Zane Grey Cabin Galice, Oregon

National Register of Historic Places Data

The Zane Grey Cabin has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places with the following information, which has been imported from the National Register database and/or the Nomination Form. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

National Register ID
16000413
Date Listed
June 28, 2016
Name
Grey, Zane, Cabin
Other Names
ORR110-1341
Address
N. bank of Rogue R.
City/Town
Galice
County
Josephine
State
Oregon
Category
site
Level of Sig.
national
Years of Sig.
1925-35
Areas of Sig.
ART; LITERATURE

Feature

Text courtesy of the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Parks Service. Minor transcription errors or changes in formatting may have occurred; please see the Nomination Form PDF for official text. Some information may have become outdated since the property was nominated for the Register.

The site known as the Zane Grey cabin is eligible for listing under Criterion (b), as it is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; specifically, the author Zane Grey (1872-1939). The period of significance covers from 1925, when Zane Grey acquired the property, to 1935, after which time Grey no longer visited the cabin. This 32-acre site which includes the Zane Grey cabin, a circa 1925 wooden river boat used by Zane Grey to access the remote property, and an existing 1500' long dry-stacked stone fence that Zane Grey incorporated into his landscape after he acquired the property. While this cabin did not serve as Zane Grey's primary residence , it was built by, and used by Grey as a retreat from 1926 to 1935. During this time Grey authored more than 20 books and numerous magazine articles, some of which were either written at the cabin, used the lower Rogue River for a setting, or were inspired by his time at the cabin and along the lower Rogue River.