The Solomon Batterson Ranch is significant for its association with the stagecoach lines that enabled the economic development of the mountain communities west of Livermore during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.  The Batterson Ranch stagecoach station was one of two swing stations for the Manhattan Stage line during the 1880s and 1890s and a regular stop for The Zimmerman Stage line from 1896 to 1903.  The Batterson Ranch became an important stopping point along the route west of Livermore.  The 1890 barn remains one of the oldest and the best example of an extant stage station barn on the stage route between Livermore and Rustic.  It is a locally constructed Midwest Three Portal barn.  The barn’s three bays, broken gable roof, and timber framing are all feature-defining characteristics of the Midwest Three Portal barn.