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vol. 20 no. 2 Spr i n g 2017

Ordinary Heroes by F. K. Tyron

Editor’s Note: In 1875, the State of determined individuals who passed hospitalized for quick consumption. Nevada granted a patent of 40 acres on through this world without recognition— The Saunders Funeral Records listed the north side of Reno for use as a cem- they made Reno and the world a much his cause of death as cholera and listed etery, to be known as Hillside Cemetery. better place. They came from all walks his burial location as Grave 2 on the It was a privately-owned cemetery—not of life and found a way to work together North End of lot 229, plot 58, section necessarily the best plan for perpetual by understanding similarities and 33. The Nevada State Journal stated, “He care and maintenance. Saunders, the embracing their differences. The follow- was buried by his colored friends. He owner, sold plots but maintained owner- ing people are just a few of the amazing was about 33 years and well known to ship of the area between the plots— everyday individuals who helped build many of our citizens.” He was one of the a complicated ownership struc- many average, hard-working ture. As you’ll read below, this individuals who offered valuable historic cemetery is the final services to the citizens of the resting place for Reno’s pio- young community. neer families, among them city founders, Civil War veterans, Hank Rhodes a Paiute chief and ordinary heroes. Cemetery owner Sierra On March 2, 1879 fire raged Memorial Gardens plans to dis- through Reno. Many volun- inter the remains of hundreds teer firefighters jumped into of Reno’s earliest residents from action trying to save as many the south half of the burial structures as they could. One ground and relocate them into of these brave men was Hank a mass grave memorial on the Rhodes. Hank was one of the north end of the cemetery, then fire foremen, and he stood sell the Hillside property for his ground until the heat and development. Legislation in the Hillside Cemetery looking southeast towards Reno. The Gould smoke caused him to temporar- form of Bill AB 203 to protect monument is a prominent obelisk in the historic cemetery. ily lose his eyesight. The Reno historic cemeteries like Hillside Courtesy Nevada Historical Society. Evening Gazette reported on is currently moving through the March 4, 1879, “He was burned legislative process. Reno. They were kind, compassionate and banged up considerable. One eye and dedicated to building a life for their hat is a hero? I am sure we was closed for repairs.” families, friends and neighbors. can agree that a hero is a Born Samuel Henry Rhodes in 1839 in Wperson who is admired or ide- Robert Graham Lowell, Massachusetts, Hank traveled alized for courage, outstanding achieve- to the West Coast via the Horn in 1854 ments or noble qualities. Our world is Robert Graham, an African American gentleman, was “blacking boots” at at the age of 15. He lived in Montana, full of heroes; we just have to open our Utah and California before traveling eyes to the humanity around us. Hillside the barber shop of Nick Hammersmith of Reno in the late 1870s. He passed to Crystal Peak where he took a job as Cemetery is the final resting place of bookkeeper for Manning and Duck. He what I call “ordinary heroes.” Strong, away on the August 7, 1877 after being Continued on page 2 1 historicreno.org FootPrints Vol. 20 No. 2, Spring 2017 Ordinary Heroes (continued)

Continued from page 1 In 1877, he was one of the trustees of David had a wonderful sense of humor Washoe Fire Company No. 1. He served as reported in an article in the Reno left their service to tend bar and clerk in at the Democratic County Convention Evening Gazette on March 25, 1880. a hotel in Reno. He was an enthusiastic in 1880 and also on the 4th of July “Two Dead Men in the Cellar …A rumor member of the volunteer fire department committee of that year. He was “full of having been circulated to the effect that and was instrumental in founding the kind deeds and charity-as a picture of David McFarland had two dead men organization. noble manhood.” (Reno Evening Gazette, in his cellar, a reporter called on him January 23, 1882). today to ascertain the facts in the case. Hank passed away on Feb 9, 1884 at McFarland admitted that the men were the age of 32 after being hospitalized David was born in 1833 in Andes, in his cellar, on ice, as reported. When for several months. Immediately after Delaware County, New York of asked why he had killed them, he merely his death, his remains lay in state at Scottish parents. He married Mary said that they ‘were in his way’. The mat- the engine house while a ter should be investigated.” committee of M. T. Coats, As it turns out, Wiltshire M. J. Smith, D. B. Boyd, W. Saunders and the city L. Bechtel and A. C. Bragg coroner asked David if they planned his funeral. The could keep the remains of February 11, 1884 Reno two men in his cellar until Evening Gazette reported, they could come back with “Henry was one of the the wagon to take them to kindest hearted fellows in the death house. the world, generous to a fault and always ready to James Raser Adams extend a helping hand to James Raser Adams died anyone in distress.” His on March 11, 1897, at remains were escorted to the age of eight years, Hillside Cemetery by the eleven months and eleven fire company and he was days. There is very little laid to rest in one of the information on this Reno Fire Department plots precious little gentleman. in section 33. He is resting in lot 297, The McFarland plot at Hillside. David McFarland’s headstone is on the left David McFarland plot 79, section 34. The and in the inset, with the Gould obelisk in the distance. Washoe County Assessor’s On January 23, 1882, Reno Photo courtesy F. K. Tyron. Office lists J. R. Adams lost a community leader as the owner of the plot, when David McFarland passed from but the cemetery book at the Recorder’s this world. He was the husband of Mary in 1873 in Washoe County. They had Office lists a Mrs. L. Webster as the Hollarday McFarland and rests with no children. In 1881, he developed owner. His death notice was posted in Mary’s father and brother in lot 203, dropsy which led to his death in 1882 the Daily Nevada State Journal on March plot 57, section 34. David came to the at the age of 49 years, eleven days. 12, 1897, listing him as James S. Adams. west coast in 1855 at the age of 21 years; He was admired and respected by The funeral was held at the parlors he worked in teaming and mining until family, friends and neighbors, and of Roskins’ Undertaking. A memorial 1861 when he moved to Washoe City, on January 23, 1882, the flags at the appeared in the Reno Evening Gazette on where he engaged in the hotel and saloon Engine House and the Arcade Hotel March 15, 1897, page three: “Jimmie was business. Later he moved to Reno and were flown at half-mast in his honor. a bright and very good little Christian, opened the Arcade Hotel on Commercial Mary married the notorious Reno and had won the respect and love of all Row. Ads appeared in the Reno Evening scoundrel and businessman Myron who knew him. He was often heard to Gazette in 1874 and 1875 showing David C. Lake on September 19, 1883 in give old men advice about the love of McFarland as the proprietor of the San Francisco, California. Lake died our Savior. His last words were, ‘Mamm, Arcade. In the 1880 U.S. Census, David a year later and Mary married again, don’t cry. I’m all right.’ …little Jimmie and Mary were living on Commercial this time to a W. S. Johnson of San has been taken to a better and purer Row and he was listed as a hotel keeper. Francisco, California. world than this.” Someone with the 2

