Built 1886 Opened 1886 Added to NRHP 14 March 1973 | NRHP Reference # 73000479 Area 800 m² | |
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Location 4610 Robb St., Wheat Ridge, Colorado Similar Tinkertown Amusements, FortWhyte Alive, Rocky Mountains, Royal Canadian Mint, Shaw Park | ||
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.
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.
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.
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