T E Ranch Headquarters
T E Ranch Headquarters | |
Location | Park County, Wyoming, USA |
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Nearest city | Cody, Wyoming |
Coordinates | 44°16′53″N 109°29′30″W / 44.28139°N 109.49167°W |
NRHP reference No. | 73001939 |
Added to NRHP | April 03, 1973[1] |
The T E Ranch Headquarters, near
The house faces the Shoshone River and is a little more than 60 feet (18 m) long by about 20 feet (6.1 m) wide. Short extensions exist on the southeast and northwest sides. With its broad, gently sloping roof, it is an archetypal ranch house. Two cupolas have been built on the roof to provide light and ventilation. The house has been renovated within without substantial loss of character. The grounds include indigenous plants that have been transplanted to the house's river-bottom surroundings, a place where they would not normally exist, but which are in keeping with the headquarters of a large ranch. An unusual feature is the collection of antlers and horns placed on the grounds.[3]
Cody's TE Ranch was the center of his efforts to irrigate more than 100,000 acres (40,000 ha) of semi-arid land under the
After Cody's death the ranch passed to Philadelphian Stanley Groves. Groves continued the ranching operation but also used the TE as a family retreat, building cabins and a log octagonal library/game house. After Groves' death in 1930 the property was sold to Paul Patton of Kansas City, an associate of
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "T E Ranch Headquarters". National Register of Historic Places. Wyoming State Preservation Office. 2008-10-25.
- ^ a b c Frost, Nedward (September 22, 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: T E Ranch Headquarters". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
External links
- Photographs of the T E Ranch at the National Park Service's NRHP database
- T E Ranch Headquarters at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office