St. Paul's Episcopal Church - Virginia City, NV
N 39° 18.552 W 119° 38.882
11S E 271687 N 4354433
St. Paul's Episcopal Church is a contributing building, located at F Street and Taylor Street, in historic Virginia City, Nevada.
Waymark Code: WMGCJC
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 02/14/2013
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"St. Paul's Episcopal Church is an historic Carpenter Gothic-style Episcopal church building located at F and Taylor Streets in Virginia City, Nevada. It was built in 1876 to replace an earlier church that had burned down in 1875. St Paul's Parish, founded on September 1, 1861, is still an active congregation in the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada.
St. Paul's Episcopal Church is a contributing property in the Virginia City Historic District which was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966." (
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"Virginia City Historic District is a National Historic Landmark encompassing the former mining villages of Virginia City and Gold Hill, both in Storey County, as well as Dayton and Silver City, both to the south in adjacent Lyon County, Nevada, United States. Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961, it is one of only six in the state of Nevada.
Contributing properties in the historic district include:
First Presbyterian Church - built in 1867, it is one of the few buildings built before the Great Fire that still stands today;
Fourth Ward School - now a community center, it was a school from its construction in 1876 to 1936;
Knights of Pythias Building, West side B Street, between Union & Sutton Streets, this cast iron and stuccoed brick building was built in 1875;
St. Mary's in the Mountain Catholic Church, St. Mary's is a basilican structure and still has services;
St. Paul's Episcopal Church - Built in 1876 and still used for services;
Storey County Courthouse - Built after the 1875 fire, the rectangular brick building is still in use;
Territorial Enterprise building - built in 1862, Mark Twain once worked in the building." (
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