Lakeview House, Historic house near Washoe Lake, Nevada

Lakeview House is a residential property in Nevada situated on a spacious plot along U.S. Route 395. The structure and grounds offer vistas of Washoe Lake and the surrounding landscape.

Built in 1873 on the site of an inn that burned in 1871, Lakeview House was the headquarters of John B. Overton, supervisor of the Virginia City & Gold Hill Water Company. The company built a water pipe through the area, and the house later became home to several succeeding supervisors and watermasters. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

The property exemplifies the architectural design and engineering methods utilized during Nevada's territorial expansion in the late nineteenth century.

The property is located south of a local boulevard and is readily visible from the main road. Visitors should note that this is a protected historic site, so treating the surroundings with respect is important.

The water line beside the house carried Marlette Lake water to Virginia City using only gravity and the lake's own pressure, with no pumps; the same pipe still supplies the town today. The house also stood at the end of a nine-mile lumber flume whose timber was loaded onto the Virginia & Truckee Railroad running behind the building.