Photograph by JOne Emmons, courtesy of Redwood National and State Park
Lyons Ranches Historic District
California, Reference number: 100002212
Areas of Significance: Agriculture, Architecture, Exploration/Settlement, Ethnic Heritage-Native American
Period of Significance: 1868-1959
This 5,660-acre district, set within the open prairie and oak woodlands of the Redwood Creek watershed, reflects the era of peak sheep ranching in the Bald Hills area from 1869 to 1959. Associated with the prominent Lyons family, the extant ranch landscape retains the natural features (open prairies), spatial organization, and working ranch buildings typical of historic period sheep ranching. These extant resources represent a rapidly disappearing regional property type and cultural landscape.
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Photograph by Debra Olson Suarez, courtesy of Point Reyes National Seashore
Point Reyes Peninsula Dairy Ranches Historic District
California, Reference number: 100002147
Areas of Significance: Agriculture, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance: 1857-1956
Locally significant under National Register Criteria A and C, this 22,237-acre agricultural landscape is composed of 17 (formerly private) farmsteads operated as dairy ranches between 1857 and 1956. The documentation provides snapshot descriptions for each of the 17 ranches, as well as information regarding the broader landscape. The extant historic farming landscape retains the natural features (open prairies, wooded drainages), spatial organization, and working diary buildings typical of the evolving character of historic period dairy ranching during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. These extant resources represent a rapidly disappearing regional property type and cultural landscape.
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Photograph by Thomas H. Simmons, courtesy or Colorado State Historic Preservation Office
Tarryall Rural Historic District
Colorado, Reference number: 100000788
Areas of Significance: Agriculture, Architecture, Exploration/Settlement, Entertainment/Recreation, Transportation, Archaeology
Period of Significance: 1862-1965
This nomination is an excellent example from a technical perspective of a very large (27,000+ acres) rural historic district comprised of two discontiguous sections containing a wide variety of resources.
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Photograph courtesy of Virginia State Historic Preservation Office
Rockland Rural Historic District
Virginia, Reference number: 15000809
Area of Significance: Agriculture, Exploration/Settlement, Ethnic Heritage: Black, Transportation, and Architecture
Period of Significance: 1771-1965
The nomination for this 10,000+ acre rural historic district presents its many layers of significance. The nomination does an excellent job of describing multiple historic contexts and documenting multiple resources with its location map.
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Last updated: January 9, 2025