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 The Washoe County Courthouse - Reno, NV
N 39° 31.437 W 119° 48.738
11S E 258265 N 4378699
The Washoe County Courthouse is located on S Virginia Street in downtown Reno, NV.
Waymark Code: WMJYKR
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 01/17/2014
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3. The WASHOE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, corner S. Virginia and Court Sts., is the place where many famous divorces have been granted. It is of light gray limestone with a shallow portico and central dome. Details are classical but suggest French Renaissance influence. Murals by Robert Caples are on the walls of both floors. Other murals are by Hans Mayer Kassel. Two divisions of the District Court sit here, and handle criminal and civil cases as well as divorces. It is told that some divorcees, elated by their freedom, pause on leaving the courthouse to kiss a front piller, or even walk to the Truckee to hurl their wedding rings into the river; bu boys who recover the rings declare they are of the dime-store variety, and accuse the throwers of fradulent (sic) practices.
This courthouse still stands today and is still in use. There is also a nice writeup on this courthouse from the NPS.gov website here.
Book: Nevada
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 154
Year Originally Published: 1940
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