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Western Nevada College (WNC) is a public college with its main campus in Carson City, Nevada and additional campuses in Fallon and Minden. There are also WNC centers in Dayton, Fernley, Hawthorne, Lake Tahoe, Lovelock, Smith Valley and Yerington, as well as degree programs in five correctional institutions. The college offers a number of different associate degrees, certificate programs and a bachelor of technology degree. Prior to July 2007, WNC was known as Western Nevada Community College. The name change was approved by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents in recognition of WNC's ability to grant niche four-year degrees. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.

Nevada State Historic Preservation Office PDF documents The Lakeview House is a historic house overlooking Washoe Lake in Carson City, Nevada, that was built in 1873. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.This home is on U.S. Route 395 south of E. Lake Blvd. It was deemed significant for association with "early-day recreation, transportation, lumbering, and water-supply enterprises.": 3  It was built on the site of an inn that had burned in 1871. It was the headquarters of John B. Overton, supervisor of the Virginia City & Gold Hill Water Company, which built a water pipe through the area. The area was the end of a nine-mile-long (14 km) lumber flume that brought timber used in Comstock Lode mines and was loaded there onto the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. The V&T ran right behind the house, essentially in the backyard. The house is near the underground large pipe that runs down from Marlette Lake through the same pipe up to Virginia City. This water pipe was an engineering marvel for its day, using only the water pressure flow from Marlette Lake. The water pressure alone forced the water back up to Virginia City. This water pipe from Marlette Lake continues to provide Virginia City fresh water. The house was later home of several succeeding supervisors and watermasters. The house is about four miles (6.4 km) northwest of downtown Carson City.

The Dr. William Henry Cavell House, at 402 W. Robinson St. in Carson City, Nevada, United States, was built in 1907. It is one of two Carson City houses constructed from the same plans, designed by Oakland, California architect John Conant. It includes Shingle Style and Colonial Revival architectural elements. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. It was deemed significant for association with dentist Dr. William Henry Cavell, and was originally a wedding gift from him to Ida Platt Cavell. It stayed in the Cavell family until 1951.

The Carson City Public Buildings, on Carson St. in Carson City, Nevada is a set of historic buildings dating back to 1920. There are three contributing buildings. The set was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The three are the Nevada State Supreme Court Building, the Ormsby County Courthouse (of the former Ormsby County, Nevada which was dissolved in 1969), and the Heroes Memorial Building, designed by Nevada premier architect Frederick J. DeLongchamps.

Ormsby County was a county in Nevada Territory from 1861 to 1864 and in the State of Nevada from 1864 until 1969. It contained Carson City, the county seat, and later, the state capital, founded two years earlier.

The Nevada Governor's Mansion is the official residence of the governor of Nevada and his family. Reno architect George A. Ferris designed this Classical Revival (Neoclassical) style mansion. It is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

The Brougher Mansion, at 204 W. Spear St. in Carson City, Nevada, is a historic Queen Anne-style house that was built in 1903–1904. Also known as the Bath Mansion, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1904.It was deemed significant for its architecture, as the only example of its style in Carson City, and for its association with Wilson Brougher, "a man of great enterprise" who rose from poverty to riches.

The Adams House in Carson City, Nevada, located at 990 N. Minnesota St., is a historic Bungalow/Craftsman-style house that was built during 1922-23 by DeWitt Adams, for his family. It is a "modest" building but a good example of a small bungalow with American Craftsman architecture. Its design is believed to have been a catalog plan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.The property was listed for sale, marketed for use as offices, in 2013.

The David Smaill House, at 313 W. Ann St. in Carson City, Nevada, was built in c.1876. Also known as the Smaill House, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.It was deemed significant "for its associations with the early residential development of Carson City, Nevada", according to its NRHP nomination, which went on to note: "The dwelling is representative of the small, vernacular dwellings associated with Carson City's working class in the late 19th century. The building is architecturally noteworthy for its simplicity of design and elaborate exterior ornamentation.": 3  The original house was built by Smaill at least partway during 1876 and then sold by Smaill in 1877, though David and Rachel Spratte Smaill lived there up to 1879 at least.

The Gov. Reinhold Sadler House, at 310 Mountain St. in Carson City, Nevada, United States, was built in 1877. It was a work of builder Ed Niles. It was a home of Nevada governor Reinhold Sadler (1848–1906). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.It was deemed significant as "a tangible reminder of Governor Reinhold Sadler", who served as Lieutenant Governor during 1896-98 and as Governor during 1899–1902. Sadler had purchased the house in 1896. According to its NRHP nomination, there's "no architectural significance attached to the house, although the present owners have performed a skillful restoration to bring back interesting architectural details.": 3 

The West Side Historic District in Carson City, Nevada, United States, is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. It includes properties within an area roughly bounded by Curry, Mountain, 5th & John Sts.

The Belknap House, at 1206 North Nevada Street in Carson City, Nevada, is a historic house built in 1875. Also known as the Barber-Belknap House or the Beck-Barber-Belknap House, it includes Second Empire architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.It is a two-story building with shiplap siding. It is significant as the home, during 1881 to 1908, of Charles Henry Belknap, who was Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court. It is significant also for association with Henry Hudson Beck, who had it built in 1870, and to Oscar T. Barber, a businessman and Nevada State Assembly representative, who owned it in between. And it is also significant as "an excellent example of a two-story Second Empire residential structure".: 7 During the Cold War, the only known privately built atomic fallout shelter in Carson City was added to the property.