Butler House (Pueblo, Colorado)
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The Butler House in the general area of
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was built around 1880, or before. It was listed on the
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in 1984. The listing included five
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and a
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on . The main house of the Butler House ranch complex is a one-story
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residence of about , which was built in the 1880s or before; perhaps portions of it are from the former Craig residence, built in 1864 and burned in 1879. In 1882 it became the ranch of
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, "a prominent military figure and attorney from the east." Other elements of the complex are: an agent's stone house, a stone outbuilding, a barn, and a cow shed. It is located 26 miles southeast of Pueblo on the
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, in the plain just after the river comes out of its canyon, in the vicinity of Avondale. With In 2021, the Pueblo County Assessor identifies the owner of 6916 Broadacre as "Bar Nothing Ranches LLC", which had acquired title in 1997 from the Paul Butler Trust. The property has total land area, though only is NRHP-listed.


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Ranches in Colorado National Register of Historic Places in Pueblo County, Colorado Houses completed in 1880 {{Colorado-NRHP-stub