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Property Name	BINGHAM HOMESTEAD RURAL HISTORIC LANDSCAPE
Reference Number	13000161
State	Colorado
County	LARIMER
Town	Bellvue
Street Address	4916 W. BINGHAM HILL ROAD (COUNTY ROAD 50E), Bellvue, WA
Multiple Property Submission Name	N/A
Status	Listed 04/16/2013
Link to full file	http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/places/pdfs/13000161.pdf

The Bingham Homestead is locally significant under Criterion A for exploration/settlement for its association with the pioneer settlement and early development of Pleasant Valley and Larimer County during the period from the 1860s through 1881. Additionally, it is locally significant under Criterion A for agriculture for its long association with farming and ranching in the Pleasant Valley. It is significant under Criterion C in the area of architecture as a good example of a Late 19th and Early 20th Century Foursquare main farmhouse with a Pioneer Log Homestead Cabin, and other farm buildings being of a type, period or method of construction consistent with early farms and the evolution of the farm creating the need for additional buildings and structures.

 

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