ranch house
noun
1
: the main dwelling house on a ranch
2
: a one-story house typically with a low-pitched roof and an open plan
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The park was severely damaged in the fire, and Rogers’ iconic ranch house was destroyed, leaving preservationists to wonder what’s next.
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Hadley Hall Meares, Architectural Digest, 17 Jan. 2025
The main ranch house harbored a Native American rug collection and baskets and works by painters Edward Borein and Charles Marion Russell.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
His little yellow ranch house mostly survived the fire, but the roof was singed and all his trees and vegetation burned.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Iconic sites including several famed Malibu eateries, the Palisades Charter High School and Will Rogers’ historic ranch house and the historic Topanga Ranch Motel, once owned by William Randolph Hearst, have all been destroyed.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2025
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Hadley Hall Meares, Architectural Digest, 17 Jan. 2025
The main ranch house harbored a Native American rug collection and baskets and works by painters Edward Borein and Charles Marion Russell.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
His little yellow ranch house mostly survived the fire, but the roof was singed and all his trees and vegetation burned.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Iconic sites including several famed Malibu eateries, the Palisades Charter High School and Will Rogers’ historic ranch house and the historic Topanga Ranch Motel, once owned by William Randolph Hearst, have all been destroyed.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Ranch house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ranch%20house. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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