Reynolds legacy saves the Rinckel mansion

Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2000 | 4:53 a.m.

The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation made the donation to the Nevada Press Foundation for the purchase, renovation and furnishing of the mansion.

The building will be named the Donald W. Reynolds Press Center and will house the Press Foundation and the Nevada Press Association. The building also will house the Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame.

"The trustees and I felt it appropriate that this facility should be named after Mr. Reynolds, who in his lifetime was responsible for a major portion of Nevada's media growth and history," said Fred W. Smith, chairman of the Reynolds Foundation.

The Reynolds group owns the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Ely Daily Times, KOLO-TV in Reno and Donrey Outdoors.

The 3,800-square-foot home will give the press organizations some elbow room.

"Right now we essentially just have office space. We only have about 500 square feet," said Kent Lauer, secretary-treasurer of the Press Foundation and executive director of the Press Association.

Besides housing the foundation and association, the press center will provide room for news conferences, educational seminars and leased offices for statewide news bureaus.