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of the shaft and Johnson remained in the shaft Information for this article came house. At 3 a.m. the other from Daily Nevada State Journal, miners were awakened by 1897; Reno Evening Gazette, 1879- a bright light and found 1903; Nevada State Journal, 1877- the shaft house in flames. 1907; Salt Lake Tribune, 1903; They rushed out to find one 1870, 1880, 1900 U. S. Census; man in the flames, but it Reno Cemetery Book, M8, Washoe took some time to get into County Recorder’s Office, Reno, the shaft to look for George Nevada; Silas Ross Collection, Short. His remains were Funeral Records (NC 580) Special Collections, Matthews Knowledge located on the first level Center, UNR. sometime after the fire was brought under control. Fran Tryon is a retired music teacher and one of those rare people who, Calvin R. Johnson was a Hillside headstone of young James Raser Adams, age 8. upon seeing a sad or neglected situ- 43-year-old miner from Photo courtesy F. K. Tyron. ation, doesn’t say, “Someone should Salt Lake City, Utah. He do something about that.” Instead, initials M. E. S. wrote this lovely piece was a veteran of the she pitches in and does something dedicated to Jimmie. Little Jimmie spoke Spanish American War, serving with about it. This is the situation with with devotion to his faith and was of Major General W. R. Shafter in the Hillside Cemetery. Not only did she noble qualities which qualify him as an Cuba Campaign, First Utah Regiment of embark on a deep and thorough ordinary hero. Infantry, and later in the Philippines in research of the cemetery and those the Tagalog Rebellion as a packer. The at rest within, but she heads there George Short & Calvin R. Johnson Salt Lake Tribune stated he had a wife nearly every Saturday, often with a and three children. He married Eustacia group of volunteers, armed with gar- “Pyramid Mine Disaster - Pyramid Mine, Amelia Cook Couch on June 28, 1899 bage bags and garden implements, Pyramid, Washoe County, Nevada!” in Salt Lake City, Utah. She had two to clean up this sadly neglected and George Short and Calvin R. Johnson died children from her first marriage, Thomas desecrated vestige of Reno’s history. on April 14, 1903, when the mine shaft Couch and Edna Couch. Their son, Byron We all owe her a debt of gratitude they were working caught fire. Both C. Johnson, was born in 1900 in Utah for her dedication and efforts. men were seasoned miners and were and died in 1988 at Salt well aware of the risks they took every Lake City. time they entered a mine. The men were working on the night shift pumping It is fitting that George water from the shaft at the Pyramid Short and Calvin Mine, which was owned by Pyramid R. Johnson were Lake Mining and Milling Company remembered in a double under the guidance of company funeral at the parlors of president C. A. Norcross. Perkins and Oliver. They were buried at Hillside In 1900, George Short was living in Cemetery in lot 280, Glendale, Washoe County, Nevada. The Johnson in grave three census lists him as 36 years, born April and Short in grave five 1863 in New York and single. His father from the south end, west and mother were born in Germany. As side, section 34. They reported on April 16, 1903, in the Reno were ordinary heroes Evening Gazette, both men reported for putting their lives on the work at midnight, replacing Hackett line every shift, heroes and Archebald. The men were excited who would have risked because the shaft would be cleared of Plots of George Short and Calvin R. Johnson in the historic everything to help a water by morning and active mining Hillside Cemetery. fellow miner. would begin. Short went to the bottom Photo courtesy F. K. Tyron. 3 historicreno.org FootPrints Vol. 20 No. 2, Spring 2017 Newlands Historic District Listed on Register by ZoAnn Campana

Editor’s Note: See page 8 for details of the historic character of the district, considered suburban, as its northern ZoAnn Campana’s presentation about the and 8 additional resources are already periphery—which includes Court and Newlands Historic District. listed on the National Register. These Ridge streets—is now considered part previously-listed properties include of Reno’s urban core. However, it began istoric Reno Preservation Society Senator Francis Newlands House, the life as a streetcar-pedestrian suburb and (HRPS) is pleased to announce Louella Garvey House, and Greystone eventually transitioned into an early Hthat the Newlands Historic Castle, among others. automobile suburb as it extended south District, located in Old Southwest and west of downtown Reno. Reno, was listed in the National This transition is evidenced Register of Historic Places in by the lack of driveways and January 2017. It is the second garages in the district’s earliest historic district to be listed in residences. By the 1920s, small Reno, the first of which was detached garages, often matching the University of Nevada, Reno the architectural finishes of their Historic District, which was listed corresponding residence, began in 1987. to appear in the neighborhood, reflecting the emergence of the The National Register is managed Automobile Age. by the National Park Service and was authorized by the National Senator Francis G. Newlands Historic Preservation Act of played a significant role in 1966. It is the nation’s official developing the collection of list of places deemed worthy of subdivisions that would become preservation, and listing in the the Newlands Historic District. register is a purely honorific Senator Newlands arrived in designation. The Newlands Nevada in 1889 to manage the designation recognizes the interests of Comstock silver neighborhood’s architectural and baron William Sharon, as well as historic significance. Newlands is to satisfy his political ambitions. in good company: other National Upon his arrival, he purchased Register-listed historic districts 15 acres of land south of the include the Garden District in Truckee River which was locally— New Orleans and San Francisco’s and quite colorfully—referred Embarcadero. to as “Rattlesnake Point.” Soon thereafter, he enlisted The Newlands Historic District an architect to construct a encompasses 171 acres and thoroughly modern Queen Anne is bounded roughly by the Shingle style home, which would Truckee River to the north, become the first Mansion on the Arlington Avenue to the east, Bluff. Newlands sold a swath of Monroe Street to the south, land adjacent to his property to and Keystone Avenue and Situated on a bluff rising from the south wealthy colleague and fellow Senator Sharon Way to the west. There are bank of the Truckee River, the Newlands George S. Nixon, who constructed what 610 architectural resources within Historic District is significant as one of is today the largest residence in the the district, which include residential Reno’s earliest suburban neighborhoods Newlands district. The grand homes and commercial buildings as well planned according to City Beautiful built by Newlands and Nixon set off a as the stately stone pillars that line ideals, featuring gently curving roads, trend, and the sagebrush-choked hillock Nixon Avenue from Manor Drive to tree-lined streetscapes, community park on the outskirts of town soon became La Rue Avenue and announce the space, and beautifully-landscaped front the most fashionable neighborhood in Newlands Manor housing tract. Of yards and gardens. Today, it is difficult to Reno. These first 15 acres of land that the 610 total resources in the district, imagine that the neighborhood was once Newlands purchased are now occupied, 479 are considered contributing to 4

