Greystone Castle is a small Tudor style cottage in the Newlands Manor section of

Reno, Nevada Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border. It is the county seat and most populous city of Washoe County, Nevada, Washoe County. Sitting in the High Eastern Sierra foothills, ...

, USA. It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

as an example of its architectural style as well as its ties into Reno's history as a

migratory divorce A divorce mill is a jurisdiction that is frequently used by non-residents to obtain a divorce quickly. Migratory divorce is the practice of relocating temporarily to another jurisdiction to obtain a divorce. In the early years of the United States ...

town. Starting with the William E. Corey divorce, Reno became known for its much quicker and simpler divorce laws, the only requirement being that the individuals had to stay in town for six months to achieve residency. Greystone Castle is the type of smaller upscale housing that divorcing individuals used during their waiting period.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada Tudor Revival architecture in Nevada Houses completed in 1930 Houses in Reno, Nevada National Register of Historic Places in Reno, Nevada {{Nevada-NRHP-stub