National Register of Historic Places

Home on the Range Cabin

Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas
Listed
March 25, 1973
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
73000780

About this property

The Home on the Range Cabin, near Smith Center, Kansas, is a log cabin built by Dr. Brewster Higley VI in 1875. It is associated with the song "Home on the Range", written by Higley as a poem in 1872 while living on a dugout that he built on the banks of the Beaver Creek. Higley's friend Dan Kelley set the poem to music; the song eventually became famous and is now the state song of Kansas. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The cabin site is 240 acres of range and cultivated land owned by Peoples Heartland Foundation. The cabin was restored in 2013 to its 1870s appearance.

Location

Smith Center, Smith County, Kansas
39.90773, -98.93590

Categories

SOCIAL HISTORY
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Home on the Range Cabin listed on the National Register?

Home on the Range Cabin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 25, 1973.

What type of historic resource is Home on the Range Cabin?

Home on the Range Cabin is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Home on the Range Cabin is recorded as the industrial era.

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