Graves Mansion

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The Graves Mansion at 190 South B Street in Virginia City. This house was built in the 1860s, being finished in 1868. Robert N. Graves was the superintendent of the Empire Mine. In later years it became known as "The Castle", and was open to public tours. Other houses on B Street are also seen next door.

Date Uploaded: January 11, 2009

Permanent Link: http://wnhpc.com/details/chs20424

Source: USC Digital Archive

Source URL: https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m19100

Source Caption: Photograph of a view of "D" Street in Virginia City, Nevada, ca.1930. Bushes sit on a rock wall that separates the old houses from the street. On the left a wood-paneled house stands with what appears to be a chimney on the back of the shingled roof. The view of the front and side of the house is obstructed by the skeletal trees that line the yard. Towards center on the right side of the house a staircase leads from the front porch through a brick wall and down to the dusty street where a small structure that appears to be a doghouse sits. Similar, lightly-colored houses line the street further down while a mountainside stands in the background. "The former homes of the aristocrats on 'D' Street, have now fallen into decay. And so has the street".

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