Fourth Ward School
Historic district in Nevada, United States in Virginia City, Nevada. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Virginia City Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing the former mining villages of Virginia City and Gold Hill, both in Storey County, as well as Dayton and Silver City, both to the south in adjacent Lyon County, Nevada, United States. Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961, the district is one of only six in the state of Nevada.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | Virginia City and its environs, Virginia City, NV |
| County | Storey County |
| Listed | Oct 15, 1966 |
| Reference number | 66000458 |
| Type of place | historic district |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 382 buildings |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Virginia City and its environs, Virginia City, NV |
| Coordinates | 39.30314, -119.65226 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Yosemite National Park · 101 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Mount Rose (Nv) 13 mi · Boca Spring 24 mi · Boca Rest Campground 25 mi |
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Reference
Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000458. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.