Stewart-Nye Residence
Carson City, Carson City, Nevada
Marker Inscription
Stewart Nye Residence. This house was built about 1860 of local sandstone for William Morris Stewart who lived here until 1862. He sold it to the territorial governor of Nevada, James W. Nye. The two men were elected as Nevada’s first United States senators after the territory achieved statehood in 1864. Stewart served from 1864 to1875 and again from 1887 to 1905. Nye served from 1864 to 1873. Both men were originally from New York.The house later became the home of Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice George F. Talbot. In 1917 he sold the house and block to the Catholic diocese and it served as the rectory for the Catholic Church. It was subsequently sold for commercial use.
Erected by Carson City Historical Commissionnevada Landmark Society
The Story
Built about 1860 of local sandstone, this house was the home of William Morris Stewart until 1862, when he sold it to James W. Nye, the territorial governor. After Nevada achieved statehood in 1864, the two men were elected its first United States senators—Stewart serving into the twentieth century and Nye through 1873—both of them New York natives. The house later belonged to state Supreme Court Chief Justice George F. Talbot before becoming a Catholic rectory in 1917.
Why it matters
This modest sandstone house links two of the men who steered Nevada from territory to state and represented it in the Senate, a tangible relic of the state's founding generation.
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Related people
- · William Morris Stewart
- · James W. Nye
- · George F. Talbot
Related events
- · Nevada statehood
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