Savage Mansion
Storey County, Storey County, Nevada
Marker Inscription
Savage Mansion (C. 1861). This elegant mansion, designed in the French Second Empire style, served as a residence for the superintendent, as well as a mine office for the Savage Mining Company. The first floor served as the mine office while the upper two stories provided a residence for many successful superintendents. Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States and “General of the Armies,” spoke to the townspeople from the second floor balcony on October 27, 1879, after a town parade in his honor.
Erected by Nevada State Historic Preservation Office
The Story
Built around 1861 in the French Second Empire style, this elegant Comstock mansion housed the Savage Mining Company's offices on its first floor and served as the residence of the company's superintendents on the upper two stories. Its most famous moment came on October 27, 1879, when former president and Civil War commander Ulysses S. Grant, honored with a town parade, addressed the townspeople from its second-floor balcony.
Why it matters
The Savage Mansion shows how the wealth of the Comstock Lode blended industry and gentility, and its brush with President Grant links a Nevada mining town to the national stage.
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Related people
- · Ulysses S. Grant
Related events
- · Comstock Lode
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