Stories by author Alicia Barber : 127 All Featured Tags Subjects Sort by: Title Date Added Filed Under Food Kiah's Squeeze Inn (site)The popular Southern homestyle restaurant was the first Black-owned business on Virginia Street. 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 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 Public Art John Mackay StatueThe statue donated by the Mackay family honors the Comstock mining baron whose family's contributions transformed the university. By Amanda Buell & 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 Businesses Hughes/Truckee Lane BuildingThe modern forties-era building faced away from the river toward Reno's business district. 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 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 Residences Hosea and Johnnie Stevens House By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Gambling Holiday HotelMillionaire Norman Biltz opened the new hotel on the south bank of the Truckee River in 1956. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Tourism Ho Hum MotelThe charming little motel opened on South Virginia Street in 1953. 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 Businesses Hinkel's CaféGerman immigrant Gene Hinkel opened his cafe at the corner of Granite (now Sierra) and Ridge Streets in 1941. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Residences Herman HouseDesigned by Paul Revere Williams for the Herman family in 1936 By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Businesses Heidtman Commercial BuildingThe three storefronts have housed a wide variety of stores, offices, and eateries since 1940. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Gambling Harrah's RenoFrom a small bingo parlor to one of the top gaming companies in the world, it all began with Bill Harrah in 1937 Reno. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Gambling Harolds Club (site)"The Friendly Club" brought a personal, lighthearted touch to Reno's gambling landscape. By Alicia Barber & Dwayne Kling View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Early Settlers & Settlement Hamilton Homestead (site)Two of Nevada's earliest Black residents established a home and an enduring legacy here in 1900. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Businesses Hale BuildingEarly tenants of this 1946 building included the Modern Music Center and an FM radio station, KNEV. 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 Giraudo BuildingPaul Giraudo's 1928 apartment building was the longtime home of Penguin Ice Cream. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Businesses Frohlich-DaCosta CornerFrom the Piggly Wiggly to Heric's Doughnuts to Del Mar Station, this corner has seen it all. 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 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 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 Religion First Baptist Church of Black Springs By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Filed Under Residences Finley-Prien House 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 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 Industry Eveleth Lumber Company (site)Built to support the Reno Mill & Lumber Company in 1902 By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map Previous Next Loading Stories Map
Filed Under Food Kiah's Squeeze Inn (site)The popular Southern homestyle restaurant was the first Black-owned business on Virginia Street. 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
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 Public Art John Mackay StatueThe statue donated by the Mackay family honors the Comstock mining baron whose family's contributions transformed the university. By Amanda Buell & 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 Businesses Hughes/Truckee Lane BuildingThe modern forties-era building faced away from the river toward Reno's business district. 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 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 Gambling Holiday HotelMillionaire Norman Biltz opened the new hotel on the south bank of the Truckee River in 1956. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Tourism Ho Hum MotelThe charming little motel opened on South Virginia Street in 1953. 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 Businesses Hinkel's CaféGerman immigrant Gene Hinkel opened his cafe at the corner of Granite (now Sierra) and Ridge Streets in 1941. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Residences Herman HouseDesigned by Paul Revere Williams for the Herman family in 1936 By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Businesses Heidtman Commercial BuildingThe three storefronts have housed a wide variety of stores, offices, and eateries since 1940. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Gambling Harrah's RenoFrom a small bingo parlor to one of the top gaming companies in the world, it all began with Bill Harrah in 1937 Reno. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Gambling Harolds Club (site)"The Friendly Club" brought a personal, lighthearted touch to Reno's gambling landscape. By Alicia Barber & Dwayne Kling View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Early Settlers & Settlement Hamilton Homestead (site)Two of Nevada's earliest Black residents established a home and an enduring legacy here in 1900. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Businesses Hale BuildingEarly tenants of this 1946 building included the Modern Music Center and an FM radio station, KNEV. 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 Giraudo BuildingPaul Giraudo's 1928 apartment building was the longtime home of Penguin Ice Cream. By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map
Filed Under Businesses Frohlich-DaCosta CornerFrom the Piggly Wiggly to Heric's Doughnuts to Del Mar Station, this corner has seen it all. 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 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 Tourism Farris MotelThe red-roofed motel developed from a 1921 poultry farm. 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 Industry Eveleth Lumber Company (site)Built to support the Reno Mill & Lumber Company in 1902 By Alicia Barber View Story — Show on Map