Lakeview House

The Lakeview House is a historic house overlooking Washoe Lake in Carson City, Nevada, that was built in 1873. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

Lakeview House
2012 photo
LocationU.S. 395 south of E. Lake Blvd., Carson City, Nevada
Coordinates39°12′29″N 119°48′13″W
Area3.1 acres (1.3 ha)
Built1873
Built byVirginia City & Gold Hill Water Co.
NRHP reference No.78003211[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 5, 1978

This home is on U.S. Route 395 south of E. Lake Blvd. It was deemed significant for association with "early-day recreation, transportation, lumbering, and water-supply enterprises."[2]:3 It was built on the site of an inn that had burned in 1871. It was the headquarters of John B. Overton, supervisor of the Virginia City & Gold Hill Water Company, which built a water pipe through the area. The area was the end of a nine-mile-long (14 km) lumber flume that brought timber used in Comstock Lode mines and was loaded there onto the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. The house is near the underground large pipe that runs down from Marlette Lake through the same pipe up to Virginia City. This water pipe was an engineering marvel for its day, using only the water pressure flow from Marlette Lake. The water pressure alone forced the water back up to Virginia City. This water pipe from Marlette Lake continues to provide Virginia City fresh water. The house was later home of several succeeding supervisors and watermasters.[2] The house is about four miles (6.4 km) northwest of downtown Carson City.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Phillip I. Earl (May 5, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lakeview House". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos from 1975


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