National and State Register

James H. Baugh House

Jefferson County

The James H. Baugh House is the earliest extant building from the 1859 settlement period of Jefferson County’s Clear Creek Valley.  James H. Baugh was one of the very earliest settlers in the Wheat Ridge area who established a farm in the fertile Clear Creek Valley and helped promote local agricultural commerce. 

A view of the house with blue walls, white siding, and red cross gables. On the right stands a covered porch.

James H. Baugh House

The Baugh House is an excellent example of a Late Victorian farmhouse with a high degree of integrity along with the original Pioneer Log cabin beneath the Victorian-era clapboard.  Character-defining features found of the Late Victorian style include the one-and-one-half stories, gabled roof, decorative shingles, porch with spindles, Tuscan columns, and gabled dormers.  The Pioneer Log cabin found inside a portion of the house contains hand-hewn logs, V-notching, and wood and sapling chinking, all character defining features of the Pioneer Log style.