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war, Reno’s population the district include Paul Revere Williams, boomed, and Newlands Frederic J. DeLongchamps, Russell Mills, became a gateway for Edward Parsons, Fred Schadler, Elmer postwar expansion in Grey, George A. Schastey, Daniel Kirkhuff, Southwest Reno. The area and George E. Koster. experienced infill develop- ment, as well as an expan- The listing of the Newlands Historic sion to the south and west, District in the National Register of setting the development Historic Places acknowledges the pattern for much of Reno’s significant historical and architectural postwar growth. contributions that the neighborhood has made to the City of Reno as a whole. In addition to its Not only is it one of Reno’s most-loved— significance to the and most picturesque—neighborhoods, 640 Nixon Avenue, built c. 1921, a cross-gabled Spanish historical development of but it also is something of a time Colonial Revival with a center tower. the City of Reno, Newlands capsule. It is a physical embodiment Photo by ZoAnn Campana. is significant for its role of the many development patterns, in the city’s architectural architectural trends, and historic themes at least partially, by what we call the development. The district common to the nation as a whole. It “Mansions on the Bluff.” Senator features a distinctly diverse collection is a local treasure, edified by its recent Newlands purchased an additional 300 of architectural types and styles. In fact, distinction as a National Register-listed acres of land adjacent to his property and its architectural range is uncommon in historic district. soon thereafter formed the Newlands other residential landscapes of Reno. Company “to take, acquire, buy, improve, The neighborhood displays most of A copy of the Newlands Historic District cultivate, and otherwise deal in and the architectural styles that achieved nomination can be accessed via the dispose of real estate.” From 1903 into popularity in the United States from Nevada State Historic Preservation the 1940s, the Newlands Company 1889 to 1965, including the Queen Anne, Office (SHPO) website (shpo.nv.gov) or oversaw the development of the six Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Tudor the National Register of Historic Places subdivisions that comprise the Newlands Revival, Neoclassical Revival, Spanish website (nps.gov/nr). Historic District: Riverside Heights, Colonial Revival, Mission Revival, Newlands Heights, Newlands Terrace, Pueblo Revival, Italian Renaissance ZoAnn Campana is the author of Newlands Manor, Rio Vista Heights, and Revival, Ranch, Minimal Traditional, and the Newlands Historic District the Marker Tract. Contemporary styles. nomination. She is a local Historic Because Nevada found itself uniquely Preservation Consultant and she The district’s range of styles is matched also serves on the HRPS Board insulated from the economic down- by the diversity in which those styles are of Directors. turns sweeping the nation during the expressed. The neighborhood features a Great Depression as a result of legalized seamless combination of modest plan- gambling and the thriving migratory book residences and high- divorce trade, the Newlands Historic style, architect-designed District experienced continued infill and estates. Building materials development throughout the 1930s and vary from wood and 1940s, all the way into the 1960s. Despite stone to brick, and most national materials shortages and a local brick buildings within building moratorium during the Second the district express the World War, Newlands continued to distinctive decorative grow, albeit at a slower pace than during brick subtype practiced the rollicking 1920s and 1930s. Fifteen by Italian brick masons residences appeared in the neighborhood and found throughout between 1941 and 1946, the majority of the Reno area. Nationally Steinmiller Parsons House, 761 California Avenue, built which were modest Period Revival and and locally prominent Minimal Traditional cottages. After the 1921, a Colonial Revival with a single story portico and architects with work in Classical columns. Photo by Steve Ellison. 5 historicreno.org FootPrints Vol. 20 No. 2, Spring 2017 Historic Preservation and Reno Article and Photos by Debbie Hinman

Editor’s Note: The month of May is business staple of our Historic Preservation Month. We offer city, is today a sought- examples of historic preservation and after residence for those adaptive reuse in the City of Reno. preferring modern close- in living. The distinctive “Cities need old buildings so badly it is architecture of the probably impossible for vigorous streets post office and depot and districts to grow without them. By old made them attractive buildings I mean not museum-piece old to purchasers, but there buildings, not old buildings in an excellent are many buildings in state of rehabilitation—although these Reno similar to the make fine ingredient—but also a good lot Deluxe that while not of plain, ordinary, low-value old buildings, dripping in architectural including some rundown old buildings....” ornament, are still viable Jane Jacobs, “The Death and Life of Great and important, even American Cities.” New York: Random critical to our heritage House, ©1961. and cityscape. 130 S. Center Street, built in the 1940s for the Hudson Motor Car Company, now the home of Patagonia. n the past few years, Reno can boast One such building is the Linnecke continued to supervise the of some amazing saves with regard old Hudson Motor Car, then the Morrill installation and maintenance of the Ito its history. Thanks to visionary & Machabee store at 130 S. Center. A signal system throughout the years. people who see possibilities for adaptive prime downtown business location since The new building boasted 15,000 reuse of historic structures, buildings the 1940s, developer Brian Egan saw its square feet of floor space, 5,000 of no longer suitable for their original use possibilities, looking for the right client which accommodated the light fixture have been creatively repurposed. Reno’s for the space. He found it in Patagonia, display area. Also on display was Harry 1934 WPA Post Office at 50 S. Virgina, who refurbished the original brick Linnecke’s gun collection, featuring decommissioned as a post office, has walls and cement floors, using local weapons from the French and Indian been preserved intact and even had reclaimed Douglas Fir for interior trim. Wars, the military, and peace officer its ceiling opened and returned to its The Patagonia clothing outlet opened in sidearms. Today the building features a original design. It is now called 50 November 2016 and serves to add more gym on the street level and remodeled South Virginia and is home to a host retail back to the downtown core. Is it offices on the second level. It is a of eclectic businesses. The 1910 NCO a unique structure? Not really. But it is Railroad Depot, abandoned for years sturdy and serviceable and constructed and in serious decline, now wonderfully of gold brick, not native to Reno, with restored, has become one of Reno’s most variations in patterns above and below popular eateries. The out-of-business the large windows and on the corners. 1950s Deluxe Laundry, a longtime A fun detail is the occasional red brick haphazardly thrown in amid the various shades of gold.

