Stone Chicken Coop
by Lynn Sprowl
Title
Stone Chicken Coop
Artist
Lynn Sprowl
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
First established in the late 1870's as the Spring Hill Ranch by a Texas cattle baron named Stephen Jones, it was known more recently as the Z Bar Ranch. It was purchased by the National Park Trust in 1994. 180 acres were set aside by Congress in 1996 as the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. The TPNP is managed by the National Park Service to preserve, protect, and interpret the ranch home site and the surrounding tallgrass prairie rangeland. The property was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1997.
On a bluff overlooking Fox Creek Valley is the stately Second Empire style ranch house, built in 1881 of native stone - with a huge stone barn and stone outbuildings.
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June 27th, 2014
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