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The Nevada Press Foundation (NPF) announced this week that it has listed for sale its headquarters building at 102 N. Curry St. in downtown Carson City.
NPF has owned the Rinckel Mansion since 2000, when the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation made a grant to the 501(c)(3) charitable organization to purchase and renovate the building. The organization has occupied the Mansion since then, sharing offices with the Nevada Press Association (NPA).
The NPF Board of Trustees approved the sale so the organization could focus on its core purpose of fostering and promoting good journalism and advertising solutions in Nevada.
“The Foundation is a very small organization and owning and operating an office building diverted most of its attention and resources,” said Foundation Chairman Sherman Frederick, CEO of Battle Born Media. “Selling the building will also provide additional income to help the organization fulfill its primary mission.”
The property was originally built in 1876 as a home for the family of local merchant Mathias Rinckel. It was designed by Ecole de Beaux Arts-trained architect Charles H. Jones and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1975.
According to the NRHP, “The Rinckel Mansion is of state historical significance because of its connection with Mathias Rinckel, a pioneer Carson City merchant, and because it is one of the finest and best-preserved examples of French Victorian architecture remaining in the American West.”
The building is located across the street from the offices of the state’s Attorney General and Secretary of State, and is a block away from the Nevada Capitol Complex, which includes the State Capitol and Governor’s Suite, the Legislative Building, the Supreme Court and the State Library and Archives.
In addition to serving as the headquarters offices for NPF and NPA, the building — also known as the Donald W. Reynolds Press Center — now houses the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame as well as small offices for several private organizations, including the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Associated Press.
In 1941, the Mansion was featured in a Paramount Pictures film, The Remarkable Andrew, starring William Holden. [Watch The Remarkable Andrew on YouTube.]
The announcement of the sale of the building was a sad moment for reporters who have worked there. “It’s a beautiful building. So many memories…”, tweeted Sandra Chereb, a retired journalist who formerly reported for the Review-Journal and Associated Press.
😢It’s a beautiful building. So many memories… https://t.co/9zted9LnSO
— Sandra Chereb (@SandraChereb) June 29, 2021