Carson City, Nevada — The American Mountains (Southwest)

State Printing Building

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 28, 2014

1. State Printing Building Marker

Inscription.
Completed in 1886, the State Printing Building is the second oldest structure built by the State within the Capitol Complex. Architects Morrill J. Curtis and Seymore Pixley, designed the Italianate structure to compliment the older State Capitol (1870). Curtis was responsible for many significant buildings throughout Nevada and the West, including the octagonal library annex to the rear of the State Capitol (1906). Like many important structures in Carson City, this building is constructed of sandstone ashlar quarried at the nearby State Prison and is a significant example of state governmental architecture for the period. From 1886 to 1964, the building housed the offices and presses of the State Printer.

State Historic Marker No. 250
Division of Historic Preservation & Archeology
Nevada State Library
Division of Archives & Records

Erected by Division of Historic Preservation & Archeology, Nevada State Library, Division of Archives & Records. (Marker Number 250.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1886.

Location. 39° 9.831′ N, 119° 45.902′ W. Marker is in Carson City, Nevada. Marker can be reached from East 2nd Street

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just west of South Stewart Street, on the right when traveling west. Marker is mounted at eye-level directly on the subject building, just to the right of the entrance, on the west side of the Nevada Archives & Records Management building. Access is from the Nevada State Capitol Mall. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100 North Stewart Street, Carson City NV 89701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. USS Nevada BB-36 (within shouting distance of this marker); Washington Elm (within shouting distance of this marker); Charles W. Friend House, Observatory, and Weather Station (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Nevada’s Capitol (about 400 feet away); Abraham Van Santvoord Curry (about 400 feet away); Historic Fraternal Site of Carson City (about 400 feet away); Carson City (about 500 feet away); Felice Cohn (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Carson City.

Regarding State Printing Building. National Register of Historic Places #78003212.

Also see . . . Nevada State Printing Office. Wikipedia entry:
It is a "substantial" building built with stone walls made of 27 courses of one foot height sandstone ashlar blocks. It is located across [to the east] from the Nevada State Capitol building. (Submitted on November 22, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

State Printing Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, July 28, 2014

2. State Printing Building

(marker visible just right of entrance)

Credits. This page was last revised on August 6, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 22, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 150 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 22, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.