"It's easy to see why this view was called Millionaire's Row. I can only imagine this same scene ravaged and blackened with fire with smoke and embers rising into the air. I just find it sad that the pea-sized tourists down below on C Street might never know about this historic calamity." -- July 2007

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46 A Street -- Virginia City Storey   39.310577, -119.650962

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Original Date Visited: 7/7/07
Signed: No

Notes: Despite the exact directions above, this little bugger may be the most difficult to spot in Storey County. However, parking will be even more of an issue, especially during the summer months.

- From C Street, head west (uphill) on Taylor Street to A Street. (This will be approximately two blocks west of C.) Turn left onto A and if you're lucky, you'll find one tiny parking spot in front of a private residence. You'll find Marker 228 next to a wrought iron fence directly above the courthouse. Marker 228 completely blends in with this highly residential section of Virginia City, well away from the main tourist crowd and happenings on C Street.

- A better alternative is using the Courthouse parking lot on B Street. Since the marker is directly above this lot. Walk around the block up Taylor Street from B Street for an easy conquering. Parking is usually never a problem during the weekends, but during the week, you're allowed up to twenty minutes for non-business purposes ... in this case, conquering an historic marker.

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Did You Know ... The Storey County Courthouse, the Fourth Ward School, and St. Mary's Cathedral are the only structures that survived the Great Fire of 1875? To this day, all three of three structures can be seen from this very marker. See all 274 Nevada Fun Facts here

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Here's what you'll see!

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Heres to another marker with a view! With this stunning vantage, it's easy to imagine the great fire.   Extinguishing flames from the great 1875 fire.

Exact Description:
The most spectacular calamity to befall Virginia City had its origins with fifty feet of the marker. Early on the morning of October 26, 1875, a coal oil lamp was knocked over in a location in a nearby boarding house and burst into flames. Strong winds spread the blaze and thirty-three blocks of structures were leveled. The losses included St. Mary's-in-the-Mountains Catholic Church, the Storey County Courthouse, Piper's Opera House, the International Hotel, City offices and most of Virginia City's business district. The offics and hoisting works of nearby mines were also destroyed and there were several fire-related deaths that day.

A new hydrant system was established after the fire and a number of new hose houses, such as this one, were constructed. This system still serves the community today, together with a volunteer fire department.

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