Nevada's building faced the Marina and looked out over the Golden Gate. It was a classical design with a broad veranda by the Reno architect Frederic J. DeLongchamps (Todd calls him F. H. DeLongchamps; the Official Guide places him in Carson City). The Guide calls the style French Renaissance. It opened with a typical Western housewarming on February 22, 1915, and served as a social center with literature for would-be settlers. Mrs. W. A. Massey arranged a display of women's work.
On Nevada Day, July 7, 1915, Governor Boyle planted a white pine on the Nevada site. Its ceremonial tree was one of 33 planted at State and foreign buildings during the fair and moved to Golden Gate Park early in 1916 as the Exposition Grove (Todd vol. 3, ch. LXXXVI).