Fred A. Bemis Farmhouse, 6028 South Gallop Street (Moved from Original Site), Littleton, Arapahoe County, CO
Summary
1983 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention
Significance: It is named for its original owner, who brought the property in 1887 and built the house 3 years later. The Bemis family owned or leased the property until 1952, when Edwin Bemis (son of Fred Bemis) sold the property to the Intermountain Rural Electric Cooperative. The house was moved to its present location at the Littleton Historical Museum on February 21, 1975, when the co-op expanded its facilities on the property where the house once stood...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N766
Survey number: HABS CO-88
Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1975 Subsequent Work
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Tags
farmhouses
wooden buildings
moving of structures
farming
domestic life
historic house museums
toolsheds
barns
blacksmith shops
schools
littleton colo
bemis
farmhouse
bemis farmhouse
gallop
south gallop street
original
original site
littleton
arapahoe
arapahoe county
colorado
madison reid graham
historic american buildings survey
intermountain rural electric cooperative
littleton historical museum
university of colorado at denver
photo
library of congress
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Intermountain Rural Electric Cooperative
Littleton Historical Museum
University of Colorado at Denver, sponsor
Graham, Madison Reid, delineator
Location
Littleton (Colo.)
,
39.61332, -105.01665
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html