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Acadia Ranch

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original area about 29 by 40 feet (8.8 m × 12.2 m) in plan, and frame, stone, and adobe additions. It has a shed-roofed porch on its north side, facing the street, and extending around the west side, unifying the north elevation. The north side consists of the adobe and stucco core
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The property was developed as a lodging house for travelers and summer visitors in the 1880s by Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Dodge, in partnership with a Jack Aldwinkle. One room served as Oracle's U.S. Post Office from 1985 to 1901. The Dodges had previously operated a lodging house in Tucson, which is
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The complex was deemed "historically significant for its association with a regional industry oriented towards health and tourism. Also, the Ranch is architecturally significant, within a local context, for its use of adobe as the primary building material. The main house is also important for its
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The smoke house or "ice house" once had four-foot thick adobe walls, which "melted" over the years. This was restored in a project completed in 2013.
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is a contributing structure, southeast of the main house. It is about 12 by 12 feet (3.7 m × 3.7 m) in plan and is upon a small hill.
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The Acadia Ranch House, the main house of the ranch, faces north on E. Mt. Lemmon Highway, a principal street through Oracle, which, in 1984, was
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evolutionary additive character which reflects its increased use as both a guest ranch and a health resort."
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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The main house is a one-story L-shaped building incorporating a five-room
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National Register of Historic Places in Pinal County, Arizona
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United States historic place in Pinal County, Arizona
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Acadia Ranch is located in Arizona
Oracle, Arizona
32°36′34″N 110°45′54″W / 32.609556°N 110.764955°W / 32.609556; -110.764955
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Oracle
Pinal County, Arizona
National Register of Historic Places
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Santa Catalina Mountains
Arizona State Route 77
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"Acadia Ranch Museum".
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