Home on the Range Cabin

Home on the Range Cabin
Nearest city Smith Center, Kansas
Coordinates 39°53′21.8″N 98°56′49.8″W / 39.889389°N 98.947167°W / 39.889389; -98.947167Coordinates: 39°53′21.8″N 98°56′49.8″W / 39.889389°N 98.947167°W / 39.889389; -98.947167
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1875
Built by Higley VI, Dr. Brewster
Architectural style Log Cabin
NRHP Reference # 73000780[1]
Added to NRHP March 26, 1973

The Home on the Range Cabin, near Smith Center, Kansas, is a log cabin built by Dr. Brewster Higley VI in 1875. It is associated with the song "Home on the Range", written by Higley as a poem in 1872 while living on a dugout that he built on the banks of the Beaver Creek. Higley's friend Dan Kelley set the poem to music; the song eventually became famous and is now the state song of Kansas.[2]

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1][2]

The cabin site is 240 acres of range and cultivated land owned by Peoples Hearland Foundation. The cabin was restored in 2013 to its 1870s appearance.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Richard Pankratz (March 8, 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: "Home on the Range" Cabin" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying photo from 1960
  3. "Home on the Range Cabin". Peoples Heartland Foundation. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
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