Bed and Breakfasts, Inns, Hotels, and Lodging in Virginia City, Nevada:

When you enter the grand 8' front door of the mansion, you are greeted by the handsome mahogany balustrade, Carrara Marble Floor, and hand woven Kurdish Turkish carpets. Immediately to your left off the foyer is the formal parlor, this is the room that would have been kept closed during the week and strictly off limits to the children in the family. On Sundays, the 10' tall pocket doors would be opened and guests would be welcomed in and entertained in this room. Today the room is furnished with a mix of Victorian era antiques, including an 1810 Viner clock from England, an 1819 mantel cloc. . .

Indulge yourself and be pampered with warmth and hospitality during your stay at the “B” Street House Bed & Breakfast in the heart of Virginia City, Nevada. We offer the simple restorative pleasures of rest, relaxation, good food and natural beauty set in the elegance of the Old West. Built in 1875 by Henry Piper, the “B” Street House underwent an award-winning restoration in 2007 to a three-bedroom guest inn. Now, finely appointed in period antiques and reproductions, the “B” Street House, located just a short block from downtown, will transport you to the charm of the Victorian era in the Si. . .

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Apparently the hotel began as “The Riesen House” and was Constructed sometime before January 1862. Current popular Notion is that it dates from 1859 but the exact date is uncertain." In the winter of 1861/1862 there were big floods all over northern California and Nevada. Melting snow and unprecedented rains filled all the ravines and canyons with torrents of water. “On 27 Jan. 1862 the Alta California quoted an article from the Territorial Enterprise of 13 Jan. 1862 “.. the southwest and southeast corners of the Risen (sic) House, a fine structure, have fallen, but the main part of th. . .