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Your search returned 2 results. Pratt (John Fenton) Ranch
Studley (Sheridan County) Listed in National Register 4/28/1983
Architect: Not listed
The John Fenton Pratt Ranch (also known as the Cottonwood Ranch State Historic Site) began with a few acres and a sod roof house in 1880. By 1900, the ranch consisted of a house, outbuildings, pastureland, and an active spring. The significant buildings were constructed of locally quarried limestone and built by John Fenton Pratt, a native of Yorkshire, England. The house is a one-story, U-shaped, and gabled roof structure. The main section of the house was built first with the wings being constructed in two stages. The ranch was primarily for raising sheep and the significant outbuildings were used to house and shear the sheep. Owned by the Pratt family until the 1980s, the State of Kansas acquired the site in 1982 with the Kansas Historical Society administering the ranch as a living history museum. It was nominated for its association to settlement of western Kansas and for its architecture. Shafer Barn
Hoxie (Sheridan County) Listed in State Register 04/8/2009
Architect: unknown
The 1920 Shafer Barn (ca. 1920) is nominated to the National Register for its architectural and agricultural history. The 2-1/2-story frame building was designed with a center aisle to accommodate both horses and dairy cattle. Hay for the animals was brought into this central area through its distinguishing hay hood and hay door. A unique aspect of the barn is that it appears to have been designed to accommodate barn dances. The original design included a ladies toilet and smoking room on the first floor and a raised platform/stage in the haymow. |
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