Stokes Castle

Stokes Castle is a three-story stone tower located near Austin, Nevada.

It was built by Anson Phelps Stokes, a mine developer, railroad magnate, and banker.

[2] The castle is patterned after a tower that Stokes had seen and admired in the Roman Campagna in Italy.

The family traveled west in June 1897 with friends and spent about a month in the castle.

[1] The "Castle" was owned by HW Trapnell of Austin, Nevada and Dunsmuir, California until he died on July 19, 2018.