National Register of Historic Places - Wyoming (WY), Johnson County

Johnson County Wyoming (Historic Districts) has 7 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Fort McKinney, HF Bar Ranch Historic District and Wold Rock Art District, Beaver Creek Ranch Headquarters and Main Street Historic District.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Johnson County places including Willis Moses Spear and Herschel Elarth. Prominent architectural styles found in Johnson Country are .

Beaver Creek Ranch Headquarters (added 2014 - - #13001064)

Also known as Schoonover Ranch, Harriet Ranch, Iberlin Ranch, 48JO2679

2333 Beaver Creek, Buffalo

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Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Fort McKinney (added 1976 - - #76001950)

Also known as Fort McKinney No. 2

About 2 mi. W of Buffalo on U.S. 16 , Buffalo

Jon Roanhaus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Agriculture, Architecture, Military

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Military Facility

Current Function:

Government, Health Care

Current Sub-function:

Government Office, Sanatorium

HF Bar Ranch Historic District (added 1984 - - #84000392)

Also known as Hortons

NW of Buffalo , Buffalo

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Animal Facility

Main Street Historic District (added 1984 - - #84003676)

Also known as Buffalo Main Street Historic District

Main St. , Buffalo

Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Business, Hotel, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Spear-O-Wigwam Ranch (added 2016 - - #16000053)

Also known as Spear-O-Wigwam Mountain Campus

Jct. of Coffeen Park & Spear-O-Wigwam Rds., Story

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Elarth, Herschel, Spear, Willis Moses

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949 AD

TA Ranch Historic District (added 1993 - - #93000198)

Also known as Smithsonian Site No. 48JO97

E of Wy 196 on N. Fork, Crazy Woman Cr. , Buffalo

Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Defense, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Battle Site, Fortification, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Wold Rock Art District (added 2021 - - #100006877)

Also known as 48JO4513

Address Restricted, Barnum

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Area of Significance:

Archeology-Prehistoric, Art