Monthly Nevada Trivia Contest
Each month we will post a New Nevada Trivia Question. If you answer the question correctly, you will automatically be entered into a drawing for a Nevada Trivia T-Shirt. Send only one entry per month please. We will notify you by email if you are a winner.
July's Nevada Trivia question: What architect left his mark on Nevada by designing the following: La Concha Motel, the now Lear Theater Building, The Rafael Herman House at Rancho San Rafael Park and The Garvey House on California Avenue?
CONGRATULATIONS! July's winner was Eileen, Eileen won a Nevada T-Shirt of her choice.The answer to July's question: Paul R. Williams
Paul R. Williams was the first African American certified as an architect west of the Mississippi. Paul Williams would go on to be the first African American to be inducted into the architect Hall of Fame. Williams was known as the "Architect to the Stars", designing thousands of homes to well known stars of the time.
Paul Williams left his mark on Nevada designing the now Lear Theater Building, The Rafael Herman House at Rancho San Rafael Park and The Garvey House on California Avenue in Reno and the La Concha Motel in Las Vegas.
August's Nevada Trivia question: Why did all the Las Vegas strip hotel/casino lights go dim in 2004?