Hawkins House (Reno, Nevada) Explained

Hawkins House
Nrhp Type:nrhp
Coordinates:39.522°N -119.8185°W
Built:1911
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:December 17, 1979
Refnum:79001465

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. It is now the offices of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA).[1]

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.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association website . 2009-06-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080905122307/http://niaa.com/index.htm . 2008-09-05 . dead .
  2. Web site: Hawkins House . Three Historic Nevada Cities--Carson City, Reno, Virginia City--A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary . . 2007-03-22.
  3. Web site: History .