In 1955, the Linnecke family relocated their business, Linnecke Electric, begun in 1921, to a new building at 400 Mill Street, on the corner of Mill and Holcomb. One of their important jobs was the installation of traffic signals in Reno. In fact, they were responsible for the very first signal in Reno, erected New owners of 400 Mill Street preserved at the intersection of Second and the Linnecke signage; 400 Mill now Linnecke Electric occupied 400 Mill Street North Virginia streets in 1923. occupied by Fizio Reno, a gym and athlete from 1955 to 1980. recovery center. 6 FootPrints Vol. 20 No. 2, Spring 2017 historicreno.org Historic Preservation and Reno (continued) plain brick building with There are many such aluminum windows, buildings throughout fairly standard 1950s Midtown in particular, architecture, though the but still a few to be combination of gold brick found in the downtown with vertical red brick core. These buildings rows and tiled entries are such a part of our give it more interest than historic infrastructure many of its era. The east and yet are not protected side of the building has and could be lost at the been painted, but in a tip whim of a purchaser. This of the hat to the Linnecke Historic Preservation family, a corner bearing Month, take the time to the business name and stroll through town and services offered remains. down neighboring side streets. Really look at the At 120 Mary Street, just 120 Mary Street, built c. 1918 as a transfer station for goods passing buildings and take note of a block off So. Virginia, through Reno; later it was the Peavine Transfer Station. the way they complement sits an odd building in the character of the an otherwise mostly Furniture items were often sold from neighborhood and fit our residential neighborhood. The Washoe this location. By 1960 it was listed as pedestrian landscape. HRPS maintains County Assessor dates it from 1918. Peavine Roofing. If neighborhood gossip a list of endangered buildings but It is a one-part commercial block of can be trusted, the building has a much many more are also at risk and are little interest but for its tall, parapeted more interesting and clandestine past, worth saving. We can all have a hand false front of poured concrete blocks however. Supposedly throughout the in preserving our local history. and corner quoins. It is often vacant, era when Prohibition was in force, the though sometimes used for temporary building was a prime site for the storage office space, such as for campaign and distribution of liquor. This is given Information for this article came headquarters for various candidates. more credence taking into consideration from old Nevada State Journal An old newspaper mentions, it was an article from 1930 detailing a raid on and Reno Evening Gazette stories, current internet articles on the referred to as the “transfer station.” a neighboring house, where authorities relocated Patagonia business, and Considering its proximity to Holcomb took possession of paraphernalia used Midtown neighborhood lore. Avenue where the V&T passed through in the production of alcohol. It is easy to Reno, it is likely goods arriving by imagine that with its location and the Debbie Hinman is Vice-Chair train or other means were stored at increase in value of Midtown land, this of the Historical Resources this location until transported. In building could soon be demolished and Commission, a HRPS Tour Guide, the 1950s, it was referred to as the replaced with a block of apartments, and Managing Editor of FootPrints. Peavine Transfer Station or Warehouse. erasing a colorful vestige of local history.

Save These Dates!

Tuesday, May 9 City of Reno’s Reno 150 Kickoff celebrating Reno’s Sesquicentennial year. Reno is officially 150 years old on 4:30 pm May 9, 2018. This event will take place at City Plaza, 10 N. Virginia, the site that used to be the Mapes Hotel.

Friday, May 19 Nevada Historical Society (NHS) offers Docent Orientation for people interested in volunteering at NHS. 9:00 - 12:30 pm For information, please call 688-1190, x 223 or email Sheryln Hayes-Zorn at [email protected]. Saturday, HRPS Eighth Annual Harvest of Homes Tour will take place on the fourth Saturday in September. Plan to September 23, join the crowd to enjoy touring through five or six homes with history—Reno homes that have seen at 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. least 50 years of Reno life. More details to follow in HRPS FootPrints, website, Facebook and Instagram.

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Tour cost is $10 per person, free to HRPS members. Walks generally last from 1 ½ to 2 hours. No dogs please. Reservations required and space is limited. Please go to www.historicreno.org or 775-747-4478 for reservations and information. Access to HRPS Walking Tours varies according to venue. Certain areas may not be fully accessible to individuals with disabilities due to architectural barriers inherent in the historic construction of the structures or uneven walking surfaces.

Saturday, DELONGCHAMPS RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE — This walk takes you on a neighborhood tour of homes, large and small, designed by Reno’s notable architect, Frederic DeLongchamps. May 13, 2017, Hear about his life and what made him so unique to this area. Meet at the Hardy House/Arte 10:00 a.m. Italia, 442 Flint Street. Tour guides: Anne Simone, David Vill, and ZoAnn Campana.

Tuesday, WELLS AVENUE NEIGHBORHOOD — Take a stroll through a working-class neighborhood along the path of the Wells Avenue streetcar, across the V&T tracks, and past the homes of the May 16, 2017, “Thoma Street Gang.” Meet at the Sinclair Street side at the historic Southside School Annex, 6:00 p.m. 190 East Liberty Street. Tour guides: Mark Taxer and Joan Collins. DOWNTOWN SPARKS — Learn about the history of the rail city with a guided walking tour of Victorian Square and Downtown Sparks. This interactive tour is designed to show how this area Saturday, has transformed itself from a railroad hub, to a vibrant commercial district, to a rundown urban area and finally to a successful redevelopment area that has changed the image and future of the May 20, 2017, city. The tour includes 17 buildings and sites that have played an important role in the history and 10:00 a.m. development of Sparks and Nevada. Tour begins and ends at the Sparks Heritage Museum located at 814 Victorian Avenue, Sparks. Tour guide: Scott Carey. This tour is in collaboration with the Museum (www.sparksmuseum.org) but reservations need to be made through HRPS.

Tuesday, UNR HISTORIC DISTRICT — Visit Morrill Hall, Mackay School of Mines and the Keck Museum May 23, 2017, to learn the history of this beautiful campus. Meet on campus at the Honor Court just off 9th 6:00 p.m. and Center Streets. Tour guides: Jack Hursh and Bob Shriver.

Saturday, UPPER RALSTON/NORTHERN LITTLE ITALY — Enjoy a walk in a residential neighborhood with a mix of architectural styles. Proximity to the University has traditionally determined the May 27, 2017, mix of residents, professors and students alike. Meet at the intersection of Washington Street, 10:00 a.m. The Strand and College Avenue. Tour guides: Jim and Sue Smith.

Tuesday, UNIVERSITY NEIGHBORHOOD — A walk through an historic and endangered neighborhood at May 30, 2017, the foot of the campus—with vintage Queen Anne homes and charming bungalows. Meet at the 6:00 p.m. base of the 9th Street University steps. Tour guide: Debbie Hinman.

HRPS Annual Meeting & Program, April 30, 1 p.m. The program is held in the basement auditorium of the Washoe County Library at 301 S. Center Street in downtown Reno. Sunday, April 30, 1:00 p.m.: ZoAnn Campana on the Newlands District

In 1889, Francis Newlands built his residence on a bluff overlooking the Truckee River. In the decades following, Senator Newlands’ real estate company laid out a series of subdivisions featuring picturesque landscapes, winding boulevards, and a mix of vernacular and high-style residences known collectively as the Newlands neighborhood. It has remained a jewel of community planning and design in Reno since the 1890s. Architectural historian ZoAnn Campana completed a historic resources survey and National Register nomination for the Newlands Heights Historic District in old Southwest Reno and will discuss her findings.

