Thomas Ashcroft Ranch

The Thomas Ashcroft Ranch, in Harding County, South Dakota near Buffalo was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

Ashcroft, Thomas, Ranch
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Buffalo, South Dakota
Coordinates	45°40′21″N 103°14′24″W
Area	6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built	c.1910
Built by	Ashcroft,Thomas
MPS	Harding and Perkins Counties MRA
NRHP reference No.	87000547[1]
Added to NRHP	April 10, 1987

The ranch is located on the floodplain of the South Fork of the Grand River, east-northeast of Buffalo.[2]

Its ranch house was deemed to be "One of the most architecturally impressive houses in Harding County" and is a two-story stone house with a hipped roof and an L-shaped plan. It was built in 1910 of fieldstone from the site, and overlooks the river.[2]

The listing included seven contributing buildings and four contributing structures, all from around 1910, and a couple non-contributing modern structures.[2][3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Elisa Novick (December 3, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ashcroft, Thomas, Ranch". National Park Service. Retrieved February 17, 2019. With accompanying 14 photos from 1985
3. Elisa Novick (December 3, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Historic Resources of Harding and Perkins Counties, South Dakota" (PDF). National Park Service.