Stokes Castle
Stokes Castle is a three-story stone tower located just outside of Austin, Nevada. It was built by Anson Phelps Stokes, a mine developer, railroad magnate, and banker. Intending the building as a summer home, Stokes began building the castle in 1896, completing it in 1897.[2]
The castle is patterned after a tower that Stokes had seen and admired in the Roman Campagna in Italy. The castle is built of hand-hewn native granite, and the huge stones were hoisted into place with a hand winch and held in place with rock wedging and clay mortar.[3] The kitchen and dining room were on the first floor, while the second floor contained the living room and the third floor housed two bedrooms.[2] Each of the floors had a fireplace, and the second and third floors each had a balcony. The roof had a battlemented terrace.[3]
The family only occupied the Stokes Castle for a short time. The family traveled west in June 1897 with friends and spent about a month in the castle. They spent a few more days in October 1897. They returned in the summer of 1898, but they sold their mine, the milling equipment, and the castle, and never returned to the town.[2]
Eventually, the castle fell into disrepair until Molly Magee Knudsen, a cousin of Stokes, bought the castle in 1956.[2] The tower was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1] The "Castle" is currently owned by HW Trapnell of Austin, NV and Dunsmuir, CA.
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