4 days ago · First built in 1947, the Mapes Hotel was the brainchild of one of Nevada’s gaming pioneers Charles Mapes Jr. The hotel-casino was as grand as Mapes’ dreams.

The Mapes Hotel was a hotel and casino located in Downtown Reno, Nevada, next to the Truckee River on Virginia Street. It was built in 1947 and opened on December 17 of that year. It was the first skyscraper built in the Western United States since the start of World War II.

6 days ago · Born to be wild. 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 ...

4 days ago · If the Mapes’ walls could talk, it would have quite the story. First built in 1947, the Mapes Hotel was the brainchild of one of Nevada's gaming pioneers Charles Mapes Jr. The hotel-casino was as grand as Mapes' dreams.

5 days ago · One of those in-between places was Charles and Gladys Mapes’ hotel-casino in Reno. ‘Wow, this is pretty cool’ When the Mapes first opened in 1947, the 12-story hotel was the tallest building ...

3 days ago · RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — Thursday marks 25 years since the downtown skyline changed forever when the iconic Mapes Hotel in Reno was imploded, a significant event in the city's history. The ...

4 days ago · After years of rejecting bids to rehabilitate the Mapes, the Reno redevelopment agency voted in September 1999 to demolish it. ... giving City Manager Charles McNeely a $20,000 budget to do so ...

The descendant of a pioneering Reno family, Charles Mapes, Sr., and his wife Gladys bought the parcel and hired architect F.H. Slocombe of Oakland, California to draw up plans for a... The 12-story Mapes Hotel became the tallest building in Nevada …

Feb 4, 2016 · Charles Mapes Jr. had invested heavily in another downtown Reno casino, the Mapes Money Tree, which had failed, and had been forced into bankruptcy. The hotel’s fate remained uncertain for another 18 years as many proposals came and went.

The Mapes Hotel and Casino was the first major high-rise hotel built in this country after World War II. When the twelve-story Mapes Hotel opened in the heart of Reno in December 1947, it was the tallest building in Nevada.