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HARRY CAREY RANCH
(Clougherty Ranch)
HABS No. CA-2712 (Page 2)

Nine buildings on the former Harry Carey Ranch comprise the Harry Carey
Ranch Historic District:

Building 1 : Adobe Stables
Building 2: Bunkhouse
Building 3: Smokehouse
Building 4: Joe's Cabin
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Building 5: Main Ranch House
Building 6: Lower Garage (destroyed in 1994 earthquake)
Building 7: Upper Garage
Building 8: Wood Stable
Building 9a: Caretaker's House

Leslie Heumann and Helen Wells of CRMS identified the district in a historic
resources inventory and evaluation that they prepared (using State of
California inventory forms, or DPR 523 forms) for 18 buildings and structures
on the Harry Carey Ranch in July 1993. This inventory was conducted as part
of hte"Tesoro Del Valle Survey." The California Office of Historic
Preservation (OHP) agreed with the findings of the Heumann and Wells
survey. Because the OHP concurred, it placed the district in National Register
of Historic Places status "2D2" on January 3, 1996 in its history property
database. This status reflects that each of the contributing buildings of the
ranch has been "determined eligible for listing through a consensus
determination,'' although they have not yet been officially listed on the
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National Register.

PART I. HISTORICAL INFORMATION

C) This report describes the general character of the ranch property and the history of its
development, both in terms of its physical history and historical context. Please refer to
HABS reports CA-2712-A to CA-2712-H for information on specific buildings on the
ranch. After the general description of the property, the following historical context is
organized in two major subsections: a general discussion of the context of the ranch
within the early film industry, and a subsection that describes Harry Carey, Sr.'s
() biography and film career.

The Harry Carey Ranch is named after the motion picture actor Harry Carey, who was
the property's first owner. It is also sometimes called the Farmer John or Clougherty

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California Office of Historic Preservation, "Directory of Properties in the Historic Properties Data File for Los
Angeles County, (as of October 20, 1998), 16-17; Leslie Heumann and Helen Wells,."Historic Resources Inventory:
Harry Carey Ranch Historic District," DPR523 forms on file with California Office of Historic Places (July 6,
1993).