Axel Johnson Ranch, on Sorum Road about 3 miles (4.8 km) east of South Dakota Highway 79, about 9 miles (14 km) south of Reva, South Dakota, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The listing included five contributing buildings and two contributing structures.[1]
Johnson, Axel, Ranch | |
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| Nearest city | Reva, South Dakota |
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| Coordinates | 45°27′46″N 103°02′00″W / 45.46278°N 103.03333°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | 1919 |
| Built by | Johnson, Axel |
| Architectural style | Norwegian vernacular |
| MPS | Harding and Perkins Counties MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000541[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 19, 1987 |
The ranch house is formed of four homestead shacks which were moved together in the 1910s. A gable-on-hip barn built in 1923 is of the greatest historic interest; it is "one of the few traditional Norwegian barns to have survived in Harding County to the present time."[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Axel Johnson Ranch". National Park Service. 1987. Retrieved March 6, 2018. With three photos from 1985.