Archive for May 2015
May Mayhem for Preservation Month
NPF’s Historic Home Tour: Sunday May 3, 2015 If you haven’t heard by now, Sunday May 3rd is Nevada Preservation Foundation’s first Historic Home Tour! NPF is hosting an afternoon filled with open house tours of historic homes located throughout central Las Vegas. With a total of 15 houses, the tour features homes in Beverly…
Read MoreMid-Century Martini Tour: All Original Home of Roger Ray, Comedic Xylophonist
As part of NPF’s Home Tour this Sunday, the fifteen holders of Martini Tour tickets will be able to peruse not only the homes on the Home Tour, but also take a guided tour of this particularly spectacular mid-century home. We are very excited to be able to show this home on our first ever…
Read MoreRemembering the Fabulous Betty Willis
The “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada” sign was her never-trademarked gift to her hometown. Las Vegas native, Betty Willis, who died last month at the age of 91, is best-remembered for designing that sign, which has stood in greeting to visitors to Las Vegas at the south end of the Strip since 1959. The…
Read MoreThank you, Ferraro Group!
Nevada Preservation Foundation would like to extend a long overdue THANK YOU to one of our main supporters, The Ferraro Group. Committed to the community of Las Vegas, The Ferraro Group has pledged continual support of NPF with an annual donation of $250, recurring over the next five years. With this donation, NPF is able…
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