Ormsby House co-owner Don Lehr poses subsequent to a brand new european type window in a single of the 104-suite rooms in 2016.
Staff Report
Friday, May 6, 2022
Don Lehr, who spent the previous 20-plus years working to revive, restore and reopen the Ormsby House lodge in downtown Carson City, died March 27 in Charlotte, North Carolina.He was 92.Lehr and enterprise associate Al Fiegehen made their fortune as founders and homeowners of Cubix Computer Corp., a maker of pc {hardware} and software program specializing in video know-how.Lehr graduated from the University of Illinois with a level in engineering physics. He labored for General Electric and General Automation earlier than teaming up with Fiegehen to open Cubix in Carson City.He was generally known as an entrepreneur and a man who might repair something.The Ormsby House was constructed and opened in 1972 by then-former governor and future U.S. Sen. Paul Laxalt.It went by means of a number of homeowners earlier than Lehr and Fiegehen purchased it in 1999. They supposed to reopen it as quickly as attainable however shut it down a 12 months later after figuring out {that a} full renovation was vital.That renovation consumed Lehr’s time and several other million {dollars} for greater than 20 years.The work included gutting the inside of the constructing and draining the indoor swimming pool that had leaked into the flooring under it for years in addition to restructuring the constructing’s concrete flooring that he mentioned had been flawed and cracked from day one.It additionally included his conversion of the lodge’s 220 rooms into about half that many suites, changing and modernizing the HVAC system, plumbing and electrical techniques.Lehr made repeated makes an attempt to promote the Ormsby House over time. The most up-to-date asking value was $15 million.All of the offers fell by means of.Lehr is survived by his spouse of 67 years, Valarie, daughters Robin, Linda, and Pam; 9 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
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