Common name: Private residence
Historic name: Lew/Lou Meder House
General Location: North of the northwest corner of Nevada and Proctor Streets, Carson City, Nevada
Address: 308 North Nevada Street
Assessor's PN: 003-227-03
Current use: Residence
Original use: Residence
Year of construction: Early 1870s
Architect: Unknown
This L-shaped, one-story residence is essentially Italianate in design. The wood-frame structure with a stone foundation is surmounted by a gabled and hipped roof. Shiplap is the exterior surface and the windows are double hung with two-lights-over-two. A square bay, decorated with dentils, drops, and paneling extends from the front facade. Building corners are quoined and there Gothic Revival influenced brackets, dentils, and decorative eave returns in the gable. A canopy with decorative molding, drops, dentils, and brackets announces the entrance. The recessed front door contains arched windows with etched glass panes. A wing with a square bay extends to the south.
Alterations include a door that has been changed to a window on the south wing, the addition of cement entry stairs, and a room at the rear of the building, added in the 1960s.
A small freestanding outbuilding stands at the rear of the lot. [Note: parcel extends west to 309 North Division Street.]
Although slightly taller than the corner buildings of the block, this residence is compatible in scale, massing and material with its neighbors. The design is unusual for the city and neighborhood.
Located on the 1875 Bird's Eye View Map of Carson City, the structure is an important early remnant of the city. The building is an unusual representative of this style in Carson City. It is a particularly fine example of its type and has retained a high degree of architectural integrity. As such the building is a significant resource and an important component of Preservation District No. 2.
Source: Don Ford; Noreen Humphreys; Sanborn Maps; 1875 Bird's Eye View of Carson City.
Listed in the National Historic Register: 1978 August 02.
City Landmark: Kit Carson Trail, Plaque No. _.
Year of construction: Early 1870s (estimated): CCRI says 1876 but notes it existed in 1875, original site (presumed).
Architect: Unknown.
Text: Carson City Historic Resources Inventory, 1980.