The Belknap House, at 1206 North Nevada Street in

Carson City, Nevada Carson City is an independent city and the capital of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,639, making it the sixth largest city in Nevada. The majority of the city's population lives in Eagle Valley, on th ...

, is a historic house built in 1875. Also known as the Barber-Belknap House or the Beck-Barber-Belknap House, it includes

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. It was listed on the

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in 1997. It is a two-story building with

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siding. It is significant as the home, during 1881 to 1908, of

Charles Henry Belknap Charles Henry Belknap (1841 – October 6, 1926) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada from 1872 to 1875, and from 1881 to 1904."C. H. Belknap Dies On Coast At 85 Years", ''Reno Gazette-Journal'' (October 7, 1926), p. 6. Born in New Yor ...

, who was Chief Justice of the

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. It is significant also for association with

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, who had it built in 1870, and to

Oscar T. Barber Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to: People * Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name also used in other languages; the article includes the names Oskar, Oskari, Oszkár, Óscar, and other forms. * Oscar (Irish mythology), ...

, a businessman and Nevada State Assembly representative, who owned it in between. And it is also significant as "an excellent example of a two-story Second Empire residential structure". and During the Cold War, the only known privately built atomic fallout shelter in Carson City was added to the property.

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