Hagmaier Ranch: Cultural Landscape Inventory, Point Reyes National Seashore, National Park Service
Owens E and Bennett A. 2011. Hagmaier Ranch: Cultural Landscape Inventory, Point Reyes National Seashore, National Park Service. Cultural Landscapes Inventory Report. 725212. NPS Pacific West Regional Office. Pacific West Regional Office/CLI Database
The Hagmaier Ranch is an approximately 500-acre ranching property that is located in southern central Olema Valley, within Point Reyes National Seashore. The ranch encompasses a stretch of land west of Highway 1, between Pine Gulch Creek and Olema Creek, including a portion of the lower slopes of east-facing Inverness Ridge. It is bordered by Randall Ranch on the northeast, Teixeira Ranch on the southeast, private property on the west. The ranch building core sits on flat land, with pastures to the southeast and northwest, and wooded forest and riparian creeks occupying most of the northern portion of the property. The ranch historically supported dairy operations and is no longer used for commercial activity. Hagmaier Ranch is a portion of the National Register eligible Olema Valley/Lagunitas Loop Ranches Historic District, which was determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places at the local-level of significance under Criteria A and C with a period of significance from 1856 to 1961. Under Criterion A, the district is significant for its small and medium-sized family owned farms and ranches, most of which emphasized dairy production. Under Criterion C, the district is significant for its excellent examples of local rural vernacular architecture, especially dairy building types. The period of significance covers roughly a century, beginning with the initial American settlement of the area in 1856 and extending to 1961 when the federal government authorized the creation of Point Reyes National Seashore. This period encompasses the major development of the roads, buildings, structures, fence lines, and delineation of pastures within the district. Hagmaier Ranch, which operated, without interruption, as a dairy ranch, into the 1940s, appears today much as it did during the period of significance and retains its historical integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. The Hagmaier Ranch building core retains five historic buildings organized along a ranch road. Contributing buildings and structures include: the Main House, Bunk House, Old Milking Barn, North Shed and South Shed. Because little has changed since the period of significance, the ranching character of the historic district is still evident at Hagmaier Ranch in the following landscape characteristics: natural systems and features, spatial organization, land use, vegetation, circulation, and buildings and structures. Based on the evaluation of these characteristics, the cultural landscape exhibits key patterns, relationships, and features that convey the historical significance of the district. Overall, the landscape is in fair condition.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Owens, Erica; Bennett, Amanda
- Date of Issue
- 2011-09-08
- Publisher
- NPS Pacific West Regional Office
- Units
- PORE , PWR
- Keywords
- Agriculture, Barn, Biesler Ranch, Bunkhouse, Coast Miwok, Commerce, Dairy Production, domestic, Exploration, Farming for Local Markets, Healion Ranch, Historic Vernacular Landscape, Industrial Production, Livestock, Miller Ranch, Old Milking Barn, Olema Valley/Lagunitas Loop Ranches Historic District, outbuilding, ranches, Ranching Communities, Rancho Punta de Los Reyes, residential, Settlement, shed, Single Family Dwelling, Sobrante Ranch, technology, The Farmers' Frontier, Vernacular architecture, Westward Expansion of the Colonies and the United States
- Subjects
- CRIS-CL: 725212: Hagmaier Ranch