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Show NFS Form 10-900-a (7-81) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form Continuation sheet Item number o Page Benjamin W. Driggs House 119 East Battlecreek Road Pleasant Grove, Utah County, Utah Listed in the National Regsiter: 4-14-72 Ammendment to 1972 Nomination Additional documentation on the history of the Driggs house has revealed the following corrections and additions: Built: 1865 Original Owner: William Ashton The house which is commonly known as the Driggs House was built in 1865 by William Ashton, a native of Marion, Alabama, and a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1866 Ashton married Ellen (Nellie) Elizabeth Croxford and moved into the house which, according to grandchildren, he had built for her in Pleasant Grove J Six children were born to them in this house before they moved to Vernal where they became prominent settlers. In 1873 when all the property in Pleasant Grove was officially deeded to its owners, the land was deeded by Mayor John Brown to Nellie E. Ashton who sold it in 1880 to Olivia Pratt Driggs, eldest daughter of Parley P. Pratt. Olivia was married to Benjamin Woodbury Driggs, a local merchant. Some of their twelve children were born in this house, the last being William King Driggs who was later famous as the father of the King Sisters, a renowned singing group. After the death of Olivia Driggs in 1906 the house was left unoccupied until bought in 1917 by Clarence A. Gammett. After the death of the Gammetts the house was bought in 1968 by Jack West and was sold again in 1976 to Dr. and Mrs. Richard Nimer. Hazel Ashton Robinson in a letter to Barry Roth, researcher, dated September 29, 1972. |
