National Register of Historic Places

Pratt, John Fenton, Ranch

Studley, Sheridan County, Kansas
Listed
April 27, 1983
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
83000442

About this property

The Cottonwood Ranch is a historic site near Studley in Valley Township, Sheridan County, Kansas, United States. The ranch is now preserved as a Kansas State Historic Site. The ranch was built by Abraham Pratt, an Englishman who first came to the United States during the years of the Colorado Gold Rush. After returning to England, he immigrated to Kansas with his sons John Fenton and Tom and settled in the Studley vicinity. Beginning in 1885, the men built a one-room stone house with a sod roof and dirt floor. After it proved inadequate for shelter from the winter conditions, it was re-roofed with wood, and it was expanded in later years. Other buildings at the ranch included a sod stable, a sod-walled corral, and a wood-framed outbuilding with a toilet. A storage cistern was constructed to store water from a natural spring on the property. In 1983, the ranch property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the John Fenton Pratt Ranch.

Location

Studley, Sheridan County, Kansas
39.35593, -100.17428

Categories

EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENTARCHITECTUREAGRICULTURE
Sources

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

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When was Pratt, John Fenton, Ranch listed on the National Register?

Pratt, John Fenton, Ranch was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 27, 1983.

What type of historic resource is Pratt, John Fenton, Ranch?

Pratt, John Fenton, Ranch is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Pratt, John Fenton, Ranch is recorded as the industrial era.

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