Carson City Civic Auditorium
Carson City Civic Auditorium | |
| Location | 813 N. Carson St., Carson City, Nevada |
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| Coordinates | 39°9′36″N 119°45′19″W / 39.16000°N 119.75528°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1939 |
| Built by | Dressler, H.L. |
| Architect | Ferris, Lehman A. |
| Architectural style | Romanesque Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 90000912 |
| Added to NRHP | June 19, 1990 |
The Carson City Civic Auditorium, at 813 N. Carson St. in Carson City, Nevada, was designed by architect Lehman A. Ferris and was built during 1938–39. It was funded by a municipal bond and by the Public Works Administration. Also known simply as Municipal Auditorium, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. Since 1994, the building has served as the location for the Children's Museum of Northern Nevada.
It was deemed significant as a depression era works project and also "as a rare example of a monumentally-scaled Romanesque Revival-styled building in Nevada".