Rial Chew Ranch Complex

Rial Chew Ranch Complex

Chew Ranch House
Location US 40, Dinosaur, Colorado
Coordinates 40°29′55″N 109°0′47″W / 40.49861°N 109.01306°W / 40.49861; -109.01306Coordinates: 40°29′55″N 109°0′47″W / 40.49861°N 109.01306°W / 40.49861; -109.01306
Architect Rial Chew, et al.
Architectural style No Style Listed
MPS Dinosaur National Monument MRA
NRHP Reference # 86003392
Added to NRHP October 27, 1987[1]

The Rial Chew Ranch Historic District comprises a ranching operation in what is now Dinosaur National Monument in northwestern Colorado, that existed from 1900 to 1949. The Rial Chew family established the ranch in 1900, operating it as a park inholding after the national monument was established in 1919. The district includes a house, a cabin, root cellar, corrals and several storage buildings. The cabin may have been built at Blue Mountain by Harry Chew, and moved to the present site by Jack Chew, Rial's father. The ranch was occupied by the Chew family until their special use permit expired in the early 1970s.[2][3]

References

  1. National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Chew Ranch House at Pool Creek". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. 2008-12-14.
  3. Steven F. Mehls (June 24, 1985). "Classified Structure Field Inventory Report: Chew/Pool Creek House" (pdf). National Park Service.


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