Ainsworth House
National Register of Historic Places

Ainsworth House

Big Trails, Washakie County, Wyoming
Listed
September 10, 1986
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
86002321

About this property

The Ainsworth House , also known as the Greet Ranch , was built in 1886 by homesteader Frank S. Ainsworth and his wife in Big Trails, Wyoming, in the Nowood Valley of Washakie County. The Ainsworths built the frame house after living in a tent and a log dugout. The house was one of the first permanent habitations to be built in the Bighorn Basin. The 1886 section of the house is a 1½ story framed and clapboarded building, to which was appended a 1½ story log house built in 1890 and expanded upward in 1911. Ainsworth was born in Iowa in 1857.

Location

Big Trails, Washakie County, Wyoming
43.79669, -107.31519

Federal Designation

The National Register of Historic Places, administered by the National Park Service, is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical, architectural, archaeological, engineering, or cultural significance. Listing on the National Register recognizes a property's importance to American history but does not place restrictions on private owners; it does, however, make properties eligible for federal historic preservation tax incentives and enables consideration in federal planning decisions. This property is recorded in the National Register under reference number 86002321. It was listed on September 10, 1986.

Categories

AGRICULTUREEXPLORATION/SETTLEMENTARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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Questions about this property

When was Ainsworth House listed on the National Register?

Ainsworth House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 10, 1986.

What type of historic resource is Ainsworth House?

Ainsworth House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Ainsworth House?

The period of significance for Ainsworth House is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1857.

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