Tours available in September, October at historic Nevada State Prison in Carson City
The Board of Directors of the Nevada State Prison Preservation Society has announced dates in September and October for the remainder of the 2022 tour season of the historic Nevada State Prison.
The Nevada State Prison has an extensive history within Carson City, beginning as the site of the first meetings of the Territorial Legislature, and quickly becoming the Territorial Prison in 1862. With statehood in 1864, it became the Nevada State Prison, and was the only state prison in Nevada until the late 1950s.
Until its closing in 2012, Nevada State Prison was one of the oldest prisons still operating in the entire country.
The tour dates are:
September: Saturday Sept. 3, Sunday, Sept. 4, Monday, Labor Day, Sept. 5, and Saturday, Sept. 17.
October: Saturday Oct. 1, Saturday, Oct 15, and the season finale for Nevada Day weekend, Friday, Oct. 28, Saturday, Oct. 29, and Sunday, Oct. 30.
There are four tours each day at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., noon, and 1 p.m. Tickets are $15 each.
Go here for more information about the tours, including a one minute video, and to buy tickets for the September and October dates.