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The El Cortez Hotel, at 239 W. 2nd St. in
Reno, Nevada Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada-California border, about north from Lake Tahoe, known as "The Biggest Little City in the World". Known for its casino and tourism industry, Reno is the ...
, is a historic
Art Deco Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...
-style hotel that was designed by Reno architects George A. Ferris & Son and was built in 1931. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1984. It was deemed significant as a fine example of Art Deco architecture and of the work of the Ferris firm. Seven stories tall, it was the tallest building in Nevada until the completion of Reno's
Mapes Hotel Mapes Hotel was a hotel and casino located in Downtown Reno, Nevada, next to the Truckee River on Virginia Street. It was built in 1947 and opened on December 17 of that year. It was the first skyscraper built in the Western United States since t ...
in 1947. It is decorated with low-relief terra cotta work. The Trocadero Casino was located inside the El Cortez from 1941 to 1951. For many years, the El Cortez still served as a hotel. and El Cortez was purchased by
The Siegel Group The Siegel Group, Inc. is an American diversified company based in Paradise, Nevada and Studio City, California. It owns and operates hotels, hotel casinos, short-stay apartments, office buildings, shopping centers, and land for development. Hi ...
in 2014.


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