Historic Name: BIG V RANCH HOUSE
Current Name: SAME
Address: T STREET SOUTH OF WHITE EAGLE ROAD
City: PONCA CITY VICINITY
County: KAY Section: 27
Township: 25N
Range: 1E
Description of significance: THE BIG V RANCH HOUSE SERVED AS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE VANSELOUS FAMILY RANCH NEAR PONCA CITY. BUILT IN 1903, THE THREE STORY FRAME HOUSE WAS THE RESIENCE OF THE VANSELOUS FAMILY AS WELL AS THEIR RANCH HANDS. THE BUILDING HAS A CROSS GABLED ROOF AND SEVERAL LARGE PORCHES. THE VANSELOUS RANCH WAS FOUNDED IN 1894 AND IT BECAME AN IMPORTANT RANCH IN EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY OKLAHOMA. MR. VANSELOUS ORIGINALLY LEASED LAND FROM THE PONCA INDIANS FOR HIS RANCH, LATER PURCHASING IT. AT ITS GREATEST EXTENT, THE RANCH CONTAINED ABOUT 10,000 ACRES OF LAND, WITH THE VANSELOUS FAMILY RAISING CATTLE, MULES, AND VARIOUS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SUCH AS CORN. THE RANCH CONTINUED TO OPERATE UNTIL THE 1950S, WHEN IT WAS SOLD AT AUCTION AND SPLIT INTO 17 DIFFERENT TRACTS. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 8/23/1984.
Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: MULTIPLE DWELLING
Current Function: VACANT/NOT IN USE
Area of Significance 1: HISTORIC-NON-ABORIGINAL
Area of Significance 2: ECONOMICS
Architectural Style: NO DISTINCTIVE STYLE
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1903
Original Site: YES
Condition: FAIR
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: NONE
Date Prepared: CA 1984