The Rainsford Historic District in

Cheyenne, Wyoming Cheyenne ( or ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming, as well as the county seat of Laramie County, with 65,132 residents, per the 2020 US Census. It is the principal city of the Cheyenne metropolitan statistical ...

comprises a group of Victorian houses, many designed by architect George D. Rainsford. The neighborhood includes the residences of a number of

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s, giving rise to the name "Cattle Baron Row." The district is located immediately to the east of downtown Cheyenne and includes examples of

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, Eastlake,

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...

Romanesque Revival Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...

and Shingle style architecture, among other eclectic styles of the time. The neighborhood includes the former Wyoming Governor's Mansion and the William Sturgis House, both individually listed on the

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. George D. Rainsford was a New York architect who arrived in Cheyenne in the late 1870s, established a horse-breeding operation and gaining a high reputation for the quality of his stock. Rainsford continued to practice architecture as a hobby and as a favor to his cattle-ranching friends. The district was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 6, 1984.

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Rainsford Historic District
at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office {{National Register of Historic Places Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming Victorian architecture in Wyoming Houses in Cheyenne, Wyoming Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming National Register of Historic Places in Cheyenne, Wyoming

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