Tickets are NOW AVAILABLE for Reno's HISTORIC home tour event of the year! Your ticket gets you access to tour each of the 6 homes featured on Saturday, September 21st from 10:00am to 3:00pm.
Lake Addition
One of the surviving University Gateway houses, this home is a true success story of Reno historic preservation. It is likely that many of you have been watching its transformation since it was relocated from 829 Lake Street in 2020 to its current location. What you have not been able to see is the tremendous amount of work being done on the inside to restore it to its original glory.
The home was likely built between 1910 and 1912 for Winfred and Olla Mack, of New York. They had come to Reno in late 1906, as Winfred, bacteriologist, veterinarian and professor at Cornell University, had accepted a position at the University of Nevada. Winfred had tuberculosis and thought Nevada’s climate might be better for his health. In addition to being a UNR professor, Mack soon was named the Nevada State Veterinarian. Olla participated in many women’s groups and hosted numerous local social events in their new beautiful home.
Powning's Addition
This home is a “sleeper,” hidden on the far less-traveled south end of Keystone. Even if you drive the overpass regularly, you have probably not noticed it, though it has been there since at least 1914 and is a part of the historic Powning’s Addition and Gilbert’s Rearrangement.
It is unconfirmed who built the home, but it was likely John Hawthorne. Hawthorne and his wife Grace moved to Reno shortly after the turn of the century. John had gotten lucky with his mining interests in Goldfield, Nevada. In 1905, he purchased four lots from G. B. Ginocchio, one of which matches the block and lot description of our tour home’s location. Hawthorne died in 1916. A wedding between Louis Ginocchio and Andrea Ghiggeri took place at this address in 1914, so the home might have been built anytime between 1905 and 1914.
Newlands Manor
This lovely and unique home was featured on our 2014 Harvest of Homes Tour. In the past few years, we have been including a home from previous tours on each new tour, an encore home, as attendees have asked to see homes they missed the first time around. This one is certainly worthy of a second look.
The developer of the Newlands Manor addition, W.E. Barnard, was known for giving his homes colorful names, and he selected “Greystone Castle” for this one. Perhaps “cottage” might have been more appropriate rather than “castle” due to its diminutive size, but its charm and curb appeal are huge. Greystone Castle’s architectural style was derived from the Eclectic movement that followed the Victorian era in the early twentieth century. The Eclectic movement stressed relatively pure copies of domestic architecture as originally built in various European countries and their New World colonies. Referred to by some as Period Revival or Reminiscent styles, Greystone might also be called a Cotswold Cottage variation on the Tudor Revival style, an Ann Hathaway or Hansel and Gretel Cottage.
Newlands Manor
Casa del Rey, the third of the three uniquely-styled cottages in a row on Joaquin Miller Drive in the Newlands Manor addition, is a Spanish delight. From the brightly-colored tiles in the entry to the dark wooden beams in the living room ceiling, the timbered door frames and black decorative metal switch plates in every room, this small home transports you to another land.
Like its next-door neighbor Greystone Castle, it is a domestic work of art. Its design was selected by developer W. E. Barnard who purchased a large plot of land and created a neighborhood comprised of unique homes of many styles. Although Barnard seemed to be fond of all the varying styles at work here, he was especially taken with Spanish or Mission-style homes. This home is a Classic Spanish Colonial Revival featuring a low-pitched side-gabled roof with no eave overhang. The clay tile roof and stucco walls are also classic examples of the style.
Pownings Addition
These side-by-side brick cottages have long been admired by passers-by on Riverside Drive. In addition to the homes themselves, they have traditionally been nicely landscaped, surrounded by a neat white picket fence. Today’s garden is so inviting with its greenery and quirky décor items that it continues to draw the attention of all who walk by.
The history of this property is a bit confusing as a very early home on the adjacent lot had an address that matched one of these homes. In 1936 they were 1001 and 1009. In 1964, the addresses were renumbered to 1009 and 1019. Once the two cottages were joined, 1009 became the single address. The property that later became the garden was a vacant lot used for staging equipment for the construction of the Keystone overpass in the mid-1960s.
Lakeside Meadows
Although we love our old Reno Victorians and Craftsman Bungalows, it’s also fun to include a more modern offering in our annual slate of homes. In past years, the Aspen Glen and Sunnyvale homes were immensely popular with our attendees. And at over 50 years old, this incredible Mid-Century Modern home tucked away just south of Huffaker Lane is hardly a youngster. Built on 2.38 acres on what was once the Ladino Dairy Farm by noted architect Peter Wilday, it presents a somewhat mysterious face upon approach, due to the dark, sloping roof with rafter tails that almost hug the ground. Stone pillars appear to top the roof. The entrance is to the side, so as not to detract from the impact when approaching the home.
The style of this home can best be described as Organic Modern, a term used where nature merges with contemporary design, creating a serene and sophisticated atmosphere in harmony with the surrounding environment. This home exemplifies this, with its liberal use of wood and stone.
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