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5P1F1941 - JAMES HOh1ESTEAD <br />• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION <br />The James Homestead (5hIF1941} was originally homesteaded in <br />approximately 1885 by 4lilliam H. James who registered his homestead <br />patent on September 28, 1895. The James (William ar~d then Van Allen) <br />family continuously lived in and operated this cattle ranch until <br />Dorothy Card James sold it to Harry L. and Laurel Norma Durham on <br />December 16, 1965. Harry C. Durham, Jr. died in 1981 and Mrs. Durham <br />continues to live on the property. <br />The large main house bras constructed in 1885 or 1887 (Structure 2 <br />on site map) and has a gable roof construction. It is predominantly <br />horizontal, unshaped logs with half-dovetail notching on the corners. A <br />screen-enclosed front porch or veranda, facing Good Spring Creek and the <br />old road through the canyon, runs the entire length of the southeast <br />side of the house. Amore recent (1918) porch addition is located on <br />the northeast side of the house. The back of the house has more recent <br />wooden siding concealing the earlier log construction. In front of the <br />house (northeast side) is a cement foundation for a well with a 1932 <br />date in the cement. <br />Structures near the main house (north) include a smaller log <br />structure with mud chinking (Structure #3) most recently used as a <br />chicken coup, and Structures 4, 5 and 6 which are horizontal .plank <br />• (clapboard) construction possibly dating to the 1910-30 era. Structure <br />5 is a former bunkhouse, while Structure 4 is a garage. <br />The log barn has a gambrel roof and is in excellent condition. <br />Surrounding it are various corrals and animal loading facilities. <br />Structure 7 is an animal shed attached to one of these corrals. <br />Structure 9 is a modern cement block house with aluminum sheet <br />metal roof. Structure 10 is a horizontal log structure (house) with a <br />gable roof and open verandah on the entire northwest side (front). A <br />leanto addition on the back (southeast side) has horizontal plank <br />(clapboard) construction. In back of Structure 10 is a log shack <br />(storage shed) designated as Structure 11. <br />Also on site are two entry posts constructed of sandstone blocks <br />and cement, one ~•rith an 1885 inscription (southern post) and the other <br />with a 1916 date inscribed on it. These posts face south on the <br />original road through the canyon. Directly across from this road is an <br />early irrigation ditch placed approximately 1883. The entry road to the <br />James Homestead crosses over a stone archway which spans Good Spring <br />Creek (See site photos). <br />All nails observed on structures tirere round-headed wire nails. <br />Scattered around the ranch are old farm equipment, wagons, buckboard, <br />etc. <br />• <br />1: <br />