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Madison County Courthouse, Wallace Street, Virginia City, Madison County, MT

Madison County Courthouse, Wallace Street, Virginia City, Madison Coun...

Significance: This is a rather large and stately courthouse built in a gold mining town that by then has lost the seat of the Territorial Government and many of its inhabitants to the richer claims of Helena. S... More

Hebron Lutheran Church, State Routes 638 & 653, Madison, Madison County, Virginia

Hebron Lutheran Church, State Routes 638 & 653, Madison, Madison Count...

Significance: Hebron Lutheran Church is one of four surviving wooden churches of Virginia's colonial heritage. Constructed in 1740 by German settlers in the Madison region near the Robinson River, at the time ... More

Fourth Ward School, South C Street at Highway 17, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Fourth Ward School, South C Street at Highway 17, Virginia City, Store...

Significance: The school. along with the church, were important institutions to the pioneers of western towns. Located on the divide between Gold Hill and Virginia City, the prominent Fourth Ward School grandl... More

Piper's Opera House, B & Union Streets, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Piper's Opera House, B & Union Streets, Virginia City, Storey County, ...

Significance: Piper's Opera House is one of the birthplaces of American stage in the west. The first large Virginia City theatre was Topliffe's on C Street, built in 1862. Tom Maguire's D Street Theatre follow... More

Colonel W.F. Sanders House, Idaho Street, Virginia City, Madison County, MT

Colonel W.F. Sanders House, Idaho Street, Virginia City, Madison Count...

Significance: 1-1/2 story frame building is now almost 100 years old and has been well maintained over the years. Although not the oldest house in town, it is probably the best preserved. The original owner, Co... More

[Sketch of the road from Madison northward to Dulaney's in Madison County, Va.].

[Sketch of the road from Madison northward to Dulaney's in Madison Cou...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. Date, title, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil and pen-and-ink on 2 sheets of lined paper pasted together, mounted between tra... More

Woodburn, Honorable William of Nevada (practiced law in Virginia City)

Woodburn, Honorable William of Nevada (practiced law in Virginia City)

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 2416, W Woodburn, 804 [crossed out], 131 [crossed out], 29382 [crossed out]; penciled on emulsion: 40 [cr... More

Brick Vaults, Office of Consolidated Virginia Mining Company, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Brick Vaults, Office of Consolidated Virginia Mining Company, Virginia...

Survey number: HABS NV-15-2 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000458

First Street (Commercial Buildings), Virginia City, Storey County, NV

First Street (Commercial Buildings), Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Survey number: HABS NV-15-78 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000458

Madison County Courthouse, Idaho Street, Virginia City, Madison County, MT

Madison County Courthouse, Idaho Street, Virginia City, Madison County...

Survey number: HABS MT-94 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000435

Old livery stable. Virginia City, Montana

Old livery stable. Virginia City, Montana

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Placer mining for gold. Old Virginia City, Placer County, California

Placer mining for gold. Old Virginia City, Placer County, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, excavation or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Silver mine in Virginia City, Nevada, dates back to 1860

Silver mine in Virginia City, Nevada, dates back to 1860

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Madison County Courthouse, Wallace Street, Virginia City, Madison County, MT

Madison County Courthouse, Wallace Street, Virginia City, Madison Coun...

Significance: This is a rather large and stately courthouse built in a gold mining town that by then has lost the seat of the Territorial Government and many of its inhabitants to the richer claims of Helena. S... More

Madison County Courthouse, Wallace Street, Virginia City, Madison County, MT

Madison County Courthouse, Wallace Street, Virginia City, Madison Coun...

Significance: This is a rather large and stately courthouse built in a gold mining town that by then has lost the seat of the Territorial Government and many of its inhabitants to the richer claims of Helena. S... More

Content Corner, Southwest corner of Wallace & Jackson Streets, Virginia City, Madison County, MT

Content Corner, Southwest corner of Wallace & Jackson Streets, Virgini...

Significance: This is one of the earliest (1864) 2 story stone buildings built in Virginia City. The 2nd floor was leased to serve as the Territorial Administrative Offices for the newly formed Territory of Mon... More

Content Corner, Southwest corner of Wallace & Jackson Streets, Virginia City, Madison County, MT

Content Corner, Southwest corner of Wallace & Jackson Streets, Virgini...

Significance: This is one of the earliest (1864) 2 story stone buildings built in Virginia City. The 2nd floor was leased to serve as the Territorial Administrative Offices for the newly formed Territory of Mon... More

Fourth Ward School, South C Street at Highway 17, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Fourth Ward School, South C Street at Highway 17, Virginia City, Store...

