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 benefit applies if a property owner wants to replace what was a 1940s ranch house with a home constructed to today’s fire code and other modern standards.
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Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Back in 2007, Angie Thornbury doled out $2.8 million for an unremarkable 1960s ranch house perched in the coveted Bird Streets enclave of Los Angeles.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2025
This one would have been a fine location for a ranch house.
—Vahaken Mouradian, National Review, 17 Apr. 2025
In the 1960s and ’70s, when the state added eight million residents and fruit trees were being ripped out to make space for ranch houses, its Legislature passed a flurry of land-use and environmental laws aimed at preserving agricultural land and containing development to major metropolitan areas.
—Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
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Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Back in 2007, Angie Thornbury doled out $2.8 million for an unremarkable 1960s ranch house perched in the coveted Bird Streets enclave of Los Angeles.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2025
This one would have been a fine location for a ranch house.
—Vahaken Mouradian, National Review, 17 Apr. 2025
In the 1960s and ’70s, when the state added eight million residents and fruit trees were being ripped out to make space for ranch houses, its Legislature passed a flurry of land-use and environmental laws aimed at preserving agricultural land and containing development to major metropolitan areas.
—Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Ranch house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ranch%20house. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.
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