Nevada's building faced the Marina and looked out over the Golden Gate. It was a classical design with a broad veranda by F. J. DeLongchamps. Todd calls him F. H. DeLongchamps of Reno; the Official Guide says Carson City. The Guide calls the style French Renaissance. It opened with a typical Western housewarming on February 22, 1915, and served as a social center with literature for would-be settlers. Mrs. W. A. Massey arranged a display of women's work.
On Nevada Day, July 7, 1915, Governor Boyle planted a white pine on the Nevada site. Its ceremonial tree was one of 33 planted at State and foreign buildings during the fair and moved to Golden Gate Park early in 1916 as the Exposition Grove (Todd III, ch. LXXXVI).
At a glance
- Cost about $28,000; state appropriation $100,000.
- Opened February 22, 1915.
- Nevada Day, July 7, 1915; the Governor planted a white pine.
Afterward
Not recorded; presumably auctioned and wrecked.
Sources
- Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (1921), ch. LXVI, pp. 348-350
- Official Guide of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915), p. 58
- Condensed Facts Concerning the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915), state appropriation table
- Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (1921), ch. LXXXVI, pp. 408-410 (Exposition Grove)