Provost Homestead - Herring Farm Rural Historic Landscape
Larimer County
The Provost Homestead - Herring Farm Rural Historic Landscape is significant for its long agricultural association with the development of irrigated farming, crop production and stock raising in northern Colorado. Having been in agricultural use for more than 135 years producing fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs, and hay, it has served as a livestock production farm raising horses, cattle, and poultry and has been home to families who have contributed greatly to the development of agriculture in the area.
Provost Homestead - Herring Farm Rural Historic Landscape
It is also significant for its long association with the Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific Railroad - Stout Branch with the railroad bed and two bridges existing on the property. The farm is also architecturally significant for construction techniques representing those employed by farmers with limited means and materials. While the 1910 Foursquare is an example of an academic architectural form, the owner purchased it from a catalog such as Sears or Wardway possibly modifying the plans by adding the wing for a growing and prosperous farm.