Manzanita Hall

Constructed as a women's dorm in 1896 and expanded in 1910

Mackay Science Building

A gift from Clarence H. Mackay, the Science Hall was built in 1930 for Chemistry, Math, and Physics.

Mackay School of Mines

The Classical 1908 edifice contains the W. M. Keck Earth Science & Mineral Engineering Museum

Mackay Field and Stadium

Home to the university's athletic facilities from 1909 to 1966

Mack House (relocated)

Lunsford Park

A Powning Addition park named for the attorney who secured the land for the City of Reno

Luella Garvey House

The first Nevada building designed by Paul Revere Williams was for a wealthy Pasadena divorcee.

Lovers Lane

The alley's nickname reflected its association with the brothels of Reno's red light district.

Longhorn Motel

A popular South Virginia Street motel opened in 1954.

Lobster House

Litch House

The house on the hill belonged to the pioneering Litch family.

Lincoln Hall

The university's first purpose-built men's dormitory opened in 1896.

Lincoln Alley

The alley between Virginia and Center Streets once featured entrances to bars, casinos, and other businesses.

Levy House

Prussian immigrant and dry goods magnate Wilhelm Levy had this spacious home built in 1906.

Leaver House (site)

Landrum's Diner

The legendary South Virginia Street diner opened in 1947.

Lake Mansion

Built in 1877, the residence was home to Jane Lake and was famously moved across town twice.

Kiah's Squeeze Inn (site)

The popular Southern homestyle restaurant was the first Black-owned business on Virginia Street.

Journal Building

One of Reno's oldest structures, built to house the operations of the Nevada State Journal in 1876.

Jones-Nenzel House (site)

Jones Center

The one-story building was the campus library from 1914 to 1927.

Johnston House

Johnson-Jeffries Fight (site)

The 1910 "Fight of the Century" reflected and heightened the era's deep racial tensions.

John Newton Evans Mansion (site)

Built in 1878 prior to the founding of the UNR campus, the mansion later served as the first SAE House.

John Mackay Statue

The statue donated by the Mackay family honors the Comstock mining baron whose family's contributions transformed the university.

Jacob Davis's Tailor Shop (site)

Davis invented copper-riveted jeans, which he co-patented with his supplier, Levi Strauss, in 1873.

IXL Laundry

Massive skylights flooded the commercial laundry building with light upon its construction in 1934.

I.O.O.F. Lodge/Reno Savings Bank

Built in 1877 for the Odd Fellows, who met upstairs, the ground floor housed a series of banks, a drug store, and a jewelers.

Hughes/Truckee Lane Building

The modern forties-era building faced away from the river toward Reno's business district.

Hudson-Essex/Fix-It Shop

A charming 1927 auto showroom on West Street opened by the director of Reno's Municipal Band