Significance: The school. along with the church, were important institutions to the pioneers of western towns. Located on the divide between Gold Hill and Virginia City, the prominent Fourth Ward School grandl... More

Virginia City, General View Area Survey, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Virginia City, General View Area Survey, Virginia City, Storey County,...

Survey number: HABS NV-15-77 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000458

Piper's Opera House, B & Union Streets, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Piper's Opera House, B & Union Streets, Virginia City, Storey County, ...

Significance: Piper's Opera House is one of the birthplaces of American stage in the west. The first large Virginia City theatre was Topliffe's on C Street, built in 1862. Tom Maguire's D Street Theatre follow... More

Map of Madison County, Virginia / - Public domain map

Map of Madison County, Virginia / - Public domain map

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. LC Land ownership maps, 1298 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Frame Store, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Frame Store, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Survey number: HABS NV-15-80 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000458

Signs on road to Virginia City, Montana

Signs on road to Virginia City, Montana

Public domain photograph of a historic place in Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Corner of old mine office, abandoned mines in distance. Virginia City, Nevada

Corner of old mine office, abandoned mines in distance. Virginia City,...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Harness Shop, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Harness Shop, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Montana Post, Northeast corner of Wallace & Jackson Streets, Virginia City, Madison County, MT

Montana Post, Northeast corner of Wallace & Jackson Streets, Virginia ...

Survey number: HABS MT-90 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000435

Madison County Courthouse, Wallace Street, Virginia City, Madison County, MT

Madison County Courthouse, Wallace Street, Virginia City, Madison Coun...

Significance: This is a rather large and stately courthouse built in a gold mining town that by then has lost the seat of the Territorial Government and many of its inhabitants to the richer claims of Helena. S... More

King House, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

King House, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Survey number: HABS NV-15-31 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000458

King House, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

King House, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Survey number: HABS NV-15-31 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000458

Fourth Ward School, South C Street at Highway 17, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Fourth Ward School, South C Street at Highway 17, Virginia City, Store...

Significance: The school. along with the church, were important institutions to the pioneers of western towns. Located on the divide between Gold Hill and Virginia City, the prominent Fourth Ward School grandl... More

Tavern-Store-Kitchen, Route 29 & Route 631, Madison, Madison County, Virginia

Tavern-Store-Kitchen, Route 29 & Route 631, Madison, Madison County, V...

Significance: The James City Historic District is historically and architecturally significant as an example of a community that remains a time-capsule of late 18th to early 20th century domestic, commercial, a... More

Mt. Davidson, from the Lower Dump of the Gould & Curry Mine, Virginia City

Mt. Davidson, from the Lower Dump of the Gould & Curry Mine, Virginia ...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 718. LOT subdivision subject: Mining Nevada. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

International Hotel. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

International Hotel. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Photographed and copyrighted, 1890, by. Jas. H. Crockwell, Virginia City, Nevada. In album: Souvenir of the Comstock, p. 22.

Placer mining for gold. Old Virginia City, Placer County, California

Placer mining for gold. Old Virginia City, Placer County, California

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a city street, Main street. Virginia City, Nevada

A black and white photo of a city street, Main street. Virginia City, ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Stores on main street. Virginia City, Nevada

Stores on main street. Virginia City, Nevada

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Abandoned mines and homes. Virginia City, Nevada

Abandoned mines and homes. Virginia City, Nevada

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Interior. Church of Saint Mary's in the Mountains. Virginia City, Nevada

Interior. Church of Saint Mary's in the Mountains. Virginia City, Neva...

Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Main street. Virginia City, Nevada

Main street. Virginia City, Nevada

Public domain photograph of a historic place in Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Virginia City, Storey County, Nevada

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Virginia City, Storey County, Nevada

Jul 1907. 6 Sheet(s). Includes Gold Hill. Nevada fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire i... More

Content Corner, Southwest corner of Wallace & Jackson Streets, Virginia City, Madison County, MT

Content Corner, Southwest corner of Wallace & Jackson Streets, Virgini...

Significance: This is one of the earliest (1864) 2 story stone buildings built in Virginia City. The 2nd floor was leased to serve as the Territorial Administrative Offices for the newly formed Territory of Mon... More

Virginia City, Nevada Territory, 1861 / drawn from nature by Grafton T. Brown ; C.C. Kuchel, lith.

Virginia City, Nevada Territory, 1861 / drawn from nature by Grafton T...

Bird's-eye view of Virginia City from the "Gould & Curry" claim, with 30 individual views of commercial buildings and residences forming the border.

Virginia Street Bridge, Spanning Truckee River at Virginia Street, Reno, Washoe County, NV

Virginia Street Bridge, Spanning Truckee River at Virginia Street, Ren...