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BEYOND THE ARCHES — Witness downtown Reno as it has reinvented itself for 150 years. This Saturday tour links the downtown Reno arches with stories of the forces that shaped the town: railroad and mining, immigrants, the notorious divorce and gambling mecca — and now as a livable June 3 cultural hub. Walk in the footsteps of Bill Harrah, Myron Lake, Baby Face Nelson, Frederic 10:00 a.m. DeLongchamps and others. Meet at the National Automobile Museum parking lot area, 10 S. Lake Street. Tour guides: Jim and Sue Smith.

Tuesday HISTORIC TRUCKEE RIVER WALK — A relaxing stroll along the Truckee River from the McKinley Arts and Cultural Center to the Lear Theater reveals eclectic architecture grounded by June 6 rich political histories and spiced with colorful anecdotes. Meet in front at the McKinley Arts 6:00 p.m. and Cultural Center, 925 Riverside Drive. Tour guide: Joan Collins. MOVIE FOOTPRINTS IN RENO — Walk in the footsteps of Marilyn Monroe, Kirk Douglas, Kevin Saturday Costner, Clint Eastwood, Maggie Smith, Helen Mirren and more. The tour covers downtown June 10 Reno’s rich filming history inspired by divorce, gambling and the city’s distinct look in such 10:00 a.m. movies as “The Misfits,” “Cobb,” “Sister Act,” and “Love Ranch.” Meet by the northeast entrance to the lobby of the National Automobile Museum, 10 S. Lake Street. Tour guide: Robin Holabird.

Sunday BIKE TOUR THROUGH OLD RENO — A leisurely ride through the most historic parts of Reno. June 11 Meet at the Lander Street side of My Favorite Muffin, 340 California Avenue. Tour guide: Brandi 9:00 a.m. Quaglieri. HELMETS REQUIRED, NO EXCEPTIONS!

Tuesday MONROE STREET — Stroll along Monroe and Joaquin Miller Streets, savoring the history and architecture of this lovely residential area south of the Newlands Neighborhood. You will see the June 13 Hart House, the Patrick Ranch House, Greystone Castle, and other homes. Meet at the corner of 6:00 p.m. Monroe and Manor Drives. Tour guides: Anne Simone, April Kempler and Shirie Wallace.

Saturday CULTURAL CROSSROADS, EAST SIDE — Some call Lake Street “Paradise Lost” but we will June 17 recreate the vibrant neighborhoods of Chinatown, Little Italy and Basque life. Meet at the 10:00 a.m. National Automobile Museum parking lot area, 10 S. Lake Street. Tour guide: Sharon Honig-Bear.

Tuesday PARSONS/MILLS ARCHITECTURE — Stroll one of Reno’s most unique neighborhoods to view some designs of Reno architects Edward Parsons and Russell Mills, who sometimes collaborated June 20} on designs. Hear about the families who first lived in these homes. Meet at the corner of Marsh 6:00 p.m. Avenue and LaRue. Tour guides: Anne Simone, April Kempler and Teri Bartl. MANSIONS ON THE BLUFF — Walk past historical Reno homes located on Court, Ridge and Saturday upper California streets. Learn about the senators and merchants who made early Reno The Biggest Little City in the World. Be sure to bring water and wear comfortable shoes for this uphill June 24 tour which begins at the McCarran House, 401 Court Street. Look nearby for mandatory sign- 10:00 a.m. in/registration on Court Street. Tour guides: Donna and Paul Erickson, ZoAnn Campana and Joan Collins. MIDTOWN RESIDENTIAL — Join us for a walk along shady streets in a quiet neighborhood comprising several early additions: the Litch Addition, part of the original 72-acre Litch Ranch, Tuesday the McCarthy Addition and the Sierra Vista Addition. All of these were established around the June 27 turn of the 20th century. The homes are an eclectic mix of styles, most dating from the 1920s 6:00 p.m. through the 1940s. A portion of this neighborhood could be considered yet another “Little Italy”! Meet at the northwest corner of Mary Street and South Virginia Street. Tour guides: Debbie Hinman and Rosie Cevasco.

9 historicreno.org FootPrints Vol. 20 No. 2, Spring 2017 Field of Dreams by Kim Henrick ohn (Jack) Threlkel opened his A Google Earth Pro image from 2016 to Reno where he opened a car-repair baseball park on E. Fourth Street (page 11, bottom) shows what the area shop (reportedly the first in the city) Jin the summer of 1930. (By the looks like today. There is a street sign at on Chestnut Street (now Arlington way, Threlkel is pronounced THREL... the entrance to the Wells Cargo facility Avenue), just north of today’s El Cortez KEL—two bold syllables, each ending today, named “Threlkel St,” but it is Hotel. Within a few years Jack became with a strong “L.”) The ball park has bent and neglected looking. There’s a a partner in the Dorris automobile been called many things: Threlkel’s large, commercial Wells Cargo building, sales agency at the Chestnut Street Baseball Park, Threlkel’s Park, Threlkel sitting on the footstep of Threlkel Park’s location and by 1915 he was also Ball Park and Threlkel Field. I will sim- left field. The grassy field is now a plot managing the Mack Garage at 128 N. ply refer to it as Threlkel Park. Since of dirt. Two Threlkel Park light poles, Center Street. The 1918 Sanborn Fire this article is about a great semi-pro dwarfed by contemporary ball park Insurance map shows three large brick baseball park and its owner and teams, poles, still stand at the field’s edge, and automobile-repair buildings in Reno: let’s start with a wonderful black and where the watchman’s shack used to the Dorris Garage on Chestnut Street, white photograph of one version of the stand is a patch of roughed-up dirt. the Reno Garage at 104 Front (First) team, taken in the 1930s at Threlkel Park. Street (“capacity 95 vehicles”), and the Jack Threlkel is seated at Reno Garage (“capacity 75 the center, surrounded by cars”) at 128-134 N. Center his Reno Garage players. Street (previously the Mack I remember Bud Beasley Garage). It appears Threlkel as a coach and teacher at was doing quite well in Reno High School, and the the automobile-repair Cassinelli boys in the pho- business and a June 1919 tograph represent a branch newspaper article said he of a large Italian family who was “taking care of the owned several large parcels wants of twenty cars a day of land in the area, includ- from outside points.” In ing where Baldini’s Casino late 1918 he was installed and the I80-I580 “Spaghetti as the “worshipful master Bowl” interchange stand of the Reno Lodge No. 13, today. According to Dennis Free and Accepted Masons.” Cassinelli, second cousin to In addition to running his Fran and Bill, Bill lost his leg business and being civic during the Second World Taken in the 1930s at Threlkel Park, Jack Threlkel is seated at the center, minded, the newspapers War, but remained an avid surrounded by his Reno Garage players. Standing from left to right are: reported frequently about baseball fan. Fran Cassinelli Bud Beasley, unidentified, Tony Gomez, Fran Cassinelli, Bill Cassinelli, Threlkel’s involvement with would continue playing Stan Lloyd and Fran Menante. Seated, left to right are: unidentified, committees and agencies baseball for years. Pop Snyder, Wally Westlake, Jack Threlkel, Lefty Mayer, George Sargent, formed to improve our Bob Snyder, and Charles Eastland. Photo courtesy Jerry Fenwick. roads and highways, and in Another great photograph the early 1920s he was an (page 11, top), this aerial officer of the Nevada State shot taken in 1957, shows Threlkel Who was Jack Threlkel and why Fish & Game Protective League. Park on the right and the Wells Cargo was he important to baseball? business buildings left of the park. The John (Jack) Estell Threlkel was born in Jack wasn’t all work and civic Sullivan-Kelly Ditch (which started in Newcastle, California, on October 28, mindedness though. In 1911, he downtown Reno) zig-zags through the 1882, to George and Mattie Threlkel. He married Reno native Josephine Miller. west side of the large gravel pit in the was one of four children according to In 1912, Jack and Josephine welcomed center of the photograph. This great the 1900 U.S. Census. Mattie’s brother a daughter, Thelma. In 1920, the family ditch supplied water to many large (Jack’s uncle) was George S. Nixon who moved into a house at 273 Cheney Street properties in the area. At the ball park, became a U. S. Senator from Nevada and that year they threw a grand party cars are lined up facing the park fence, from 1905 to 1912, and who, in 1907, for Thelma on her ninth birthday: “In and light poles (installed in 1940 by Jack built the fabulous “Nixon Mansion” the glory of her ninth birthday Miss Threlkel) can be seen surrounding the on California Avenue in Reno. The Thelma Threlkel presided as hostess field. Although it’s a little hard to see, story goes that around 1906 Senator to several little guests yesterday at the below and left of the catcher’s mound, Nixon encouraged his nephew to join home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. along the southern fence line and just him in Goldfield, Nevada, where Jack Threlkel on Cheney Street.” Not bad for a right of a large tree, was a little building spent a year working before moving busy man, but Jack had far more to offer where the park watchman lived. Reno. He was passionate about baseball 10

