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Historic Sites in Storey County
 
 
Near the Chollar Mine in Virginia City, Nevada
Near the Chollar Mine in Virginia City
27 February 2008
 
At 264 square miles, Storey County has the smallest area of any Nevada county. However, when it was created in 1861, booming Virginia City made it the most populous county in Nevada. The name honors Captain Edward Farris Storey, killed in the Pyramid Lake Indian War of 1860 and buried in Virginia City.
 
How to locate an historic site in Storey County:
 
Historic Sites in Storey County, Nevada
Sequenced By City and Address
Name Year Address City Authority Number
Derby Diversion DamI-80 East of ClarksClarksNational1978001727
Marlette Lake Water SystemMarlette Flume Trail (Trailhead at Marlette Reservoir)Lake Tahoe Nevada State ParkNational1992001162
Piper-Beebe House18762 South A StreetVirginia CityNational1993000684
Great Fire of 1875187543 South A StreetVirginia CityNevada228
Piper's Opera House18851 North B StreetVirginia CityNational1997000217
Piper's Opera House18851 North B StreetVirginia CityNevada236
Comstock Lode1864351 North C StreetVirginia CityNevada13
Mark Twain186423 South C StreetVirginia CityNevada28
Savage Mansion 1861146 D StreetVirginia CityNevada87
Mackay Mansion1860129 South D Street at Flowery StreetVirginia CityNevada132
Chollar Mansion565 South D Street At State Route 341Virginia CityNational1993000689
Silver Terrace Cemeteries Northern Terminus of E StreetVirginia CityNational1997000215
Chollar Mine1859F Street at Entrance to Chollar MineVirginia CityNevada209
Parish House109 South F StreetVirginia CityNational1993000688
McCarthy House50 North I StreetVirginia CityNational1995001231
King-McBride Mansion187066 South Howard StreetVirginia CityNational1998001086
Prescott House186412 Page StreetVirginia CityNational1993000687
Virginia City Historic DistrictVirginia City and EnvironsVirginia CityNational1966000458
 
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