Savage Mansion
Savage Mansion Overview
This elegant mansion, designed in the French Second Empire style, served as a residence for the superintendent, as well as a mine office for the Savage Mining Company.
Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States, spoke to the townspeople from here in 1879, after a town parade in his honor.
Category
- Architecture
- Mining
- Person
Marker Type
Stone marker
Nevada Historical Marker Number
Savage Mansion is Nevada Historical Marker #87.
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County
Storey County, Nevada
GPS Coordinates
39.305347, -119.651000
Nevada Historical Marker Transcription
This elegant mansion, designed in the French Second Empire style, served as a residence for the superintendent, as well as a mine office for the Savage Mining Company. The first floor served as the mine office while the upper two stories provided a residence for many successful superintendents.
Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States and “General of the Armies,” spoke to the townspeople from the second floor balcony on October 27, 1879, after a town parade in his honor.
STATE HISTORIC MARKER No. 87
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE
NEVADA LANDMARK SOCIETY
References Used
Savage Mansion