Parks Foundation holds Open House Sunday at the Wungnema House in Mills Park
The Foundation for Carson City Parks and Recreation is holding an open house at the Wungnema House Sunday afternoon from 2-5 p.m. There is no admission fee, and all are welcome.
The Wungnema House is located on the east side of Mills Park across from Carson High School. It was built by a family of skilled Hopi stonemasons shortly after World War II and served as the family’s home until the early 1970s.
Drop by on Sunday and learn about this remarkable family of Hopi stonemasons, how they came to live in Carson City, their heritage, their work, and continuing legacy. The family was responsible for this house, as well as many other distinctive homes and structures in and around the Carson City area, including a ranch in Washoe Valley and at least one church at Lake Tahoe.
We are honored that the Wungnema House was selected for the design on the 2018 Carson City Christmas ornament! We will have a limited number of the ornaments for sale at Sunday’s open house. The cost of the ornament is $20. Although the ornaments will be for sale elsewhere in town, only those purchased from the Foundation benefit the Foundation.
After the family moved from the house in the early 1970s, the Wungnema House fell into disrepair and became subject to on-going vandalism, until it was finally rescued by Carson City in the late 1990s; at which time, with a grant from the National Park Service, the city was able to restore the house to serve as a meeting place for small community groups and organizations.
For further information about the Foundation, visit their website at http://CarsonCityParks.org; their Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/CCParksFoundation, or write them at carsonparksfoundation@gmail.com, or at P.O. Box 3266, Carson City, NV 89702-3266.
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