Patrick Hughes House
historic house in Oregon, United States
The Patrick Hughes House, also known as Hughes Ranch and the Historic Hughes House, is a historic Queen Anne-style house built in 1898 on Cape Blanco in the U.S. state of Oregon. The Hughes family owned over 2,000 acres (810 ha) and operated a dairy farm on Cape Blanco.
It is now operated as a historic house museum by the Cape Blanco Heritage Society.
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
References
External links
Hughes Ranch - Cape Blanco Heritage Society
Historic Hughes House - Port Orford tourism site
Roth, Leland. "The Patrick and Jane Hughes House". The Oregon Encyclopedia.
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