Circle Cross Ranch Headquarters

Coordinates: 32°39′26″N 105°42′20″W / 32.65722°N 105.70556°W / 32.65722; -105.70556
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Circle Cross Ranch Headquarters
Circle Cross Ranch Headquarters is located in New Mexico
Circle Cross Ranch Headquarters
LocationSouthwest of Sacramento, New Mexico
Coordinates32°39′26″N 105°42′20″W / 32.65722°N 105.70556°W / 32.65722; -105.70556
Area40 acres (16 ha)
Built1905, 1906
NRHP reference No.80002563[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1980

The Circle Cross Ranch Headquarters, in Otero County, New Mexico, near Sacramento, New Mexico, was partly built in 1906. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It has also been known as the Oliver M. Lee House and Ranch.[1]

The listing included four contributing buildings on 40 acres (16 ha).[1]

The main house is a one-and-a-half-story 50 by 50 feet (15 m × 15 m) house, built upon a raised, poured concrete basement, and is surrounded by a wood-frame veranda. It has a hipped roof broken by two dormers on each side and by four chimneys. The main floor, which has a board-and-batten exterior, served as living quarters. The basement level, which is at grade on three sides, has two kitchens, a mess hall, and an office, and served as the ranch headquarters for Lee.[2]

Also on the property are a historic 50 by 140 feet (15 m × 43 m) wooden barn, a log barn, and a blacksmith shop. The log barn, built in 1905, served at first as the residence for the Lee family.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Ellen Threinen (August 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Circle Cross Ranch Headquarters / Oliver M. Lee House and Ranch". National Park Service. Retrieved February 5, 2019. With accompanying five photos from 1980