UNR Neighborhood Historic Context Statement Final Report | July 2017 Prepared for: Claudia C. Hanson, AICP Planning Manager Community Development Department City of Reno 1 East 1st Street Reno, Nevada 89501 Prepared by: JoEllen Ross-Hauer, M.S. Shannon Davis, M.A. Jennifer Gorman, M.S. Sarah Branch, M.A. 433 West Plumb Lane Reno, Nevada 89509 (775) 324-6789 ASM Project Number 27580 UNR Neighborhood Historic Context Statement Prepared for: Claudia C. Hanson, AICP Planning Manager Community Development Department City of Reno 1 East 1st Street Reno, Nevada 89501 Prepared by: JoEllen Ross-Hauer, M.S. Shannon Davis, M.A. Jennifer Gorman, M.S. Sarah Branch, M.A. ASM Affiliates, Inc. 433 West Plumb Lane Reno, Nevada 89509 July 2017 PN 27580 The Historic Context Statement that is the subject of this investigation has been financed in whole or in part with federal funds from the National Park Service, U.S. Department of Interior, and administered by the State Historic Preservation Office. 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Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page SUMMARY ............................................................................................................ v 1.0 PROJECT OBJECTIVES ................................................................................ 1 2.0 METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................ 3 2.1 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ........................................................................................ 3 2.1.1 National Register of Historic Places Significance Criteria ............................. 3 2.1.2 City of Reno Register of Historic Places Significance Criteria ...................... 4 2.1.3 Integrity ........................................................................................................ 4 2.2 ARCHIVAL RESEARCH ....................................................................................... 5 2.3 RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY AND DATA ANALYSIS ........................................ 5 2.4 PROJECT PERSONNEL ...................................................................................... 6 3.0 HISTORIC CONTEXT STATEMENT .............................................................. 9 3.1 OVERVIEW OF RENO HISTORY ......................................................................... 9 3.1.1 Settlement and Nineteenth Century Development ........................................ 9 3.1.2 Early Twentieth-Century Development ........................................................13 3.1.3 Reno in the Post-World War II Era ..............................................................14 3.2 THEME 1: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (1876-1970) ......................................15 3.2.1 Sub-theme: Establishment of the University Neighborhood (1876-1910s) ..16 Western Addition (1876) .......................................................................................16 Evans North Addition (1879-1910s) ......................................................................19 University Addition (1896-1917) ...........................................................................21 Hillside Cemetery .................................................................................................22 Ward’s Addition (1899) .........................................................................................23 Evans Northwest Addition (1906) .........................................................................23 Evans Northeast Addition (1906) ..........................................................................24 St. George Addition (1901-1930s) ........................................................................27 Anderson Addition (1902) .....................................................................................30 McKenna’s Addition (1907) ..................................................................................31 University Heights (1907-1920s) ..........................................................................31 Registration Requirements ...................................................................................32 3.2.2 Sub-theme: Early Twentieth-Century Development in the University Neighborhood (1910s-1930s) ......................................................................34 University Terrace (1916-1928) ............................................................................34 Duborg Tract, Campus Heights, Christensen’s and Edmonds Additions (1922-1928) .........................................................................................................35 Evans Vista (1928) ...............................................................................................37 Registration Requirements ...................................................................................39 3.2.3 Sub-theme: Mid-Twentieth Century Development in the University Neighborhood (1930s-1970) .......................................................................40 New Sunnyside Addition (1938-1945) ..................................................................40 University Heights (1941) .....................................................................................45 Washington Heights (1942) ..................................................................................45 Highland Terrace Housing Project (1944) .............................................................45 Miller and Pray Additions (1946)...........................................................................46 University Park (1948) ..........................................................................................46 UNR Neighborhood Historic Context Statement i Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page Grand View Heights (1947) ..................................................................................46 Amphitheater 1 (1951) ..........................................................................................47 Amphitheater 2-6 (1954-1965) .............................................................................47 Reno Highlands (1953) ........................................................................................47 Reno Highlands 2 and 3 (1955-1957) ...................................................................47 Sterling Village 2 (1958) .......................................................................................47 Registration Requirements ...................................................................................49 3.3 THEME 2: FHA MINIMUM HOUSE AND SMALL HOUSE PROGRAM AND GI BILL (1936-1960).............................................................................................50 The GI Bill ............................................................................................................51 New Sunnyside ....................................................................................................52 3.3.1 Registration Requirements ..........................................................................52 3.4 THEME 3: EDUCATION (1886-1960s) ............................................................53 3.4.1 The University of Nevada, Reno .................................................................53 3.4.2 The Fraternity Movement at the University of Nevada, Reno ......................53 3.4.3 Registration Requirements ..........................................................................55 3.5 THEME 4: ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY .............................................................56 3.5.1 Character-Defining Features of Architectural Styles and Types Present in the University Neighborhood ......................................................57 Second Empire Style ............................................................................................57 Queen Anne .........................................................................................................58 Front-Gable Type .................................................................................................59 Foursquare Type ..................................................................................................60 Craftsman ............................................................................................................61 Bungalow Type ....................................................................................................62 Spanish Colonial Revival Style .............................................................................63 Tudor Revival Style ..............................................................................................64 Colonial Revival Style ...........................................................................................65