Location West of Arock NRHP Reference # 74001695 Area 2 ha Nearest city Arock | Built 1863 Opened 1863 Added to NRHP 1 November 1974 | |
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The Sheep Ranch Fortified House, near Arock, Oregon, is a historic structure that was built in approximately 1863. Also known as McWilliams House, it was built by a man with last name McWilliams. It served as a ranch house, as a stagecoach stop, and as a fort.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
It was bought in 1914 by Pascual Eiguren, a Basque immigrant, whose family continued to own it in 1974, and it is partly notable for its Basque association.
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