Strawberry Park Ranch was put on the market in 2020 with a listing price of $18.5 million. The 562-acre property has never been developed, with only a nonpermanent yurt standing on it now. Stevens said he has no immediate plans to change that.
Stevens, who ranked No. 224 on the Forbes 400 list in 2021, spends a large amount of his time in Steamboat.
Originally called the Perry Ranch, the parcel of land was formerly owned by Marjorie Perry, sister of Charlotte Perry, the co-founder of Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp.
“When she owned it, I think it was about 470 acres,” Smith said.
Arianthé Stettner, a local historian, completed a nomination for the Perry Cabins to receive a local historic designation in 2018. Now listed on the Routt County Historic Register, the cabins were originally part of the Perry Ranch but were acquired by Perry-Mansfield in 2009.
Stettner’s application for the designation shined light onto the property and the historic figure of Marjorie Perry.
The two Perry Cabins, Upper and Lower, were built by Samuel M. Perry as summer cabins for himself and his daughter Marjorie in the 1920s. After her father died, Marjorie inherited both cabins and continued to increase the size of her ranch, the Perry Ranch, over the years.
While her sister, Charlotte, developed Perry-Mansfield, Marjorie was also involved in its early years as the first director of its equestrian program.
“Marjorie had a lasting influence on Steamboat Springs and Colorado history,” Stettner said.
Among Marjorie’s contributions, she showed that skiing could be a viable form of winter recreation, and she brought Carl Howelsen and his world of ski jumping and winter carnivals to Steamboat, Stettner said...MORE
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