Nevada State Printing Office
a.k.a. Old State Printing Office
101 S. Fall St., Carson City (Independent City), NV"The Nevada State Printing Office is a substantial stone building which complements the more imposing State Capitol across the street. It was the first addition in what has become a cluster of State buildings in this section of Carson City, and was the first State Printing Plant." (From HABS report by S. Allen Chambers, Jr.)
The State Printing Office was authorized by law in 1885 with an appropriation of $5,000. Subsequent fees increased the total cost to $9,744.
For 3/4 of a century, all printed matter produced under state auspices was done within the State Printing Office. A second printing office, occupied in 1964, left the old stone building devoid of its original use. However, the building continues to serve Nevada by housing offices of state and federal agencies.
From an architectural standpoint, the Old State Printing Office is significant for its stylistic associations with the State Capitol Building, a National Register listing (June, 1975). Even apart from this association, the building is significant as an important example of period governmental architecture.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.