Significance: The Virginia Street Bridge, built in 1905, is the oldest functioning bridge in Reno and was the first reinforced concrete bridge in the State of Nevada. It is listed on the National Register of H... More

Virginia City, from the East - 19th century Virginia.

Virginia City, from the East - 19th century Virginia.

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 705. LOT subdivision subject: Virginia City Nevada. This record contains unverified old data from ... More

Kiskadden & Company Building, Wallace Street, Virginia City, Madison County, MT

Kiskadden & Company Building, Wallace Street, Virginia City, Madison C...

Survey number: HABS MT-96 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000435

Bank of old Virginia City. Placer County, California

Bank of old Virginia City. Placer County, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Masonic Hall, West Wallace Street, Virginia City, Madison County, MT

Masonic Hall, West Wallace Street, Virginia City, Madison County, MT

Survey number: HABS MT-88 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000435

Gilbert Brewery, 201 East Wallace Street, Virginia City, Madison County, MT

Gilbert Brewery, 201 East Wallace Street, Virginia City, Madison Count...

Address was changed from "Wallace Street" to "201 East Wallace Street" to more accurately reflect its location. Survey number: HABS MT-98 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000435

Masonic Hall, West Wallace Street, Virginia City, Madison County, MT

Masonic Hall, West Wallace Street, Virginia City, Madison County, MT

Survey number: HABS MT-88 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000435

Gilbert Brewery, 201 East Wallace Street, Virginia City, Madison County, MT

Gilbert Brewery, 201 East Wallace Street, Virginia City, Madison Count...

Address was changed from "Wallace Street" to "201 East Wallace Street" to more accurately reflect its location. Survey number: HABS MT-98 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000435

Montana Post, Northeast corner of Wallace & Jackson Streets, Virginia City, Madison County, MT

Montana Post, Northeast corner of Wallace & Jackson Streets, Virginia ...

Survey number: HABS MT-90 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000435

Madison County Courthouse, Wallace Street, Virginia City, Madison County, MT

Madison County Courthouse, Wallace Street, Virginia City, Madison Coun...

Significance: This is a rather large and stately courthouse built in a gold mining town that by then has lost the seat of the Territorial Government and many of its inhabitants to the richer claims of Helena. S... More

Feed Store-School, Route 29 & Route 631, Madison, Madison County, Virginia

Feed Store-School, Route 29 & Route 631, Madison, Madison County, Virg...

Significance: The James City Historic District is historically and architecturally significant as an example of a community that remains a time-capsule of late 18th to early 20th century domestic, commercial, a... More

Six mile canyon from C Street, Virginia City

Six mile canyon from C Street, Virginia City

Photograph shows bird's-eye view of church, lumber shop, planing mill, school, and houses in Virginia City, Nevada. The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of Califo... More

C Street Area Survey (Commercial Buildings), Virginia City, Storey County, NV

C Street Area Survey (Commercial Buildings), Virginia City, Storey Cou...

Survey number: HABS NV-15-1 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000458

C Street Area Survey (Commercial Buildings), Virginia City, Storey County, NV

C Street Area Survey (Commercial Buildings), Virginia City, Storey Cou...

Survey number: HABS NV-15-1 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000458

Content Corner, Southwest corner of Wallace & Jackson Streets, Virginia City, Madison County, MT

Content Corner, Southwest corner of Wallace & Jackson Streets, Virgini...

Significance: This is one of the earliest (1864) 2 story stone buildings built in Virginia City. The 2nd floor was leased to serve as the Territorial Administrative Offices for the newly formed Territory of Mon... More

Virginia City, General View Area Survey, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Virginia City, General View Area Survey, Virginia City, Storey County,...

Survey number: HABS NV-15-77 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000458

Piper's Opera House, B & Union Streets, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Piper's Opera House, B & Union Streets, Virginia City, Storey County, ...

Significance: Piper's Opera House is one of the birthplaces of American stage in the west. The first large Virginia City theatre was Topliffe's on C Street, built in 1862. Tom Maguire's D Street Theatre follow... More

Virginia City, Nevada Territory, 1861 / drawn from nature by Grafton T. Brown ; C.C. Kuchel, lith.

Virginia City, Nevada Territory, 1861 / drawn from nature by Grafton T...

Bird's-eye view of Virginia City from the "Gould & Curry" claim, with 30 individual views of commercial buildings and residences forming the border.

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypassed section of Pleasant Valley Road (originally Virginia Turnpike) in South Yuba River State Park , Bridgeport, Nevada County, CA

Bridgeport Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Yuba River at bypass...

Howe truss with arch See also HABS No. CA-1401 for additional documentation, including one photograph. Significance: The Bridgeport Covered Bridge is 233 feet long and was originally built as part of a toll roa... More

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