of National Park Service cultural resource management policies. Subsequently 

 the water tower and barn were stripped by wood salvagers and effectively 

 destroyed. At the time of this writing, the site is mostly rubble and is slated 

 for site restoration. 



3. Buildings and Historic Resources 



Until recently, two buildings and two structures remained of the historic 

 Lupton Ranch. The small dairy house (OV-09.03) and shearing shed (OV-09.05) 

 had been demolished around 1990 because of deterioration. The recently 

 destroyed structures will be described here for the record. 



a. Ranch House (OV-09.01) 



The ranch house consisted of what is believed to be the original Nelson 

 Olds and/or Thomas Longley home that had been built on the ridgetop above 

 its current site around 1859. The 19' x 24' two-story house was moved after 

 the Longley family sold their property to Charles Parsons in 1888. Parsons 

 attached an existing 22' x 36' one-story building to the east side of the older 

 house some time before 1900. Both sections had gable roofs and horizontal 

 drop siding, although portions of the exterior walls had been covered with 

 asphalt roll roofing for protection. The one-story section had board and batten 

 siding under the drop siding. The two-story section had original 6-over-6 

 double-hung wood sash windows, while the one-story portion featured various 

 windows. 



The house had not been altered for the last 75 years. The house was 

 dilapidated, but due to lack of alterations had excellent historic integrity. 



b. Old Milking Barn (OV-09.02) 



At 50' x 61' this Grade B milking barn was smaller than most barns in 

 the Olema Valley. It was a one-and-a-half story, gable-roofed, wood frame barn 

 with random width vertical wood siding. The original shingle roof was covered 

 with corrugated metal roofing. There were 80 milking stalls and a hay loft. 

 The barn was in fair condition, but its historic integrity was good; it was a 



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