ranch house
noun
1
: the main dwelling house on a ranch
2
: a one-story house typically with a low-pitched roof and an open plan
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The tree was probably planted around 1918 by Donald and Gertrude Ingersoll, who originally bought a parcel of land on this site, built a ranch house, and began replacing native foliage with tall, shady Australian eucalyptus trees.
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Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
That was a very conscious decision not to be involved in the gentrification of Los Angeles, where people were buying and flipping mid-century-modern ranch houses.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Before the car accident, my mother and I used to take walks to Mr. Jasper’s yard down the block from our ranch house.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2025
The Turkey Track Ranch has three of its own ranch houses, while The Wooden Rifle Unit features a main house, a bunkhouse, a shop, a storage building, a barn, and corrals.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025
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Lonnie Burstein Hewitt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2025
That was a very conscious decision not to be involved in the gentrification of Los Angeles, where people were buying and flipping mid-century-modern ranch houses.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Before the car accident, my mother and I used to take walks to Mr. Jasper’s yard down the block from our ranch house.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2025
The Turkey Track Ranch has three of its own ranch houses, while The Wooden Rifle Unit features a main house, a bunkhouse, a shop, a storage building, a barn, and corrals.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Ranch house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ranch%20house. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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