Pioneer Sod House

Pioneer Sod House
Location 4610 Robb St., Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Coordinates 39°46′51″N 105°7′30″W / 39.78083°N 105.12500°W / 39.78083; -105.12500Coordinates: 39°46′51″N 105°7′30″W / 39.78083°N 105.12500°W / 39.78083; -105.12500
Area 0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built 1886
NRHP Reference # 73000479[1]
Added to NRHP March 14, 1973

The Pioneer Sod House in Wheat Ridge, Colorado is a sod house built in 1886 or perhaps well before. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

Sod houses were rare in the Denver area, as lumber was available, and this is likely the only one surviving. It was more or less continuously occupied as a residence from 1886 to summer of 1972.[2]:

While the 1973 National Register nomination asserted it was built in 1886, the house is believed by the Wheat Ridge Historical Society to have been built in 1864 or before 1859.[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Boyd A. Kraemer (January 24, 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: The Pioneer Sod House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved July 12, 2016. with photo from 1972
  3. ↑ "Sod House". Wheat Ridge Historical Society.
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