William Morris Stewart Mansion
Built 1855 - 56
Exact replica of wife’s Ante-Bellum Colonial birthplace.
Only edifice of this type in California. Stewart, an early Nevada County District Attorney, joined 1859 Comstock silver rush. Led battle for statehood and became Nevada’s first U.S. Senator, served 29 years; known as the Silver Senator and Father of American Mining Law, authored 15th Constitutional Amendment.
Marker is on Zion Street north of Sacramento Street, on the left when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
