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Pierre Wibaux House | |
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| Location | Orgain Avenue Wibaux, Montana |
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| Coordinates | 46°59′12″N104°11′06″W / 46.98667°N 104.18500°W /46.98667; -104.18500 |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1892 |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000483[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 10, 1971 |
ThePierre Wibaux House is a site on theNational Register of Historic Places located inWibaux, Montana, United States. It was added to the Register on September 10, 1971.[1][2]
A placard reads:
Pierre Wibaux, scion of a distinguishedFrench textile family, arrived here at the settlement of Mingusville in 1883, establishing acattle ranch about 12 miles north. His herds fared well during the devastating “Hard Winter of 1886-1887,” after which he borrowed family money to buy out less fortunate ranchers. By the mid-1890s, his ranch was one of the largest cattle operations in the nation, running about 65,000 head ofcattle and 300 ofhorses. He sold from 3,000 to 9,000 cattle each year. Wibaux and others persuaded theNorthern Pacific Railroad to build stockyards here in 1883, and to enlarge them in 1894. Wibaux campaigned to have Mingusvilleplatted and renamed for him, both of which occurred in 1894. Two years previously, he and Henry Boice of the Berry-Boice Cattle Company had built this office/residence. Wibaux soon took it over completely, and used it during the week to oversee his business interests. The building faced north until W. A. Orgain, a localmerchant, purchased the property in 1903 and moved the building to the rear and facing west. Originally it was surrounded by a lush park of grass andarbored vines tended by a French gardener, the water forirrigation and two artificial ponds supplied by an elevated tank filled by awindmill.[3]
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