McKissick Hotel

University of Nevada, Reno: Special Collections

The McKissick Hotel on the northeast corner of Sierra Street and Plaza Street in Reno. A streetcar passes by heading south. To the right are the Colonial Hotel Español, the Union Hotel, and the Olinghouse. In the foreground is the Southern Pacific mainline through Reno.

Date Uploaded: November 7, 2025

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Source: UNR Libraries' Digital Collections

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Source Caption: Photograph of the McKissick Hotel on the northeast corner of Sierra Street and Plaza Street in Reno, Nevada with a southbound streetcar in the foreground on Sierra Street; The McKissick Hotel was built in 1887 as the McKissick Opera House and was once the the cultural center of Reno, as well as its tallest building; after the death in 1900 of Jacob McKissick, the rancher and successful businessman from Suisun, California who built the opera house, the building was remodeled into a hotel with an elevator and a rooftop beer garden by his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Howard B. McKissick and opened as the Hotel Reno in 1908; postcard

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