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sow it in potatoes “was grass and they went over it by hand or alfafa.” Despite with an icepick and acid to kill what few problems, in Spring of weeds might grow. Adjacent there was 1924, Threlkel formed a shed where chickens and at least one a semi-professional cow were kept. So that there would be team (called at the fresh milk and eggs. The egg yolks were time the Reno Ball orange, not yellow because of the fresh Club) and made grass that the chickens were allowed to plans to play against run on. Occasionally, a chicken would Loyalton, Westwood, get out during a game, and the game Susanville, Grayeagle would be stopped until the chicken {sic}, Calpine and was caught and returned to its pen.” Quincy. Teams kept (Sorry, Jerry for using such a long quote, coming and games but it reminds us of a simpler time.) were played until it According to the REG, on September 1, was time to build one 1930, “The Koffee Kids of San Francisco This aerial shot taken in 1957, shows Threlkel Park on the right of the best ball parks gained revenge sufficient to last them and the Wells Cargo business buildings left of the park. The in the region. a long time at the Threlkel ball park... quonset hut-style buildings on E. Fourth Street, in the lower when they defeated the Reno Garage left of the photograph, are part of today’s Twin City Surplus In 1930, Threlkel Nine by a score of 18 to 1.” The Koffee business. The dark-roofed, inverted-E-shaped building below purchased around Kids team was from the MJB Coffee four acres of land Company. So it went for years, with Jack Wells Cargo, facing E. Fourth Street, is the Sandman Motel, off E. Fourth Street which is still there today. Photo courtesy Wells Cargo. Threlkel managing teams and making his and thus began a field available to any baseball team that thirty-year semi- needed some grass to play on, including and from 1922 until his death in 1960, professional baseball the University of Nevada’s baseball team he would dedicate untold hours and experience that rivaled some of the best (prior to building their own park). energy to the development and support in the region. An ad in the August 8, of a semi-pro baseball team. 1930 Reno Evening Gazette (REG) read: In 1940, Jack installed light poles around “Ladies free! BASEBALL Sunday, August the field and that opened up even more A Nevada State Journal (NSJ) article 10, Blue Label Malts of Sacramento vs. time for baseball. Per Jerry Fenwick on March 6, 1922, announced that, Reno Garage, Threlkel’s New Park on again, “The park was lighted, and the “Mr. Threlkel has made all plans for East Fourth Street, Near City Limits.” the building of a baseball field at the According to Jerry Fenwick, the field Continued on page 12 end of Stewart Street which will have a seating capacity of approximately 1350.” Threlkel named the park Reneva and on April 30, 1922 (NSJ) the new baseball park opened with a “fast game today” between Reno and Oakland. Mayor H. E. Stewart was scheduled to cut the corner off of home plate. (It’s unclear whether he did that.) A 1924 article put Reneva Park “...at Moran street and Wells avenue.” This would be where Stewart Park would eventually be developed. Baseball is nothing if not a wonderful source of nicknames. Threlkel’s first Reneva Park team included the players “Lefty” (George Harding), “Horse” (George Horace Hobbs), and “Lard” (Kay McKenzie). Even Jack had a few nicknames: “Czar Threlkel” and “Reno’s A Google Earth Pro image from 2016 shows what the area looks like today. The large gravel Mr. Baseball.” As to Reneva Park, one pit north of Threlkel Park and Wells Cargo has been replaced by the Governor’s Bowl Ball report said Jack was dissatisfied with Park on the west and the I580 “Spaghetti Bowl” southbound ramp cutting a swath to the the support for the game at that location east. A street named Line Drive, through the Twin City Surplus business buildings, leads and he commented that he “...may north off of E. Fourth Street to the new park. 11 historicreno.org FootPrints Vol. 20 No. 2, Spring 2017 Field of Dreams (continued)

