National Register of Historic Places
Bald Eagle Ranch House
Modesto vicinity, Stanislaus County, California
The record
- Listed
- January 15, 2014
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 511 Crawford Rd., Modesto vicinity
- County
- Stanislaus
- State
- California
- Contributing resources
- 1 building
- Coordinates
- 37.72059, -120.98849
- Reference number
- 13001069
The story
Written by AI from this property's National Register nomination and the record above; every sentence is checked against its sources before it appears here. Corrections: privacy@treealive.com
The Bald Eagle Ranch House is a Queen Anne style dwelling near Modesto in Stanislaus County, built in 1893 to a design by architect George Franklin Barber. At the time of its listing it was a single dwelling.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criteria A and C, with local significance in agriculture and architecture, and the nomination gives its period of significance as 1893 to 1921, spanning the house's construction and the ranch's 1921 subdivision.
Physical character
The house has balloon-frame construction under a steeply pitched hipped roof with six lower cross gables, and a wide front porch trimmed with turned columns, sunburst brackets and a spindlework frieze. The redwood weatherboard walls sit on a brick and stone foundation under a roof now asphalt shingle, originally wood shingle; inside, cherry wood finishes the parlor fireplace and staircase, and a brick garage and two-room shed stand on the property.
Historical context
Oramil McHenry built the house from 1891 to 1893, and he and his family lived there until 1896. McHenry died in 1906, and the ranch was subdivided in 1921. John Skittone, Robert Longstreth and Ernest B. Nelson and their families owned the house in succession: 1932 to 1954, 1954 to 1956 and 1956 to 1973.