370 Mount Rose St Reno, NV 89509

Back on Market! Historic Redfield Estate on the market for the first time since the 1930’s, this eclectic home built entirely out of native Truckee Meadow’s river stone is the largest of its kind in Northern Nevada. Immense history surrounds this prestigious property, owned by the prominent “Redfield” family since the 1930’s. We are proud to deliver the home, inclusive with thorough cosmetic remediation throughout, while still retaining the original charm that makes this home one of a kind!, • “The Sierra Vista Castle...The finest rock estate in Nevada” – Newspaper headline submitted by William Hill • “The grand river rock residence is the largest and most prominent of several dozen river rock houses in Reno. This indigenous river rock type culminates in the five level, Period Revival...residence, with its design elements derived from the English Cottage style...[including] a prominent steeply pitched roof; a sharply mounted gable facing front; scant roof overhang; and the use of a “natural” construction material which integrates the house with the surrounding terrain. “ – National Register of Historical Places Nomination • "From the top of the hill where they would build the house, there was an unobstructed view north to downtown, south to Mount Rose rising majestically in the distance and west to cattle grazing lazily in green pastures.” – Jack Harpster • “The floor plan of the home would duplicate a large brownstone the family had once owned in Brooklyn, according to August Hill’s great-grandson Richard Hill a Reno attorney. It would be two identical levels, each one 1,894 square feet, each of the two duplex suites would have two bedrooms and one bath with walk-in showers, as well as identical living rooms, dining rooms, tiled kitchen and fireplaces. [...] There would also be a 1,424-square-foot unfinished basement under the house and two narrow but deep garages burrowed into the side of the hill at street level on Mount Rose Street. A large riser of stone stairs, crowed by a stonework arch at street level, led from the garages up to the house on top of the hill.” – Jack Harpster • “It was not the floor plan, however, that would make the home one of the most unique buildings in the state and as fresh and distinctive today as it was more than three-quarters of a century ago when it was completed. It was the building material. The house would be built entirely of native Truckee Meadows river stone." – Jack Harpster • “I’m thrifty,” Redfield once said, “but not stingy.” And his thrift was-and still is-legendary in Reno. “If I can save a nickel on an item,” he said, “I buy it by the case saving one or two dollars, if I hadn’t done that all my life, I’d be just like so any people today-one step ahead of the bill collector.” – Redfield and Jack Harpster • “If police estimates on the amount in the safe prove correct, the burglary will be one of the largest on record,’” the Nevada State Journal reported. “The largest cash robbery in the history was the $1,219,000 holdup of Brinks Armored Car office in Boston in 1950.” One of the policemen on the scene went a step further: “This makes the Brinks job look like kid stuff.” – Jack Harpster • A note attached to the will explained where the coin and currency could be found: “Find the exact center of the wall at the north end of the basement at 370 Mt. Rose. St., and drive a hole through it large enough to permit you to crawl through. There you will find coin in the amount shown on the three accompanying sheets. [The sheets were never made public.] PS: I suggest you retain it as is, for the reason that some of it commands a premium at this time and all of it should increase in value over a period of years.” – LaVere’s will