University of Nevada Reno Historic District facts for kids

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University of Nevada Reno Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
University quadrangle
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Location	Virginia St., Reno, Nevada, U.S.
Area	40 acres (16 ha)
Built	1906; 118 years ago (1906)
Architect	White, Stanford; Et al.
Architectural style	Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Second Empire, Jeffersonian Revival
NRHP reference No.	87000135
Added to NRHP	February 25, 1987; 37 years ago (1987-02-25)

University of Nevada Reno Historic District on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno is a 40-acre (16 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on February 25, 1987. It includes works by architects Stanford White and Frederick J. DeLongchamps. It includes 13 contributing buildings and two other contributing structures, including two separately NRHP-listed buildings, the Mackay School of Mines Building and Morrill Hall. The 13 historic buildings are:

• Morrill Hall (1886)
• Lincoln Hall (1896)
• Manzanita Hall (1896)
• Mackay School of Mines (1908)
• Jones Visitors Center (1914)
• Veterinary Building (1914)
• Peter Frandsen Humanities Building (1918)
• Thompson Student Services Center (1920)
• Physical Plant (1921)
• Clark Administration (1927)
• Mackay Science Hall (1930)
• Palmer Engineering Building (1941)
• Gymnasium (1945) (of "exceptional significance to the district")

and the two other contributing elements are

• University Quadrangle
• Manzanita Lake