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The Lake Mansion in Reno, Nevada, is a historic house that originally stood at the corner of Virginia and California Streets and is now located at 250 Court Street. It was built in 1877 by W.J. Marsh. It includes Late Victorian and Italianate architecture and was a home associated with
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, one of Reno's founders, who bought it in 1879. In 1971 the house was moved to the grounds of the Convention Center, on the corner of Kietzke Lane and Virginia Street, and in 2004 it was moved again, to its current location. The house is and has a hipped roof with a widow's walk. It was wrapped on three sides by a veranda, which was lost in the move, but which was intended to be replaced. and Despite its having been moved, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.


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National Register of Historic Places in Reno, Nevada Victorian architecture in Nevada Italianate architecture in Nevada Houses completed in 1877 Houses in Reno, Nevada Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada 1877 establishments in Nevada {{Nevada-NRHP-stub