Stories by author Alicia Barber: 126 All Featured Tags Sort by: Title Date Added Filed Under Residences Pettis House By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Businesses Circus Potato Chip CompanyA family snack business founded on South Virginia Street in 1936 By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Early Settlers & Settlement Benham-Belz HouseThe oldest house on the original Reno townsite By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Residences Hosea and Johnnie Stevens House By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Residences Osborne House By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Businesses Savage and Son, Inc.Built in 1940 to serve as the new headquarters for the plumbing company founded in 1893 By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Residences Bufkin House By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Neighborhoods and Districts Black Springs in the 1960sA decade of challenges and successes By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Residences Carthen House By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Residences Chatman House By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Residences Lobster House By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Residences Westbrook House By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Recreation Black Springs Community CenterMoved to Black Springs in 1970, the renovated house became an important community hub. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Religion First Baptist Church of Black Springs By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Residences Willie Stevens House (site) By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Civic Organizations Black Springs Volunteer Fire DepartmentConstructed by the community in 1970, the station gave residents the power to protect their homes. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Religion Mt. Hope Baptist Church By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Residences Fleeter Turner's Stone House By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Businesses Sewell's MarketOne of Reno's first modern, full-service supermarkets opened by the Sewell family in 1942. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Education Silas E. Ross HallA new modern home for UNR's School of Business in 1957 By Alicia Barber & Jack Hursh View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Businesses Piazzo BuildingSantino Piazzo and his family ran their market on the ground floor and the St. Francis Hotel above. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Government and Politics Reno City Hall (former)Built in 1965, Reno's second City Hall building now houses the Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Businesses Santa Fe HotelThe second Santa Fe Hotel opened in 1949 with Basque-style family dining, a barber shop, and 22 rooms. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Residences Grimmon House (site)Frank M. and Ada F. Lee House By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Businesses E.C. Lyons BuildingBuilt for the Odd Fellows in 1908, the five-story building lost its two top floors in a 1945 fire. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Tourism St. Albans Hotel (site)Demolished in 2020, the hotel had anchored the SE corner of Virginia and Fourth Streets since 1908. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Education Historic Huffaker SchoolhouseThe one-room schoolhouse built in 1867 was moved to Bartley Ranch Regional Park in 1992. By Alicia Barber & Friends of the Old Huffaker School View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Tourism 777 MotelBuilt in 1964 when Virginia Street was still the north-south highway through the city. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Businesses Hudson-Essex/Fix-It ShopA charming 1927 auto showroom on West Street opened by the director of Reno's Municipal Band By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Early Settlers & Settlement Caughlin Ranch HouseAn enduring link to one of Reno's most prosperous pioneering ranch families By Deb Hinman & Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Previous Next
Filed Under Businesses Circus Potato Chip CompanyA family snack business founded on South Virginia Street in 1936 By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Early Settlers & Settlement Benham-Belz HouseThe oldest house on the original Reno townsite By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Businesses Savage and Son, Inc.Built in 1940 to serve as the new headquarters for the plumbing company founded in 1893 By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Neighborhoods and Districts Black Springs in the 1960sA decade of challenges and successes By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Recreation Black Springs Community CenterMoved to Black Springs in 1970, the renovated house became an important community hub. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Civic Organizations Black Springs Volunteer Fire DepartmentConstructed by the community in 1970, the station gave residents the power to protect their homes. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Businesses Sewell's MarketOne of Reno's first modern, full-service supermarkets opened by the Sewell family in 1942. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Education Silas E. Ross HallA new modern home for UNR's School of Business in 1957 By Alicia Barber & Jack Hursh View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Businesses Piazzo BuildingSantino Piazzo and his family ran their market on the ground floor and the St. Francis Hotel above. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Government and Politics Reno City Hall (former)Built in 1965, Reno's second City Hall building now houses the Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Businesses Santa Fe HotelThe second Santa Fe Hotel opened in 1949 with Basque-style family dining, a barber shop, and 22 rooms. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Residences Grimmon House (site)Frank M. and Ada F. Lee House By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Businesses E.C. Lyons BuildingBuilt for the Odd Fellows in 1908, the five-story building lost its two top floors in a 1945 fire. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Tourism St. Albans Hotel (site)Demolished in 2020, the hotel had anchored the SE corner of Virginia and Fourth Streets since 1908. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Education Historic Huffaker SchoolhouseThe one-room schoolhouse built in 1867 was moved to Bartley Ranch Regional Park in 1992. By Alicia Barber & Friends of the Old Huffaker School View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Tourism 777 MotelBuilt in 1964 when Virginia Street was still the north-south highway through the city. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Businesses Hudson-Essex/Fix-It ShopA charming 1927 auto showroom on West Street opened by the director of Reno's Municipal Band By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Early Settlers & Settlement Caughlin Ranch HouseAn enduring link to one of Reno's most prosperous pioneering ranch families By Deb Hinman & Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map