National Register of Historic Places

Stock Center

Cody, Park County, Wyoming
Listed
January 1, 1976
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
76001960

About this property

The Stock Center in Cody, Wyoming, United States, was built in 1927 as the original home of the Buffalo Bill Museum, serving in that purpose until the museum was relocated to a new complex across the street in 1969. The log structure is intended to suggest a stockman's log cabin, rendered on a large scale. The irregularly shaped one-story building was arranged with a small lobby leading to exhibit rooms intended to represent a living room, trophy room-library, dining room, kitchen and bedrooms in a rancher's house. These rooms housed the Buffalo Bill Museum's collections. The museum was built as a community project, using Buffalo Bill Cody's T E Ranch Headquarters as the basis for the design. After museum's move, the former museum was purchased by Paul Stock, a Cody-area oilman, rancher, and three-term mayor of Cody, who then passed the property on to the town of Cody for community use. The Stock Center was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Location

836 Sheridan Ave.
Cody, Park County, Wyoming
44.52534, -109.07031

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Nearby Historic Sites

Downtown Cody Historic District
Pre Contact
0.2 mi
Buffalo Bill Statue
Listed
0.2 mi
Buffalo Bill Boyhood Home
Industrial
0.5 mi
Stock, Paul, House
Industrial
0.6 mi
Irma Hotel
Industrial
0.6 mi

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When was Stock Center listed on the National Register?

Stock Center was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 1, 1976.

What type of historic resource is Stock Center?

Stock Center is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Stock Center?

The period of significance for Stock Center is recorded as the industrial era.

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