Stories by author Alicia Barber: 119 All Featured Tags Sort by: Title Date Added Filed Under Gambling Rick's Resort (site)Opened around 1909, the glamorous resort on Mayberry Drive was later named The Willows. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Food Thomas' Café (site)A favorite of the divorce colony, the elegant eatery was called "The Delmonico's of Reno." By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Industry Eveleth Lumber CompanyBuilt to support the Reno Mill & Lumber Company in 1902 By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Tourism Pony Express LodgeDeveloped by Harolds Club in the fifties from Cremer's Auto Court, which was founded in 1933. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Parks Wingfield ParkThe lovely park that began as Belle Isle was donated to the City of Reno by George Wingfield in 1920. By Nicholas Caparso & Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Tourism El Rancho Motel No. 2The 1954 motel marked the expansion of the Cladianos family's hospitality business. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Tourism Farris MotelThe red-roofed motel developed from a 1921 poultry farm. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Industry Flanigan WarehouseConstructed in 1901 to store wool and other goods, the warehouse contains Reno's oldest elevator. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Tourism Morris HotelBuilt for F.C. Savage in 1931, the 40-unit hotel occupied a enviable spot along busy U.S. Highway 40. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Transportation Nevada-California-Oregon Locomotive Machine ShopThe locomotive house for the N-C-O Railroad was constructed in 1889. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Transportation Nevada-California-Oregon Railroad DepotThe ornate 1910 depot served the N-C-O Railroad, which once ran north to Lakeview, Oregon. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Industry Nevada Welding WorksThe 1931 industrial shop was reportedly the first electrically welded building in the state. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Transportation Reno Traction Company (site)A network of streetcar lines operated in Reno and Sparks from 1904 to 1927. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Religion First Church of Christ, ScientistWidely known as the Lear Theater, the riverfront church designed by Paul Revere Williams has been a Reno landmark since 1939. By Mella Rothwell Harmon & Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Sports Johnson-Jeffries Fight (site)The 1910 "Fight of the Century" reflected and heightened the era's deep racial tensions. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Industry Reno Brewing Company (site)East 4th Street's reputation as a brewery district began with the opening of Reno Brewing in 1903. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Industry Reno Brewing Company Bottling PlantThis modern 1940 bottling plant greatly expanded the capacity of the Reno Brewing Company. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Tourism Royal HotelThis 1907 hotel on East 4th Street and Evans Avenue profited from its proximity to three railroad lines. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Food Farmers ExchangeA longtime distribution point for farm products, constructed in 1933 for the Triangle Produce Company By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Recreation Coney Island Resort (site)Founded in 1904 as Wieland's Park, the family resort featured a bandstand, dance pavilion, playground, and artificial lake. By Alicia Barber View Story Filed Under Industry Union Iron WorksOne of several iron works along East 4th Street, Ed Casinella's specialized in ornamental work. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Businesses Allied EquipmentAfter the close of WWII, the tenants of this 1939 building introduced the first "peace-time Jeep" to Reno. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Food Pinky's MarketBrothers Guido and Bruno Pincolini opened their namesake market on East 4th Street in 1946. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Industry IXL LaundryMassive skylights flooded the commercial laundry building with light upon its construction in 1934. By Catherine Magee & Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Industry Martin Iron WorksAn industrial mainstay of East 4th Street pivotal to Reno's construction industry By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Businesses Zellerbach Paper CompanyThe expansive building has housed a paper and stationery wholesaler, an art studio and printer, and more. By Alicia Barber & Marilyn Marston View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Food Louis' Basque CornerOriginating in 1907 as the Hotel Richelieu but best known for the Basque restaurant that opened downstairs in 1967. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Tourism Sutro MotelA unique 1951 motel split into two halves that border Sutro Street and East 4th Street (former U.S. 40). By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Food Casale's Halfway ClubNamed for its location halfway between Reno and Sparks, the family restaurant is one of the area's oldest and most treasured. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Businesses Journal BuildingOne of Reno's oldest structures, built to house the operations of the Nevada State Journal in 1876. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Next
