Carson City Public Buildings

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 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 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 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 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 William Spence House, at 308 S. Thompson St. in Carson City, Nevada, was built in 1875. It includes Greek Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.It is a two-and-a-half-story, brick building on an 85-by-102-foot (26 m × 31 m) property. It was built by William Mortimer Spence (1822–1920), who was a London-born cabinetmaker and pianowright, who came to the U.S. in 1860. He lived in the house until his death. It was deemed significant as "an architecturally significant dwelling representative of transitional designs common to Carson City, Nevada, in the last quarter of the nineteenth century" and "also significant for its association with the early residential development of Carson City.": 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 Gov. James W. Nye Mansion, at 108 N. Minnesota St. in Carson City, Nevada, United States, was built in 1860. It has also been known as St. Teresa's Rectory. It was a home of U.S. senator William M. Stewart and of Nevada territory governor James W. Nye. It is a 1+1⁄2-story stone house built on a large lot. It became an unofficial Governor's Mansion after Governor Nye purchased the house in 1862.

The Ormsby–Rosser House, at 304 S. Minnesota St. in Carson City, Nevada, is a historic house that was built during 1862–63. It was home of the widow of Major William B. Ormsby, who was killed in 1860 in the Pyramid Lake War. The house hosted Mark Twain and others. It was later owned by carpenter/cabinet-maker Sture Svensson, who added an addition in 1960.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

The Sears–Ferris House, at 311 W Third Street in Carson City, Nevada, is a historic house built in 1863. It was owned from 1868 to 1890 by George Washington Gale Ferris Sr., father of George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., future inventor of the Ferris wheel. It has also been known as the G. W. G. Ferris House. Originally built in about 1863 by Gregory A. Sears, a pioneer Carson City businessman, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places for Carson City in 1979. It includes Colonial Revival and Georgian Revival architecture. This house is square in size and its measure is roughly sixty by sixty feet. It is currently under private ownership and not open to the public.

St. Peter's Episcopal Church is a large historic Carpenter Gothic Episcopal church building located at the corner of Division and Telegraph streets in Carson City, Nevada. Built in 1868, it is the oldest Episcopal church still in use in Nevada. On January 3, 1978, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Abraham (or Abram or Abe) Van Santvoord Curry (February 19, 1815 October 19, 1873) is considered the founding father of Carson City, Nevada. A native of the state of New York, he traveled to the West Coast during the California Gold Rush and settled in Nevada's Eagle Valley, where Carson City was established.Curry served as an assemblyman of the Nevada Territorial Legislature from 1862 to 1863 and was a territorial senator from 1863 to 1864. He was also the first superintendent of the Carson City Mint and the first warden of Nevada State Prison. Curry donated 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land for the site of the Nevada State Capitol, for which the state prison quarry provided the stone for its construction.Curry spent the final years of his life building facilities for the Virginia and Truckee Railroad in Carson City. Though he had achieved prominence in Nevada, his wife claimed that he had only one dollar in his pocket when he died in 1873.