Today, the three surviving structures are the only ranch buildings that date back to the earliest period of settlement in the Bend area.

He had contracts to provide beef for railroad and canal construction crews and the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company's busy logging camps.

During the early years of the Great Depression, Boyd lost his big contracts as Bend's saw mill cut production.

In 1979, the Boyd family moved the remaining three homestead buildings to a new site approximately one quarter mile from their original location.

[1] The three surviving Boyd ranch buildings possess integrity of design, craftsmanship, and materials that make them a unique grouping.

[1] Because of their importance to Bend history, the Charles Boyd Homestead grouping was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 31 August 1982.

Today, these three building make up the Charles Boyd Homestead historic site just north of the Bend city limits.