Continued from page 11 Jack was back. He reportedly spent quite a lot of time lights were aimed and set with a transit. “beefing” (cajoling) with the The lights were said to be the best of umpires, so his long-time any park in the area when new.” A May fans probably welcomed him 22, 1940 REG article stated: “The field back. In 1947, Jack retired is lighted by 120 fifteen hundred watt from his Reno Garage car- bulbs, set in eighteen-inch reflectors. The repair business and held a locals will show up in their first night pre-season meeting with his game wearing new white shirts with red new baseball team. Since he sleeves.” The first night baseball game was no longer associated with in Threlkel Park was held on June 1, Reno Garage, his team became 1940, between the Garage Team and the known officially as Threlkel’s powerful S. P. Stores of Oakland. Cubs. The Cubs continued to host teams from all over the The war years made things difficult at region for the next several The house at 273 Cheney that Jack Threlkel, his wife times, and in early 1941 Threlkel leased years and one REG article on and 9-year-old daughter moved into in 1920. the park to Norrie DeLorenzi and Bob March 20, 1959, again reminds Photo by Kim Henrick. Peccole. For the 1941 season, the fellows us of a simpler, more innocent managed the Reno Baseball Team time. The reporter heard a (nicknamed the Larks). The schedule for “hen’s cackle” off Threlkel Street, which summer of 1941 was full with bouts turned out to be part of the noise Information for this article came against Owl Drugs of San Francisco, created by 68 chickens and three calves, from “Nevada- then and now” Ben’s Golden Glow of Oakland, all grazing in the park’s left outfield. article by Phillip I. Earl, 01/30/1997 Southern Pacific Stores, and the The reporter captured the essence of Sacramento Dodgers. Bud Beasley and this special day with, “Mr. Threlkel in the Pahrump Mirror; emails from Fran Cassinelli, Reno Garage players perched in the antiquated stands and Dennis Cassinelli and Jerry Fenwick; mentioned earlier, continued playing let the warm sun nestle through his “Nevada Baseball” article by George for Peccole and DeLorenzi on this new overalls. Jack Threlkel loves a warm sun Ross in the “The Nevada Magazine,” team. In April of 1942, Bob Peccole and and baseball.” April 1947; Washoe County Assessor Norrie DdLorenzi gave up their lease on Records; Nevada Historical Society Threlkel Park. In May of 1943 an article Jack Threlkel died on December 26, city directories; and numerous local stated that Threlkel had no plans to 1960, just three months after his wife newspaper articles. form a team that year, apparently citing Josephine passed away. The couple the “lack of local material and the were still living in the house at 273 Kim Henrick is a member of the difficulty of getting adequate games.” Cheney Street. In 1961, the park was HRPS Editorial Board and is a regu- purchased by Wells Cargo trucking Late in 1943, however, the manager lar contributor to HRPS FootPrints. of the San Francisco longshoremen company from the Threlkel estate, and baseball team told Jack Threlkel that the an era of semi-pro baseball at Threlkel’s longshoremen would appear in Reno, Park came to a close. at Threkel’s ballpark, as agreed. So

HRPS Presentation: Saturday, May 6, 2:00 pm RPS Scholarship recipient Kristen Tiede will squatted at the Double O Mine in order to escape present her Master’s thesis research, “We the effects of the Great Depression and were able to HWon’t Stay Long: Anticipated Mobility at make a living placer mining for gold. The community Rabbithole Springs, Nevada”: was inhabited from 1935-1941 and the residents improvised by living in tents or dugouts built from Saturday, May 6, 2:00 pm scavenged materials. This project is a continuation Sierra View Library Meeting Room of research conducted by the University of Nevada, Reno Town Mall, 4001 S. Virginia Reno. The patterns of trash disposal, the residential features, and locations of work areas fit together to Located near the Black Rock Desert, Rabbithole tell the story of how long the residents thought they Springs, Nevada is a remote mining district originally would stay at Rabbithole. named by emigrants on the Applegate Trail. Families

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FootPrints Vol. 20 No. 2, Spring 2017 historicreno.org From HRPS AAC: Historic Preservation Issues in Reno by Barrie Lynn, AAC Chair

he role of the HRPS Advocacy etery; 4. Creates guidelines for “suitable Buildings in the Advisory Council (AAC) is to receptacle” for reinternment; 5. Allows University Neighborhood Tidentify, research and obtain the district attorney of the county in The west side of N. Virginia Street across facts on current historic preservation which the cemetery is located to transfer from UNR is rapidly changing. This has issues in the Reno area and recom- the cemetery to the city or county if the historically been a row of Craftsman and mend a plan of action and outreach to cemetery authority is not maintaining it. Period Revival style homes. The zoning the HRPS board. The AAC last met on was changed last year to allow for high March 13, 2017. The AAC is addressing First Masonic Building at Sierra and Commercial density development. Drive along N. the following issues: Virginia and you’ll see the boarded up Constructed in 1872, this brick building Hillside Cemetery homes north of 14th Avenue. Because we is the oldest commercial structure in are losing the historic landscape on the See the first paragraph on page one for Reno and has deep significance to the west side of the campus, it is important an introduction to Hillside’s current situ- earliest days of Reno. It is now owned to mitigate this by retaining the Center ation. The bill, AB 203, has begun making by Whitney Peak Hotel which plans Street homes in their original location. its way through the legislature. This bill to re-roof and seismically retrofit the will protect not only Hillside Cemetery, building. During the winter storms of Hill / Redfield Mansion but all historic Nevada cemeteries. There 2017, the structure sustained significant on Mt. Rose Street damage and a structural evaluation is is very little jurisdiction over cemeteries The mansion was listed for sale in July founded prior to 1971 because they are being conducted. Meanwhile fences sur- round the building. 2016, went into contract December 2016, not regulated by the Nevada Board of out of escrow February 2017, price low- Funeral and Cemetery Services. Because Historic Homes in ered and into contract again February of this, state law needs to be strength- 2017. We wait to see if it closes. ened to protect our older cemeteries. The University Gateway AB 203 makes five changes to current We are referring to the historic homes Caughlin Ranch House / Also, it was cemetery law: 1. A cemetery authority on Center Street between 8th and 9th the Garden Shop Nursery. may not disinter remains from burial Streets as Historic University Avenue, plots that are owned in fee simple by since the term Gateway has nothing to This lovely property, on the City of Reno another party; 2. The cemetery author- do with the history of these homes, and Historic Register, is up for sale and has ity may not deem their own cemetery this section was called University Avenue applied for a both a zoning map amend- blighted, this must be done by a third from 1921 to 1957. The University is still ment and a Master Plan amendment party (governmental authority); 3. Before positioned to remove the historic homes with the purpose of developing 25 two- disinterment is an option, the cemetery from Historic University Avenue. HRPS story townhouses near the house, to be authority must prove they cannot sell the and AAC have been working with a con- known as Mayberry Gardens. cemetery for market value or contract sultant to create renderings of the homes with another entity to maintain the cem- alongside the proposed UNR buildings. HRPS Endangered Building Watch List

