Nevada State Children’s Home
Category
Architecture
Marker Type
Blue marker
Nevada Historical Marker Number
Nevada State Children’s Home is Nevada Historical Marker #72.
Carson City is home to 26 Nevada State Historical Markers and the links to each are below for you to research to see if you want to add to your exploration list.
- #1 Empire and the Carson River Mills
- #25 Nevada’s Capitol
- #44 Carson City
- #70 Bliss Mansion
- #71 Methodist Church of Carson City
- #72 Nevada State Children’s Home
- #75 Federal Government Building (1888- 1970)
- #76 Eagle Valley
- #77 Dat-So-La-Lee
- #78 Orion Clemens Home
- #91 Stewart Indian School
- #134 Trans-Sierran Pioneer Flight
- #175 Stewart – Nye Residence
- #179 First Air Flight Over Nevada
- #180 The Warm Springs Hotel and Nevada State Prison
- #181 Washoe Indians
- #193 Historic Flume and Lumberyard
- #194 Gardner’s Ranch
- #196 The United States Mint Carson City, Nevada
- #213 Lakeview
- #235 Camp Nye
- #243 Corbett-Fitzsimmon Fight
- #250 State Printing Building
- #252 Rinckel Mansion
- #258 Charles W. Friend House, Observatory & Weather Station
- #259 The Governor’s Mansion
Click here to view the full list of Nevada State Historical Markers.
Nevada State Children’s Home History
Children’s facilities first opened here in 1864. The site went through many changes but continued to serve children’s needs until 1992.
County
GPS Coordinates
39.160038, -119.764359
How to Get to Nevada State Children’s Home
Located at the intersection of S. Stewart Street and E. 7th Street in Carson City, Nevada.
Nevada Historical Marker Transcription
The Nevada Orphans’ Asylum, a privately funded institution, was opened in Virginia City in 1864 by the Daughters of Charity. By 1870, most of its functions were taken over by the Nevada State Orphans’ Home at Carson City, authorized in 1869 by the legislature and constructed on this site. The first child was admitted October 28, 1870.
In 1903, the first building gave way to a larger one, constructed of sandstone from the state prison quarry east of Carson City. This edifice served until 1963 as Nevada’s home for dependent and neglected children. In 1951, its name was changed to the Nevada State Children’s Home.
The stone building was in turn replaced in 1963, in accordance with the modern concept of family-sized groups housed in cottages. The facility closed in 1992.
STATE HISTORICAL MARKER NO. 72
COMMEMORATING A CENTURY OF STATE SERVICE TO THE
CHILDREN OF NEVADA
CARSON CITY HISTORICAL COMMISSION
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE
References Used
Nevada State Children’s Home