The Henry Piper House, in
Virginia City, Nevada, United States, is a historic house that is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). It is operated as a
bed and breakfast, the B Street House Bed and Breakfast, and is the only bed and breakfast in an individually-NRHP-listed house in Virginia City.
The house was built after the
Great Fire of 1875
Virginia City is a census-designated place (CDP) that is the county seat of Storey County, Nevada, and the largest community in the county. The city is a part of the Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Virginia City developed as a b ...
, which destroyed much of Virginia City, and was completed by December.
[
The house was renovated into a bed and breakfast during 2004–2007, and it received a Nevada state historic preservation award for its renovation in 2008.][
Henry moved to Virginia City in 1861 with his older brother John. The two maintained local political careers and partnered in the running of Piper's Opera House as well as the Piper's Corner Saloon on B and Union Streets. Henry served in the Nevada Assembly for one term later becoming a "box herder" at Piper's Opera House. His job was the management of the often drunk and disorderly women of the demimonde and youthful miners who attended the Opera House productions.][Eichin, Carolyn Grattan, From San Francisco Eastward: Victorian Theater in the American West, (Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2020), 42-44, 118-120, 1948908387 ()]
See also
* Piper's Opera House, also NRHP-listed in Virginia City
* Piper-Beebe House, also NRHP-listed in Virginia City
References
External links
* Detailed information on th
Henry Piper House
at the National Parks website
Houses completed in 1875
1875 establishments in Nevada
Buildings and structures in Virginia City, Nevada
National Register of Historic Places in Storey County, Nevada
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada
Bed and breakfasts in Nevada
Houses in Storey County, Nevada
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