Buckner Homestead Historic District

The Buckner Homestead Historic District, near Stehekin, Washington in Lake Chelan National Recreation Area incorporates a group of structures relating to the theme of early settlement in the Lake Chelan area. Representing a time period of over six decades, from 1889 to the 1950s, the district comprises 15 buildings, landscape structures and ruins, and over 50 acres (200,000 m2) of land planted in orchard and criss-crossed by hand-dug irrigation ditches. The oldest building on the farm is a cabin built in 1889. The Buckner family bought the farm in 1910 and remained there until 1970, when the property was sold to the National Park Service. The Buckner Cabin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The rest of the Buckner farm became a historic district in 1989. Today, the National Park Service maintains the Buckner homestead and farm as an interpretive center to give visitors a glimpse at pioneer farm life in the Stehekin Valley.

Buckner Homestead Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Buckner family's main house
LocationAlong Rainbow Lane, about 2.6 miles (4.2 km) northwest of Stehekin, in Lake Chelan National Recreation Area
Nearest cityStehekin, Washington, USA
Coordinates48°20′08″N 120°42′03″W
Area105.5 acres (42.7 ha)
Built1889-1950
Architectural styleLog and wood-frame
MPSNorth Cascades National Park Service Complex MRA
NRHP reference No.88003441
Added to NRHPFebruary 10, 1989
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