• Freight House on Evans St. University Avenue (Gateway) • Two El Reno Apartments at • Nevada Brewing Works • Buildings in the University 1461 Lander St. on 4th St. Neighborhood • Hillside Cemetery • Regina Apartments on • The Hotel El Cortez at 2nd • WPA Projects at Plumas, Island Ave. and Arlington Stewart and Virginia Lake Parks • First Masonic Building (Reno • Hill/Redfield Mansion on • Mid-century Motels Mercantile) at Sierra and Mt. Rose St. • Burke’s, Belli and Mountain Commercial • Lear Theater View Additions • Historic Homes on Historic • Flick Ranch House • Caughlin Ranch House

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Ranches of Western NV and Historic Publicity and Communications Houses and Buildings of Reno. Holly has Have you noticed that it’s getting harder been active in a number of local non- for us to get the word out to the public? profits including the Nevada Women’s We aren’t the only non-profit with the History Project and the Animal Ark problem. Newspapers were our source Wildlife Sanctuary. Holly wants to be of publicity for years, but they are get- involved in education and tours. ting thinner and covering fewer local Protecting the Center Street Homes events. If we had the funds to advertise, newspapers would surely accept our Because we are concerned with the money and information, but we aren’t a destruction or a move of the historic big-budget operation. If you are a sub- Queen Annes on Center between 8th scriber to KUNR, the local NPR radio and 9th streets, which we refer to as station, you may have credits for public Greetings to Historic University Avenue, HRPS is announcements. If you would be willing HRPS members and friends, funding a rendering of what the site to give us those public announcements, would look like if UNR’s new buildings we’d be delighted to use them to adver- Membership Renewals were intermingled with the historic tise our Home Tour and other events. our HRPS Board has approved homes. Our hope is that UNR leader- Please think about doing that and sup- changing our “fiscal year” and ship and the public will see the value of porting HRPS. Your membership renewals to the HRPS’ proposal and of saving the site calendar year January 1 to December 31 that so reflects elements of local cul- Website and Social Media from its current July 1 to June 30. Yes, tural, social, economic, educational and HRPS website, www.historicreno.org, is we are going back to what we used to architectural history. being reworked. The first you’ll see are do. We previously thought that change HRPS Board Position Open the changes in the Walking Tours—which would help with membership, but we’ve will appear well before the first Walking found it too complex to have member- Have you considered helping HRPS by Tour on May 13. We’ll be providing you ship renewals in the middle of our busi- being a HRPS Board member? We have more information, a map to the start- est months—the June and July Walking one, possibly two, positions open as ing point, a few pictures for each tour, Tours. Moving to the calendar year will of June. HRPS is an all-volunteer orga- a way to sign up, and it will be easier to help with financial accounting as well. nization; unlike some non-profits, we get to the information whether it’s from don’t have an Executive Director or a your desktop, laptop, tablet or phone. How will this affect each of our mem- paid staff. The HRPS Board and many You’ll see improvements like these keep bers? We’ll be adjusting your “next” volunteers do all the work of running occurring as Webmaster Rosie Cevasco renewal date from July 1, 2017 to the organization and its events. Thirteen does her magic. HRPS is also working to January 1, 2018, giving you six free people serve on the HRPS Board, improve its presence on Facebook and months. Fall FootPrints, which arrives including the President, Vice-President, our new efforts on Instagram thanks about September 1, will have your Secretary and Treasurer. We are a work- to Jen Johanson. What is on the web- membership renewal notice in it. As ing Board! We meet the first Monday site, Facebook and Instagram are being usual, you should check the mailing label of the month at 4:00 p.m. for a couple coordinated so you should see more and of your FootPrints to learn what your of hours. If this description of a Board better information than before. Let us membership renewal date really is. For member works for you, please contact know what you think. HRPS itself, we’ll be operating without Carol Coleman (see below) and I’ll send the usual influx of new membership you an application. Advocacy funds for six months, so we’ll be on a FootPrints now includes an article tight budget. If anybody wants to send Anniversary Dates Coming Up about issues HRPS’ AAC is working on in their membership early, we’d be HRPS will celebrate its 20th Anniversary related to Reno’s Endangered Buildings. delighted and it, of course, would still be in September 2017, so watch for We are trying to update our members an 18-month membership. announcements as we celebrate and the public about what’s happen- our 20th. Look for details in HRPS HRPS Welcomes ing. Also watch for ACTION emails, FootPrints, our website, Facebook and New Board Member and announcements on the website, Instagram. Another important anni- Facebook and Instagram—we’ll try to Please welcome Holly Walton-Buchanan, versary is Reno’s birthday—Reno’s keep you informed. Ph.D. as our newest HRPS Board mem- 150th happens in May 2018. Watch in ber. Holly is a retired teacher and author, FootPrints and in local media for details Carol Coleman, 775-849-3380 with five books published including of Reno’s Sesquicentennial. 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HRPS Officers Thanks to the following President: Carol Coleman INSIDE THIS ISSUE Vice President: John Farrow HRPS Business Members Secretary: Sharon Honig-Bear Treasurer: Roger Steininger Spring 2017 • Vol. 20 No. 2 who are supporting the Past President: Byllie Andrews works of HRPS Board of Directors 1 Hillside Cemetery / Heroes Garrett Barmore, Eric Broili, Robert H. Broili Law Office ZoAnn Campana, Constance Hanson, Sheryln Hayes-Zorn, Jen Johanson, 4 Newlands Historic District Gilbert Properties Laurie Leonard, Kimberly Roberts, Holly Walton-Buchanan 6 Historic Preservation Reno Harold & Alice Jacobsen HRPS Phone 7 Save These Dates Bert Pincolini 747-0340 Law Office of Tammy M. Riggs, PLLC Program 8 May Walking Tours Shery Hayes-Zorn, Kimberly Roberts Membership Director April 30 HRPS Program JoAnn Newbury Walking Tours 9 June Walking Tours Bill Kolton 10 Field of Dreams / Baseball Webmaster Rosie Cevasco 12 HRPS Speaker May 6 HRC Member Debbie Hinman 13 Historic Preservation Issues NPF Administrator Cindy Ainsworth 14 President’s Message Scan me with your FootPrints Managing Editor smartphone and I’ll take you Debbie Hinman, 322-9400 15 Membership directly to the HRPS website Editorial Staff ZoAnn Campana, Joyce Cox, Kim Henrick Opinions expressed in FootPrints are those of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Editor Emeritus & FootPrints Founder editorial staff, the Historic Reno Preservation Society executive board or the general membership. FootPrints is a Sharon A. Walbridge quarterly publication printed in Reno, Nevada. Articles may be reprinted in print or electronic formats only with Graphic Design: permission of the HRPS Editorial Board. All rights reserved. ©2017 Historic Reno Preservation Society (HRPS) Double Click Design • dcdreno.com