Peaceful Valley Ranch


Peaceful Valley Ranch
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Peaceful Valley Ranch, c. 1922
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Nearest city	Medora, North Dakota
Coordinates	46°57′32″N 103°30′13″W / 46.95889°N 103.50361°W / 46.95889; -103.50361Coordinates: 46°57′32″N 103°30′13″W / 46.95889°N 103.50361°W / 46.95889; -103.50361
Area	less than one acre
Built	1885
Built by	Lamb, Benjamin F.; Burgess, George
Architectural style	Late Victorian
NRHP Reference #	94000731^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 13, 1994

Peaceful Valley Ranch, about three miles from the town of Medora, North Dakota, dates from 1885, when Benjamin Lamb, "a 22-year-old white male rancher from Ohio" bought the land and built its first buildings.^[2] The ranch includes Late Victorian architecture and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. The listing included three contributing buildings.^[1]

It overlooks the Little Missouri River in what is now the south unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, in "the Little Missouri badlands of western North Dakota."^[2]

The listing includes a barn that was built by George Burgess and J.C. Rasmussen in 1905.^[2]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 3 Dori M. Penny; Thomas K. Larson & Kathy McKoy (April 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Peaceful Valley Ranch" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying 13 photos

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