Robison House, historic house in Sparks, Nevada, US

Robison House is a two-story wood-frame dwelling at 409 13th Street in Sparks, Nevada, built around 1904 with Colonial Revival elements. It has pedimented gables and bracketed eaves, and the property also includes small rental cottages.

It was built for George A. Robison on land developed by his father as one of the first subdivided neighborhoods in Sparks after the Central Pacific Railroad relocated its shops there. The house later gained recognition on the National Register of Historic Places for its connection to that early growth.

The house appears in early 20th-century newspaper advertisements used to sell residential lots in Robison's Addition. Those ads presented the building as a model home, linking it to the neighborhood's promotion and early settlement patterns.

You can view the building from the public sidewalk without entering the grounds, since it remains a private residence. Morning or late afternoon light makes the wooden siding and porch details easier to observe.

The property's small rental cottages, apparently in use from the late 1920s and 1930s, served the "divorce trade" of nearby Reno by providing the six-week residency Nevada required for a "quickie" divorce. The 2006 National Register listing covered five contributing buildings, not just the house.