International Hotel, 1866

Tags: comstock , cstreet , internationalhotel , virginiacity

Date of photo: 1866

Photographer: Lawrence and Houseworth

Source : Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

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Description

This is the second International Hotel in Virginia City, at the corner of C Street and Union. It was built in two sections, the three story building in the front first in 1862, then the four stories in the rear a year later. The whole thing burned in the Great Fire of October 26, 1875.

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Date Uploaded: January 4, 2008

Permanent Link: http://wnhpc.com/details/loc3a21362u

Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Source URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a21362

Source Caption: The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view.

Gems of California scenery, no. 711.

LOT subdivision subject: Virginia City, Nevada.

This record contains unverified data from old caption card, with subsequent revisions.

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