Warm Springs Correctional Center

Nevada State Prison (NSP) was a penitentiary located in Carson City. The prison was in continuous operation since its establishment in 1862 and was managed by the Nevada Department of Corrections. It was one of the oldest prisons still operating in the United States. The high security facility housed 219 inmates in September 2011. It was designed to hold 841 inmates and employed a staff of 211.In the early 20th century, the prison became the sole designated facility for executions by the state of Nevada. It carried out the first death sentence by gas chamber in the United States with the execution of Gee Jon on February 8, 1924.The state of Nevada chose to close the facility for budgetary reasons. The prison closed its doors on May 18, 2012, with all inmates transferred to other institutions or released. Although the prison has closed, it was still designated as the site of executions for the State of Nevada, until the current execution chamber at Ely State Prison opened in 2016.

The Glenbrook is a 2-6-0, Mogul type, narrow-gauge steam railway locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1875 for the Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company's 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge railroad.

KCMY (1300 AM with translator K273AF at 102.5 FM serving Reno) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format, branding itself as "Cowboy Country". Licensed to Carson City, Nevada, United States, the station is currently owned by The Evans Broadcasting Company, Inc. and features programming from Fox News Radio, as well as local news. The station's transmitter is located in Carson City.

Carson High School is a high school (grades 9–12) in Carson City, Nevada, United States. It is a part of the Carson City School District.

The Gold Dust West Carson City (formerly the Pinon Plaza Hotel Casino) is a casino hotel located on Hwy 50 in Carson City, Nevada. The Gold Dust West contains 17,600 square feet (1,640 m2) of gaming space, with table games, video poker machines, and slots. The Gold Dust West hotel has 142 rooms. The facility also has a bowling center, snack bar, a heated outdoor swimming pool, and a large hot tub (open in the summer). Like the Gold Dust West Casino in Reno, Nevada, this facility is owned and operated by Jacobs Entertainment. The Pinon Plaza was owned by Clark Russell, who had owned the Carson Station Hotel Casino in Carson City. Russell operated a shuttle bus system that ran for several years between the Carson Station and the Pinon Plaza.

The Carson City Civic Auditorium, at 813 N. Carson St. in Carson City, Nevada, was designed by architect Lehman A. Ferris and was built during 1938–39. It was funded by a municipal bond and by the Public Works Administration. Also known simply as Municipal Auditorium, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. Since 1994, the building has served as the location for the Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada.It was deemed significant as a depression era works project and also "as a rare example of a monumentally-scaled Romanesque Revival-styled building in Nevada".

The Kitzmeyer Furniture Factory, at 319 N. Carson St. in Carson City, Nevada, is a historic building built in 1873. It is the oldest surviving Italianate-style commercial buildings in the commercial core area of Carson City.It was built to provide a furniture showroom on the ground floor and furniture factory space above, and served in this way until 1901. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Eagle Valley is the area encompassing Carson City, Nevada. The valley was first settled during the California Gold Rush of 1849. The discovery of Nevada's Comstock Lode in 1859 established the economic importance of the area, which would become the site of the Nevada State Capitol.

The Leport–Toupin House, at 503 E. Telegraph St. in Carson City, Nevada, is a historic simplified-Second Empire-style house that was built in 1879. It was converted to a pre-school in 1969. Also known as the Hawkins House, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.It was deemed significant for its architecture and also for its association with Alexander Leport (1837–1885), a French-born businessman who came to Carson City in 1879 and developed grocery, saloon, drugstore, barber shop and other businesses. He arranged for the house to be built in anticipation of his 1880 marriage to Frenchwoman Mary Blavee. In 1891, six years after Leport's death, Mary Leport married Edmond S. Toupin, a French-Canadian who took over Leport's businesses. In 1907 ownership of the house passed to Theodore Perry Hawkins and his wife, Clara.The house is one of few Second Empire houses in Carson City, and the only one in its east side residential area.

The George L. Sanford House, at 405 N. Roop St. in Carson City, Nevada, United States, was built in c.1910. It includes Bungalow/craftsman, Stick/Eastlake, and Second Empire architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994; the listing included two contributing buildings.George L. Sanford came to Nevada in about 1906, and was experienced in law and in the newspaper industry; he came to control the Carson City News newspaper. It was deemed significant as the sole surviving buildings associated with the "powerful" Sanford family (including George's brothers Graham and Leigh) and also for its architecture.

The Nevada State Printing Office, at 101 S. Fall St. in Carson City, Nevada, was built in 1885–86. Also known as the Old State Printing Office, it was a work of Reno architect M.J. Curtis. It is located across from the Nevada State Capitol building. Also known as the Old State Printing Office, it was a work of two architects named Morrill J. Curtis and Seymore Pixley. It is the second oldest State-built structure in the Capitol Complex. It is a "substantial" building built with stone walls made of 27 courses of one foot height sandstone ashlar blocks. Lesser quality extensions of the building were added in 1938, 1951, 1955 and 1958. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

The Nevada State Library, Archives and Public Records (NSLAPR) is the official State Library and State Archives for Nevada located in Carson City, Nevada. It is also combined with the Records Services department which manages public records in the State of Nevada for state agencies and local governments. The library manages many programs for public libraries including public library certification and standards, LSTA grants, bookmobile funding and training for library trustees. They oversee Nevada Talking Book Services for print-disabled users, Nevada Center for the Book, and the Nevada State Data Center to help localities work with census data.