, Nevada, where it remained operational as of 2014. A four-story brick addition took the place of the wooden building.

The International Hotel burned down in the "Great Fire of 1875". A new International Hotel began construction the following year, and opened with 160 rooms on March 31, 1877. At six stories, the hotel was the tallest building in Nevada until a fire destroyed it in December 1914. The site of the former hotel became a parking lot.