Olcovich-Meyers House

During Carson City's early years in the 1870s and 1880s, five brothers in the Olcovich family were entrepreneurs who owned a mercantile business on Main Street. Along with other families of Jewish merchants, they helped to develop Carson City. In particular, their mercantile business supplied goods and services to Virginia City and the Comstock mines. In 1874, Joseph Olcovich built this house and sold it a year later to his brother, Bernard.

Although the Jewish community was prominent in contributing to the establishment of several essential businesses in Carson City, the community remained relatively small. As such, a synagogue was never built in the city. However, Jewish families did gather to observe Jewish holidays and practice Judaism within each other's homes. Later, the larger Jewish community that resided in northern Nevada commissioned a synagogue to be built in Reno, NV.

After Bernard Olcovich sold this house to George H. Meyers in 1885, Meyers added several Victorian architectural elements, partly altering the original Gothic Revival style. These architectural elements included Italianate bays, porch detailing, arched lintels above the windows, and a cross-gabled roof. Prior to the addition of these Victorian details, the Olcovich-Meyers House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1874, the same year of its construction in the Gothic Revival style.

Olcovich-Meyers House, NPS. Accessed May 5th 2021. https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/nevada/olc.htm.

Nomination Form to the National Register of Historic Places , National Archives Catalog. Accessed May 5th 2021. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63816344.

Olcovich-Meyers House, Historical Marker Database. Accessed May 5th 2021. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=21395.

Olcovich-Meyers House, Noe Hill. Accessed May 5th 2021. https://noehill.com/nv_carson_city/nat1993000682.asp.