The Home on the Range Cabin, near Smith Center, Kansas, is a log cabin built by Dr. Brewster Higley VI in 1875. It is associated with the song "Home on the Range", written by Higley as a poem in 1872 while living on a dugout that he built on the banks of the Beaver Creek. Higley's friend Dan Kelley set the poem to music; the song eventually became famous and is now the state song of Kansas.[2]
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| Nearest city | Smith Center, Kansas |
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| Coordinates | 39°53′21.8″N 98°56′49.8″W / 39.889389°N 98.947167°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1875 |
| Built by | Higley VI, Dr. Brewster |
| Architectural style | Log Cabin |
| NRHP reference No. | 73000780[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 26, 1973 |
The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1][2]
The cabin site is 240 acres of range and cultivated land owned by Peoples Heartland Foundation. The cabin was restored in 2013 to its 1870s appearance.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Richard Pankratz (March 8, 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: "Home on the Range" Cabin". National Park Service. and accompanying photo from 1960
- ^ "Home on the Range Cabin". Peoples Heartland Foundation. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
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