Bowers Mansion, Victorian mansion in New Washoe City, Nevada.
Bowers Mansion is a Victorian-era estate in Nevada with walls built from granite and sandstone. The exterior features paired French doors with curved arches, a wide porch wrapping around the building, and an octagonal tower rising from the roof.
The building was constructed in 1863 by mining millionaires Lemuel and Eilley Bowers during Nevada's silver boom period. This was when the area experienced rapid wealth from underground mineral extraction.
The mansion displays 19th-century furnishings donated by Nevada families that show how wealthy mining families lived and what filled their homes. Visitors can walk through rooms arranged as they were during that era, seeing everyday objects and personal belongings.
Visits are best during summer and autumn months when guided tours are offered to show the interior. The property is situated in a regional park that also has picnic areas and outdoor facilities for visitors to use.
The property has a natural hot spring on the grounds that continues to supply water for the park's facilities today. What was once used as a bathing pool has been transformed into an irrigation source for maintaining the landscape.
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