Beckwith Ranch

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Historic ranch headquarters listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as a historic district.

Established: c. 1870
Architectural style: Victorian
Areas of significance: Architecture; Agriculture
Area: 3.28 acres
Structures:
- main house (c. 1870; expanded considerably during the following century)
- bunk house (1899)
- servant's quarters (1890s)
- carriage house (late 1890s)
- ice house (1890s)
- privy (1890s)
- workshop (late 1890s)
- garage (1890s)
- cattle barn (1890s)
- horse barn (1890s)
Date added to NRHP: 5/20/1998
Other designations: U.S. Historic District; listed on the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties
Notes: This ranch headquarters is representative of the kind of agricultural complex that was common in the heyday of Colorado cattle ranching. Today it is owned by the nonprofit "Friends of Beckwith Ranch, Inc." and is open to the public as a museum.

www.beckwithranch.org/