Territorial Enterprise Building
The Territorial Enterprise building was built in the 1870s to house the first newspaper in the Nevada Territory.
The Territorial Enterprise was known for the flamboyant style of journalism developed in its earlier years by such writers as Mark Twain, Alf Doten and Dan De Quille.
William Sharon of the Bank of California purchased the paper in 1874 for an estimated half a million dollars to support his political ambitions. The paper suspended publication in 1893 but was revived a year later when the first linotype west of the Mississippi was installed. It shut down again in 1916 to be revived in the 1950s by Lucius Beebe, a New York journalist.
Corinthian capital pillars date back to ancient Greece in the 5th century BCE and are known for ornate and decorative capitals, elaborately adorned with acanthus leaves and sometimes small scrolls or flutes.
