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Rinckel Mansion

Rinckel Mansion Overview

In 1863, Rinckel settled in Carson City, he raised livestock and supplied the mining and timber districts surrounding Eagle Valley with meat.

Charles H. Jones, a French-schooled designer, constructed Rinckel’s High Victorian Italianate architectural residence in 1876.

Category

  1. Architecture
  2. Mining
  3. Ranching/Farming

Marker Type

On building

Nevada Historical Marker Number

Rinckel Mansion is Nevada Historical Marker #252.

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. #1 Empire and the Carson River Mills
  2. #25 Nevada’s Capitol
  3. #44 Carson City
  4. #70 Bliss Mansion
  5. #71 Methodist Church of Carson City
  6. #72 Nevada State Children’s Home
  7. #75 Federal Government Building (1888- 1970)
  8. #76 Eagle Valley
  9. #77 Dat-So-La-Lee
  10. #78 Orion Clemens Home
  11. #91 Stewart Indian School
  12. #134 Trans-Sierran Pioneer Flight
  13. #175 Stewart – Nye Residence
  14. #179 First Air Flight Over Nevada
  15. #180 The Warm Springs Hotel and Nevada State Prison
  16. #181 Washoe Indians
  17. #193 Historic Flume and Lumberyard
  18. #194 Gardner’s Ranch
  19. #196 The United States Mint Carson City, Nevada
  20. #213 Lakeview
  21. #235 Camp Nye
  22. #243 Corbett-Fitzsimmon Fight
  23. #250 State Printing Building
  24. #252 Rinckel Mansion
  25. #258 Charles W. Friend House, Observatory & Weather Station
  26. #259 The Governor’s Mansion

Click here to view the full list of Nevada State Historical Markers.

County

Carson City, Nevada

GPS Coordinates

39.164034, -119.768264

Nevada Historical Marker Transcription

Completed in 1876, this palatial residence is an excellent example of High Victorian Italianate architecture in Carson City.  Charles H. Jones, a French-schooled designer, constructed the residence for Mathias Rinckel using European craftsmen.  The mansion is constructed of pressed brick resting upon a sandstone ashlar foundation.  The sandstone originated from the Nevada State Prison quarry.  The brick came from Carson Valley and knot-free lumber was obtained from the pine forests of Lake Tahoe.

Rinckel, a German immigrant and pioneer Carson City merchant, accumulated a degree of wealth in the gold fields in the Feather River District of California from 1849 to 1859.  He increased his fortune in mining at Virginia City during that city’s infancy.  In 1863, Rinckel settled in Carson City, where he engaged in raising livestock and butchering.  As a successful merchant, he supplied the mining and timber districts surrounding Eagle Valley with meat.

STATE HISTORIC MARKER NO.  252

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE

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