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Sears–Ferris House

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Built
  
c.1863

NRHP Reference #
  
79003438

Added to NRHP
  
9 February 1979

Built by
  
Sears, Gregory Alvin

Area
  
1,200 m²

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Sears–Ferris House

Location
  
311 W. Third St., Carson City, Nevada

Architectural styles
  
Colonial Revival architecture, Georgian architecture

The Sears–Ferris House, at 311 W. Third St. in Carson City, Nevada, is a historic house built in 1863. It was owned from 1868 to 1890 by George Washington Gale Ferris Sr., father of George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., future inventor of the Ferris wheel. It has also been known as the G. W. G. Ferris House.

Originally built in about 1863 by Gregory A. Sears, a pioneer Carson City businessman, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places for Carson City in 1979.

It includes Colonial Revival and Georgian Revival architecture.

References

Sears–Ferris House Wikipedia