To see more of our city, pick up a free “Kit Carson Trail Map,” and a Carson City Bicycle Route Map, available at the Visitors Center, 1900 S. Carson and around town. Also available around town. There is plenty of free parking in historic areas.

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1} Nevada State Capitol 101 No. Carson St. Architect’s fee: $250; stone: free, from State Prison quarry. (1870-71)
2} State Library & Archives 100 Stewart St. 1992 structure incorporates old State Printing Building. (1885-86)
3} Kitzmeyer Furniture Factory & Undertaking Parlor 319 No. Carson St. The furniture included a line of coffins. (1873)
4} Former U.S. Post Office 401 No. Carson St. First federal office constructed in Nevada. (1891)
5} Nevada State Museum 600 No. Carson St. Over $49 million was coined here, 1870-93. (U.S. Mint 1869)
6} Governor’s Mansion 600 No. Mountain St. Land: $10. Completed after 30 years of debate. (1908-09)
7} Heroes Memorial Building 198 No. Carson St. Twin of the Ormsby County Courthouse. (1921)
8} Ormsby County Courthouse 198 No. Carson St. Designed as part of the State Capitol complex. (early 1920s)
9} Former Nevada Supreme Court 100 No. Carson St. Originally also housed the State Library. (1936)
10} St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church 511 W. King St. Original wood frame is now faced with brick. (1870-71)
11} Stewart-Nye Residence 108 No. Minnesota St. Built by Stewart. Later owned by Territorial Governor Nye. (1860)
12} Chartz House 412 No. Nevada St. Named for Alfred Chartz, outstanding lawyer and pardoned State prisoner. Chartz was neither the builder nor the first owner, but was the most noted resident. (1876)
13} Curry House 406 No. Nevada St. Built by Abe Curry, one of Carson City’s founders. (1871)
14} Orion Clemens House 502 No. Division St. Frequent guest: brother Samuel (Mark Twain). (1863-64)
15} Yerington House 512 No. Division St. Named for second owner (1869), a key figure in the V&T Railroad. (1863)
16} Bliss Mansion 608 Elizabeth St. Built by the lumber magnate Duane L. Bliss. 15 rooms, 9 marble fireplaces. Built of clear sugar pine and cedar from his Lake Tahoe mill. (1879)
17} Bender House 707 W. Robinson St. Named for 1874 owner, an agent for the V&T Railroad. (1866-70)
18} Krebs-Peterson House 500 No. Mountain St. Featured in John Wayne’s last film, “The Shootist.” (1914)
19} Dat-So-La-Lee Home Cohn House 331 W. Proctor St. Built for famed Washo basket weaver by her employer, Abe Cohn. (1895)
20} Carson Brewing Company 449 W. King St. Home of “Tahoe Beer” for over a century, now the Brewery Arts
Center. (1864)
21} Rinckel Mansion 102 No. Curry St. Built with labor-saving devices from the 1876 Centennial Exposition. (1875-76)
22} E.D. Sweeney Building 102 So. Curry St. One of Carson City’s earliest commercial buildings. (1859-60)
23} J.D. Roberts House Historical Museum 1207 No. Carson St. Gothic revival house originally built in Washoe City, was moved to Carson City on a V&T flat car in 1873. (1859)
24} St. Charles-Muller Hotel 302-304 So. Carson St. One of the most elegant hotels of the day. (1862