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Peleg Brown Ranch, 12945 Old Virginia Rd, Reno, Washoe County, NV
The Brown/Damonte Ranch is eligible to the National Register under criterion A for its association with the development of agriculture and irrigation in the Truckee Meadows in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In the early years of the Brown Ranch, the Truckee Meadows was a primary source of agricultural products and wood supplied to the Comstock Mining District. The Brown Ranch served as a stage stop on the road between Reno and the Comstock. The Comstock Mining District of Nevada is significant in United States history for the wealth of gold and silver that was mined and milled there and for the personalities and events associated with that wealth. For its significance, the area was designated the Virginia City National Historic Landmark in 1961. The ranching and necessary irrigation established by two generations of the Brown family has been continued by Louis and Louise Damonte and family from 1940 until the present. The Damonte family began ranching in the Truckee Meadows in 1913 and worked and owned several ranches prior to purchasing the Brown Ranch. Louis Damonte purchased additional water rights and maintained the irrigation canals originally developed by Brown. The Brown/Damonte Ranch is eligible to the National Register under Criterion B for its association with Peleg Brown, a locally prominent rancher who is credited as one of the first in the area to grow alfalfa and was instrumental in bringing irrigation to the southern Truckee Meadows. The Brown/Damonte Ranch House is eligible to the National Register under criterion C as a rare example of Greek Revival residential architecture in Nevada.
Peleg Brown Ranch, 12945 Old Virginia Rd, Reno, Washoe County, NV
The Brown/Damonte Ranch is eligible to the National Register under criterion A for its association with the development of agriculture and irrigation in the Truckee Meadows in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In the early years of the Brown Ranch, the Truckee Meadows was a primary source of agricultural products and wood supplied to the Comstock Mining District. The Brown Ranch served as a stage stop on the road between Reno and the Comstock. The Comstock Mining District of Nevada is significant in United States history for the wealth of gold and silver that was mined and milled there and for the personalities and events associated with that wealth. For its significance, the area was designated the Virginia City National Historic Landmark in 1961. The ranching and necessary irrigation established by two generations of the Brown family has been continued by Louis and Louise Damonte and family from 1940 until the present. The Damonte family began ranching in the Truckee Meadows in 1913 and worked and owned several ranches prior to purchasing the Brown Ranch. Louis Damonte purchased additional water rights and maintained the irrigation canals originally developed by Brown. The Brown/Damonte Ranch is eligible to the National Register under Criterion B for its association with Peleg Brown, a locally prominent rancher who is credited as one of the first in the area to grow alfalfa and was instrumental in bringing irrigation to the southern Truckee Meadows. The Brown/Damonte Ranch House is eligible to the National Register under criterion C as a rare example of Greek Revival residential architecture in Nevada.
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
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Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
Source Website
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
