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St. Charles-Muller's Hotel
Photo by Terri McBride,
Courtesy of Nevada State Historic Preservation Office |
Constructed in 1862, one of the first hotels in Carson City was also one
of the state's most elegant and became the main stage stop in Carson City.
It consists of two utilitarian buildings, a two-story one on the south
and a three-story one on the north, each with Italianate details. The
St. Charles-Muller's Hotel is one of the oldest remaining commercial buildings
in Carson City, and the second oldest hotel in the state. The northern
portion of the building, the St. Charles Hotel, was started on April Fool's
Day 1862.
Historic photo of the St. Charles-Muller's
Hotel
Photo courtesy of Carson City Communty Development |
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The St. Charles, named after well-reputed hotels back East, was billed
by its builders as a first-class hotel, "the pleasantest resort in Carson
and where everything kept by the bar is the best quality." The builders
also realized the potential profits from operating a hotel oriented to
members of the second Territorial Session of the Nevada legislature, and
arranged for the stage coaches to stop at the St. Charles first upon arrival
in Carson City. Construction of the southern section began in May 1862
for Muller's Hotel, which was consequently marketed toward working-class
clientele. Because the operators of Muller's Hotel were French, a baker
and his wife (a skilled cook who ran the restaurant), a large core of
French Canadian woodcutters who were in the region to cut wood for the
mines in Virginia City, lodged there. The two buildings were rehabilitated
in 1992 and operated together as the St. Charles Hotel until recently.
The St. Charles-Muller's Hotel is located at 302-304 South Carson
St. in Carson City. A restaurant on the first floor is open to the public
during normal operating hours.
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