Newman Ranch

The Newman Ranch is situated on 421 Larkspur Trail, Highway B outside of Genoa City. Current residents include Victor Newman and his wife, Nikki Newman, who live in the main house, Sharon Newman, who lives in her own cottage, and Adam Newman and his son Connor Newman who live in the Tack House. Recently, Victor and Nikki invited their daughter, Victoria Newman and their newly discovered granddaughter, Claire Grace Newman Howard to live with them temporarily in order to protect them from Eve Howard's psychotic and vengeful sister, Jordan Howard.

History[]

Victor Newman's lavish ranch was home to the wealthy yet gothic Newman clan. The property has several guesthouses and pastures for horseback riding as well as the main house.

NewmanRanch — Newman Ranch in the winter

In 1980, Katherine Chancellor sold Victor the ranch when he arrived in Genoa City as CEO of Chancellor Industries. Many dramatic occurrences have taken place here since then such as the Dark Knight holding Michael Scott hostage, Julia Newman's miscarriage, Victoria Newman almost drowning, Sharon Newman falling on the ice, Nikki Newman almost dying in the snow while drunk, a delusional Victor brandishing a gun at Nikki, Diego Guittierez and Sharon making love in the tack house, Adam Newman haunting Ashley Abbott and framing Estella Munoz, Veronica Landers murdering Joshua Landers and shooting Nikki, etc.

NewmanRanchOutside — Snow covered Newman Ranch

After the end of their marriage in 2009, Ashley considered taking ownership of the ranch away from Victor, but ultimately decided against it. In October of 2012, Sharon Newman, who had bipolar disorder and bitter over a recent divorce from Victor, drunkenly set the main house on fire. Nobody was injured, and Adam helped Sharon cover up her part by hiring an arsonist to set fire to other buildings in Genoa City, including Gloworm. However, Nikki and Victor find out that Sharon was indeed responsible for the fire, being informed by Chelsea Newman. Victor was heard saying in early 2013 that an architect has drawn up plans for a new main house to be built. The Newmans new home was eventually finished and they christened the refurbished set by getting married in an intimate ceremony on March 18, 2013, which ended abruptly with Adam getting shot by someone posing as a caterer.

New-ranch-sitting-room-2 — The Newman Family Emblem on Display at the Newman Ranch 2019

The Newman Ranch

Marcus Wheeler, a nefarious Wisconsin Congressman with a grudge against both Victor and Jack, hired a hitman to crash the nuptials and mayhem ensued when Adam took a bullet meant for Victor. Meanwhile, Nikki has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and continues spending more time with her physician, Dr. Kurt Costner.

New-ranch-sitting-room-4 — The Newman Ranch Sitting Room 2019

In late 2017, Victor stepped back from Newman for a few months. During which time, a chessboard was set up downstairs in the main room and Victor would play chess with his grandchildren and use it to teach them valuable life lessons when dealing with opposition. The chessboard appears to be custom made since it has a lock on it where one can store items under the top of the board.

Newman Ranch upstairs — Upstairs Hallway 2018

In 2018, the upstairs of the Ranch was finally seen. The stairs lead to a long hallway that has Victor’s home office on the right hand side. The office is a dark room with lots of brown furniture, including a desk and chair. Victor has a safe in his office that contains a key to the lock on his chessboard where he can store things.

JT enters Victor’s office — Victor’s Office 2018

JT at Victor’s desk — Victor’s Desk 2018

JT Hellstrom searched the office looking for evidence against Victor. He eventually found the safe and unlocked it. The Safe had a key in it that JT later found unlocked the chessboard downstairs where he found an envelope. The office was somewhat trashed during Victor and JT’s fight. Later, when Jack Abbott visited the ranch, he found a hard drive in Victor’s office that contained e-mails of a conversation between Victor and Kyle Abbott.

DPQPya9UMAAEhD5 — The Newman Ranch Dining Room 2017

In February 2024, Victoria and Cole Howard's recently discovered alive daughter, Claire Grace, was released from the Hospital into their custody as a part of Victor's plan to trap her great-aunt, Jordan Howard. Victoria originally wanted her daughter to live with her at her house, but Victor insisted that she and Claire will live temporarily at the Ranch with him and Nikki, until Jordan is back in custody.

In March 2024, after the death of Nikki's friend and AA sponsor Seth Morgan after Jordan pushed him unto a speeding upcoming car, Jordan called Claire, who got her number from Nikki and try to convince her about Newmans. Claire says that she's staying with her mother at her house and Jordan tells Claire to give her regards to her family unaware that she already has a plan in motion.

Later, Victoria receives a call that her house is on fire and the Newman family realizes that Jordan set Victoria's house on fire for revenge. Later, Victoria and Victor drove to her house and watched as her entire house was in flames. Victoria was devastated that her home and her children's home were set in flames. Later, Nikki comforts her daughter, telling her that everything is not lost and she still has her family with her.

Later, during Cole's visit at the ranch, he and Victoria told Claire about their history of living at the Tack House during their relationship and after consideration Victoria asked Claire if she wants to live at the Tack House and living with her, now that Mariah, Tessa, and Aria had moved out and she agreed. While unloading their stuff in the Tack House, Victoria grieves at the loss of her house, but Claire reassures her that they can build new memories.