Buffalo Bill Boyhood Home


Buffalo Bill Boyhood Home
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Buffalo Bill Boyhood Home
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Location	720 Sheridan Ave., Cody, Wyoming
Coordinates	44°31′11″N 109°4′27″W / 44.51972°N 109.07417°W / 44.51972; -109.07417Coordinates: 44°31′11″N 109°4′27″W / 44.51972°N 109.07417°W / 44.51972; -109.07417
Built	1841
Architect	Isaac Cody
NRHP Reference #	75001906
Added to NRHP	June 05, 1975^[1]

The Buffalo Bill Boyhood Home was built by Isaac Cody, the father of Buffalo Bill Cody in 1841 at LeClaire, Iowa. The house was purchased as a tourist attraction by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and was moved to Cody, Wyoming, Buffalo Bill's adopted hometown, in 1933.

The house was placed at the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy's Cody station to provide an attraction for tourists stopping in Cody on their way to or from Yellowstone National Park. Of necessity, groups had to spend the night at Cody, in the railroad's Burlington Inn next to the station, about two miles from town. The house was meant to provide the travelers with a diversion that would not require a trip into town. By 1947 the rail tour business was declining and the Burlington Inn was to be demolished. The Cody House was given to the Buffalo Bill Memorial Association and moved to its final location at the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody. The house was again moved in 1969 when the museum moved into the Buffalo Bill Historical Center across the street from the old museum. The house is the oldest structure in the town of Cody, and may be the oldest building in Wyoming.^[2]

The two-story frame house has two rooms downstairs and two upstairs. A lean-to kitchen addition to the rear did not make the journey from Iowa to Wyoming. The house is constructed of sawn lumber with larger hand-hewn timbers.^[2]

The Cody House was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 Frost, Ned (January 28, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination: Buffalo Bill Boyhood Home" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-07-15.

External links

Buffalo Bill Boyhood Home at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office

National Register of Historic Places in Park County, Wyoming

National Historic Landmarks	Horner Site Obsidian Cliff Wapiti Ranger Station

National Historic Landmark Districts	Fort Yellowstone Heart Mountain Relocation Center Norris, Madison, and Fishing Bridge Museums

Other historic districts	Absaroka Mountain Lodge Anderson Lodge Downtown Cody Historic District Elephant Head Lodge Goff Creek Lodge Grand Loop Road Historic District Lamar Buffalo Ranch Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District North Entrance Road Historic District Red Star Lodge and Sawmill Roosevelt Lodge Historic District UXU Ranch

Other properties	Quintin Blair House Buffalo Bill Boyhood Home Buffalo Bill Dam Buffalo Bill statue Colter's Hell Dead Indian Campsite First National Bank of Meeteetse Hayden Arch Bridge Irma Hotel Madison Museum Mummy Cave Norris Museum/Norris Comfort Station Obsidian Cliff Kiosk Pahaska Tepee Pioneer School Ralston Community Clubhouse Stock Center Paul Stock House T E Ranch Headquarters US Post Office–Powell Main US Post Office–Yellowstone Main

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Park County, Wyoming and List of National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming

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