Francis G. Newlands Home
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The Francis G. Newlands Home, also known as Senator Francis G. Newlands House, in Reno, Nevada
, United States
, is the former mansion
of United States Senator Francis G. Newlands
. It is one of seven National Historic Landmarks in the state of Nevada.
of Queen Anne
Victorian architecture
. Queen Anne characteristics of the house include its "random horizontal plan with wings, bays and porches, and the steep gable
roof."
A front wing and an arbor were added sometime before 1908.
The house was the first mansion built on a bluff overlooking the Truckee River
in Reno, which became known as Newlands Heights. Diverse architectural styles are represented in the area, as exemplified also by the colonial revival Hawkins House
next door, another mansion listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The house was purchased by divorce lawyer George Thatcher in 1920. Client and F.W. Woolworth Company heiress Barbara Hutton stayed in the house in 1935, as did other Thatcher clients from time to time.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark
in 1963, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.
The house is privately owned and not open to the public.
Reno, Nevada
Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The city has a population of about 220,500 and is the most populous Nevada city outside of the Las Vegas metropolitan area...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, is the former mansion
Mansion
A mansion is a very large dwelling house. U.S. real estate brokers define a mansion as a dwelling of over . A traditional European mansion was defined as a house which contained a ballroom and tens of bedrooms...
of United States Senator Francis G. Newlands
Francis G. Newlands
Francis Griffith Newlands was a United States Representative and Senator from Nevada.-Early life:Newlands was born in Natchez, Mississippi, on August 28, 1846...
. It is one of seven National Historic Landmarks in the state of Nevada.
History
The house was built in 1890 in the newly popular Shingle styleShingle Style architecture
The Shingle style is an American architectural style made popular by the rise of the New England school of architecture, which eschewed the highly ornamented patterns of the Eastlake style in Queen Anne architecture....
of Queen Anne
Queen Anne Style architecture (United States)
In America, the Queen Anne style of architecture, furniture and decorative arts was popular in the United States from 1880 to 1910. In American usage "Queen Anne" is loosely used of a wide range of picturesque buildings with "free Renaissance" details rather than of a specific formulaic style in...
Victorian architecture
Victorian architecture
The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...
. Queen Anne characteristics of the house include its "random horizontal plan with wings, bays and porches, and the steep gable
Gable
A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system being used and aesthetic concerns. Thus the type of roof enclosing the volume dictates the shape of the gable...
roof."
A front wing and an arbor were added sometime before 1908.
The house was the first mansion built on a bluff overlooking the Truckee River
Truckee River
The Truckee River is a stream in the U.S. states of California and Nevada. The river is about long. Its endorheic drainage basin is about , of which about are in Nevada. The Truckee is the sole outlet of Lake Tahoe and drains part of the high Sierra Nevada, emptying into Pyramid Lake in the Great...
in Reno, which became known as Newlands Heights. Diverse architectural styles are represented in the area, as exemplified also by the colonial revival Hawkins House
Hawkins House (Reno, Nevada)
Hawkins House, later known as Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, is a historic home in Reno, Nevada. It was designed in a colonial revival style by Elmer Grey for Prince A. Hawkins, a scion of the well-established Hawkins family, in 1911. It is now the offices of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities...
next door, another mansion listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The house was purchased by divorce lawyer George Thatcher in 1920. Client and F.W. Woolworth Company heiress Barbara Hutton stayed in the house in 1935, as did other Thatcher clients from time to time.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark
National Historic Landmark
A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance...
in 1963, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.
The house is privately owned and not open to the public.