Fun at C
Posted by Bubba on August 26th, 2007
The Archives has this magnificent picture of Eagle Valley from the Comstock Era. If you look closely at the extra large photo, you’ll find the Capital building in the center with Fifth Street heading east on the right and King Street going west in the center left.
Courtesy of the Nevada State Library and Archives
When was this taken?:
- The federal building on Carson and Telegraph is not there. It was completed in 1890.
- St. Peter’s Episcopal Church is the white building with the steeple on the left and was completed in 1868.
- The current museum is on the far left and is doing business as the Carson City Mint. It opened in 1869.
[More editing: As Scott and Sam point out in the comments, that’s the Methodist Church on Musser and Division. The Episcopal Church is hiding behind the Central School to the north.]
And here’s a couple of pictures from this morning from nearly the same place, taken without the benefit of a wide angle lens and a wool coat from the 19th Century.
Edit: Another pix of the valley with some guy standing in the way (holding the old Eagle Valley pix we used to orient ourselves).
Here’s those same rocks looking up from the valley floor.
August 29th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
I’d say the prominent church is the Methodist church at Division and Musser, not St. Peters. That it looks white is probably just a trick of the film. But you can see that when it was first built, it used to have a steeple too.
I love how prominently the Central School shows up in this picture. The school is the large two-story building to the left of the church, at the corner of Minnesota and Telegraph. It was torn down in 1906 and a house built on the corner, and now I work in that house. So I feel a connection to the Central School whenever I can see a picture of it. The carriage house in the back is still standing.
If you’re looking for St. Peter’s, it’s hiding behind the school. The muddiness of the film makes it hard to see the steeple.
September 5th, 2007 at 8:03 am
The spire of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church can just be discerned behind and to the east of the Central School; the prominent “white” church is First Methodist, the color resulting no doubt from the quality of the print and exposure.