Hawkins House (Reno, Nevada)

Hawkins House
Location549 Court St.,
Reno, Nevada
Coordinates39°31′19.29″N 119°49′6.59″W / 39.5220250°N 119.8184972°W / 39.5220250; -119.8184972
Built1911
ArchitectElmer Grey
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No.79001465[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 17, 1979

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.[2] It is now the offices of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA).[3]

It is adjacent to the Francis G. Newlands House, a National Historic Landmark.[2]

From 1978 to 1988, the building housed the Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, now known as the Nevada Museum of Art.[4]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ a b "Hawkins House". Three Historic Nevada Cities--Carson City, Reno, Virginia City--A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary. National Park Service. Archived from the original on December 14, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2007.
  3. ^ "Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association website". Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
  4. ^ "History".