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970: 64: 89: 50: 1005: 981: 306:. On 278th page of his remembrances, Stewart reports, “prevented the conversion of the Mint into a public building and secured mandatory legislation with an appropriation for the construction of the present Government Building at the capital.” Afterwards, from Carson City, some citizens were nominated as a panel for picking a perfect place for the building. A prolonged search took the panel to a site at the 96: 71: 337:. This building stopped serving as the Post Office in 1971, the Post Office shifted to a new establishment 2 blocks to the north-east. Scarcely any change has been done to the building since 1972. The building looks almost the same as it looked a hundred years ago. 859: 1085: 954: 890: 874: 864: 949: 895: 1080: 536: 916: 818: 849: 783: 748: 823: 728: 688: 513: 272: 788: 778: 773: 753: 298:
proceeded with a bill allocating $ 100,000 to construct a public building in the city of Carson, Nevada on January 5, 1885. The responsible senators for this allocation are
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Bell, a Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, was the initial architect, while work was completed under Supervising Architect successors
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of Carson City. It was roughly 106 feet high from the street level. The washrooms of the building were customized in 1908. Also the first
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of Carson City was installed in this building in 1935. The 1955 upgrade of the building included the removal of the
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which was available at $ 30,000. After around three years, the work of construction began.
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Federal Judicial Center Historic Federal Courthouses page for Carson City, Nevada
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Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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built in Nevada (the earliest federal building in Nevada is the
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National Register of Historic Places in Carson City, Nevada
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United States District Court for the District of Nevada
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built from 1888 to 1891. It was designed by architect
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Carson City Post Office is located in Nevada
Carson City Post Office is located in the United States
Carson City, Nevada
39°10′0″N 119°45′57″W / 39.16667°N 119.76583°W / 39.16667; -119.76583
M.E. Bell
Romanesque
Richardsonian Romanesque
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Carson City, Nevada
Mifflin E. Bell
National Register of Historic Places
federal building
Carson City Mint
Richardsonian Romanesque
courthouse
United States District Court for the District of Nevada
Paul Laxalt
Nevada Commission on Tourism
Will Frost
James Windrum
United States Senate
William Morris Stewart
James W. Nye
city of Reno
United States District Court
clock tower
elevator
chimney

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