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Show Architect/Builder: Building Materials: Building Type/Style: Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features Indues additions , alterations, ancillary stxuctuess, and landscaping If applicable This building is a two story structure of rock construction and was built in the 1860's as a polygamy home, a fact which makes it a very functional place for its present use-a rental duplex. The style of the structure is often referred to as a modified or broken salt-box. The home is an excellent example of the abilities of the pioneers in the early stages of settlement because the home was built during those years. The rock used in the building is swan peak quartizite which is found locally and its implantation in the walls is most interesting. Instead o'f putting the same sides out consistently, the rock is placed in the wall in one of three ways, thus giving it a variety of color and texture unobtainable in any other way. The structure is quite uniform and symmetrical with windows and doors balancing on all facades except on the north. The windows are all four over four and all .trimmed' in white. The front facade has the two doors for the two entrances of the building units. „ The only known alteration of the exterior is "the fifling in of the two second story windows on the front facade. Though the outline can be seen, the use of the matching rock does not really hurt the character of the structure. The entire construction of the building is one of simplicity, plainness and utilitarianism. It is these qualities that make it significant because it reveals so much about the period in which it was constructed.___,________________ Statement of Historical Significance : .~~, T ..Agriculture X __ CMS Arts -- CcGtrsrca -- Corzmsiicaticn, :..,•-. CcEserTatica __ r^ioratifin/Settlaaeais -- Industry ' This structure is signigicant for two reasons: 1) It is a good example of the vernacular architecture of the early days of settlement; (2) it was. originally designed as a polygamy home. The home was built in the early 1860 's by Mormon pioneer George L. Parrel 1. He was one of the first settlers of Logan coming in 1859 and later became one of its leading citizens, holding such positions as Cache County Recorder, Lt. Col. of the Minute-Men, Postmaster, and the President of the Church Stake High Priests, to mention just some. Typical of the Mormon community leaders, Parrel! was a polygamist, and he personally had four wives and thirty-two children. He married his first wife in 1860 and the second in 1862. It was during this time that he built the home to house his two wives and families. As mentioned in * the description, the home has two front entrances and two back entrances which make it actually two small houses in one. The home is simple in design, style and completely utilitarian in purpose and function. It is these qualities that give the home its beauty and importance. The austerity of the structure expresses the struggles of the times and tells us that the pioneers' days were much too filled with the serious struggle for survival to spend time building anything other than the essential of a home. The use of rock for the house graphically shows that these hardy settlers had every intention or conquering all obstacles and making this their new home. |