Filed Under Gambling Rick's Resort (site)Opened around 1909, the glamorous resort on Mayberry Drive was later named The Willows. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Food Thomas' Café (site)A favorite of the divorce colony, the elegant eatery was called "The Delmonico's of Reno." By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Industry Eveleth Lumber CompanyBuilt to support the Reno Mill & Lumber Company in 1902 By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Tourism Pony Express LodgeDeveloped by Harolds Club in the fifties from Cremer's Auto Court, which was founded in 1933. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Parks Wingfield ParkThe lovely park that began as Belle Isle was donated to the City of Reno by George Wingfield in 1920. By Nicholas Caparso & Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Tourism El Rancho Motel No. 2The 1954 motel marked the expansion of the Cladianos family's hospitality business. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Tourism Farris MotelThe red-roofed motel developed from a 1921 poultry farm. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Industry Flanigan WarehouseConstructed in 1901 to store wool and other goods, the warehouse contains Reno's oldest elevator. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Tourism Morris HotelBuilt for F.C. Savage in 1931, the 40-unit hotel occupied a enviable spot along busy U.S. Highway 40. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Transportation Nevada-California-Oregon Locomotive Machine ShopThe locomotive house for the N-C-O Railroad was constructed in 1889. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Transportation Nevada-California-Oregon Railroad DepotThe ornate 1910 depot served the N-C-O Railroad, which once ran north to Lakeview, Oregon. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Industry Nevada Welding WorksThe 1931 industrial shop was reportedly the first electrically welded building in the state. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Transportation Reno Traction Company (site)A network of streetcar lines operated in Reno and Sparks from 1904 to 1927. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Religion First Church of Christ, ScientistWidely known as the Lear Theater, the riverfront church designed by Paul Revere Williams has been a Reno landmark since 1939. By Mella Rothwell Harmon & Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Sports Johnson-Jeffries Fight (site)The 1910 "Fight of the Century" reflected and heightened the era's deep racial tensions. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Industry Reno Brewing Company (site)East 4th Street's reputation as a brewery district began with the opening of Reno Brewing in 1903. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Industry Reno Brewing Company Bottling PlantThis modern 1940 bottling plant greatly expanded the capacity of the Reno Brewing Company. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Tourism Royal HotelThis 1907 hotel on East 4th Street and Evans Avenue profited from its proximity to three railroad lines. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Food Farmers ExchangeA longtime distribution point for farm products, constructed in 1933 for the Triangle Produce Company By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Recreation Coney Island Resort (site)Founded in 1904 as Wieland's Park, the family resort featured a bandstand, dance pavilion, playground, and artificial lake. By Alicia Barber View Story
Filed Under Industry Union Iron WorksOne of several iron works along East 4th Street, Ed Casinella's specialized in ornamental work. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Businesses Allied EquipmentAfter the close of WWII, the tenants of this 1939 building introduced the first "peace-time Jeep" to Reno. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Food Pinky's MarketBrothers Guido and Bruno Pincolini opened their namesake market on East 4th Street in 1946. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Industry IXL LaundryMassive skylights flooded the commercial laundry building with light upon its construction in 1934. By Catherine Magee & Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Industry Martin Iron WorksAn industrial mainstay of East 4th Street pivotal to Reno's construction industry By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Businesses Zellerbach Paper CompanyThe expansive building has housed a paper and stationery wholesaler, an art studio and printer, and more. By Alicia Barber & Marilyn Marston View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Food Louis' Basque CornerOriginating in 1907 as the Hotel Richelieu but best known for the Basque restaurant that opened downstairs in 1967. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Tourism Sutro MotelA unique 1951 motel split into two halves that border Sutro Street and East 4th Street (former U.S. 40). By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Food Casale's Halfway ClubNamed for its location halfway between Reno and Sparks, the family restaurant is one of the area's oldest and most treasured. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Businesses Journal BuildingOne of Reno's oldest structures, built to house the operations of the Nevada State Journal in 1876. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map