National Register of Historic Places

Cecil Ranch

Grimes, Colusa County, California
Listed
May 13, 2004
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
03000988

About this property

The Cecil Ranch, in Grimes, California in Colusa County, California, United States, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The listing included seven contributing buildings and a contributing structure on 1.7 acres (0.69 ha). It is a complex of buildings mostly dating from around the 1909 construction year of the main house. The main house is a two-and-a-half-story woodframe house upon a brick foundation. It was designed by Sacramento architect Alden Campbell and is somewhat similar to other houses he designed in that city, but is unusual in its rural area. It reflects a mix of architectural styles: Queen Anne in its variation of exterior sheathing textures for each story, Craftsman for its clinker brick porch bases, secondary story base, chimney, and some of the bracketing, and Colonial Revival for its Tuscan columns, balustrades, enclosed gables and "rather trim formal image". Its address is 1840 CA 45 in Grimes. The complex is located on what is now an oxbow lake named Cecil Lake, which was formerly a bend in the Sacramento River, altered by levees.

Location

1840 CA 45
Grimes, Colusa County, California
39.09268, -121.90166

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ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Cecil Ranch listed on the National Register?

Cecil Ranch was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 13, 2004.

What type of historic resource is Cecil Ranch?

Cecil Ranch is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Cecil Ranch?

The period of significance for Cecil Ranch is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1909.

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