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Medano Ranch Headquarters

USA / Colorado / Hooper /
 headquarters, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, cattle ranch, historic district, vernacular (architecture)
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Historic former cattle ranch headquarters complex listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as a historic district.

Established: 1877
Architectural style: Log cabin
Areas of significance: Agriculture; Architecture
Area: 10.1 acres
Structures:
- Main house (pre-1912 with additions through 1947)
- Bunkhouse/kitchen (pre-1912)
- Cook's house (pre-1920s)
- Harness shed (early 1900s)
- Draft horse barn (pre-1930s)
- Meat house (pre-1920s)
- Cottonseed cake house (possibly almost original to the property)
- Corral complex (pre-1912)
- Outhouse (c. 1940)
- Non-historic structures including equipment sheds and a silo
Also known as: Medano Springs Land and Cattle Company
Date added to NRHP: 2/4/2004
Other designations: U.S. Historic District; listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties
Notes: The Medano Ranch headquarters site is representative of the types of ranch complexes that operated in the San Luis Valley from the second half of the 19th century through the mid 20th century. A significant number of the buildings that once stood on this site are gone, as modernization and mechanization through the decades rendered some of the buildings unnecessary. The ones that still stand show the evolution such complexes underwent as the needs of the operators changed. Today, the headquarters site is unoccupied.
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Coordinates:   37°42'51"N   105°40'58"W
This article was last modified 7 years ago