Comstock

The Werrin Building, on the south end of Virginia City, dates to 1873. John Werrin was a grocer from Cornwall, and his business stood on the edge of what was a Cornish neighborhood....

The Inyo was built in 1875 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. It is one of the oldest original locomotives in North America still in operable condition....

The Washoe Club dates to the early 1860s. It was a high class bar, where a glass of whiskey or a cigar cost twenty-five cents. The furnishings were among the most elegant on the Comstock....

John Piper came to Virginia City in 1860 and opened a bar on this site. In 1867 he bought Maguire’s Opera House, which then burned in 1875. He built this new opera house next to his bar....

Known as the Mackay Mansion, this 1860s era home was actually built for the superintendent of the Gould and Curry Mine. John Mackay later bought the mine and the building....