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More Pratt Avenue
Pratt Street – This street has an additional stone house, a house that used to have a stone facade and a house that used to feature a pink stone fireplace. Let’s take a look at them! According to the Carson … Continue reading
South Pratt Avenue
This house in Carson City was built in 1934 in the Stewart Vernacular style of masonry. As with the other stone houses on the street, it was built by the master and student stonemasons from the Stewart Indian School. The … Continue reading
Quarries and Stones
Let’s talk about the stones used locally by the Native American stonemasons in their many construction projects. The masons used a combination of quarried and found stones, the primary stone being Rhyolite. The quarried stones came from quarries in Carson … Continue reading
TLC to the Rescue!
This is a classic ranch-style home in South Carson City located approximately a mile from the Stewart Indian School (SIS). Over the years, it became a bit run down and needed a bit of TLC. In 2019, the house was … Continue reading
Lone Mountain Cemetery
Look at these gorgeous gates, guarding the eternal sleep of our nearest and dearest. These gates are the creation of Randall Wungnema. We’re not sure when the gates were erected. We think it could have been sometime in the 1960s … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitol City Mortuary, Carson City, Charles J. "Mac" McGuigan, Ernest Wungnema, FitzHenry's Funeral Home, Fredrick Snyder, Lone Mountain Cemetery, Native American Burial Sites, Native American Stonemasons, Nevada State Historic Preservation Office, NRS 383.150 to 383.190, NSHPO, Randall Wungnema, Stewart Vernacular style of stone masonry, Wungnema
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