Skip to Content

Savage Mansion (c. 1863)

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.

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

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