Alamo Ranchhouse, Historic ranchhouse in Nevada, United States

The Alamo Ranchhouse, also called the Moffat Ranchhouse, is a plantation-style mansion built in 1887 near Steamboat, Nevada. It was the centre of a ranch that once covered 2,500 acres, and the house itself was moved to its present site in 1978. The National Register listing of 1979 covers one contributing building and one contributing structure.

The Alamo Ranchhouse, also called the Moffat Ranchhouse, was built in 1887 as a plantation-style mansion and stood at the centre of a 2,500-acre ranch. It was the home of John Sparks, governor of Nevada from 1903 to 1908, and later of cattle baron William H. Moffat. The house was moved in 1978 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, with one contributing building and one contributing structure.

The house is also called the Moffat Ranchhouse, after William H. Moffat, the cattle baron who lived there after John Sparks, Nevada's governor from 1903 to 1908. It stood at the centre of a 2,500-acre ranch, and the building was moved in 1978.

The house is a private residence, not a visitor attraction, so it is seen from the public road only. It stands near Steamboat, south of Reno off the Mount Rose Highway, and was moved to its present site in 1978. The surrounding land, once a 2,500-acre ranch, is open desert terrain with little shade.

The house was physically moved in 1978, before its 1979 listing on the National Register. The listing covers one contributing building and one contributing structure, and the house was the centre of a ranch that once covered 2,500 acres.