Built in the mid-1940s from 20-year-old plans, the Mapes' art deco style was already becoming nostalgic. It opened as Nevada's tallest building in 1947, and its Sky Room overlooked a town that ...

If the bricks of the Mapes Hotel-Casino could talk ... Harrah's was no more than a bingo parlor. Harold's Club was the best known of Reno casinos, but it had no hotel. Charley Mapes presided ...