The Thomas Ashcroft Ranch, in Harding County, South Dakota near Buffalo was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]
Ashcroft, Thomas, Ranch | |
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| Nearest city | Buffalo, South Dakota |
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| Coordinates | 45°40′21″N 103°14′24″W / 45.67250°N 103.24000°W |
| Area | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
| Built | c.1910 |
| Built by | Ashcroft, Thomas |
| MPS | Harding and Perkins Counties MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 87000547[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 10, 1987 |
The ranch is located on the floodplain of the South Fork of the Grand River, east-northeast of Buffalo.[2]
Its ranch house was deemed to be "One of the most architecturally impressive houses in Harding County" and is a two-story stone house with a hipped roof and an L-shaped plan. It was built in 1910 of fieldstone from the site, and overlooks the river.[2]
The listing included seven contributing buildings and four contributing structures, all from around 1910, and a couple non-contributing modern structures.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c Elisa Novick (December 3, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ashcroft, Thomas, Ranch". National Park Service. Retrieved February 17, 2019. With accompanying 14 photos from 1985
- ^ Elisa Novick (December 3, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Historic Resources of Harding and Perkins Counties, South Dakota" (PDF). National Park Service.