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Show 5 u. £ [^ oCC Architect/Builder: John Frank Building Materials: See'.below, _____Building Type/Style: Vernacular-Pattern Book----- -------------------------*---------------------------------------------------------------------- Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) Building Materials: Adobe in small north room, addition brick all stuccoed. The First section of this house was a one room adobe unit which now comprises the north wing on the present structure. The date of the original house is not known but the one room plan suggests an earlier year than the 190*+ designation given by the County Assessor. ; The house gained its present appearance sometime around 1900 when the gable 1Jstory section was added to the south. The additive process by which the smaller one room house was transformed into the l£ story "L" plan structure was a common one in Sanpete County and undoubtedly was encouraged by the "L" style designs in numerous pattern books. Other additions have been attached and a new shed exists now just to the.east. A pole barn was raised in the 19^fO 's though the same years witnessed the dismantling of several log granaries on the property. .The Bunnells : are avid gardeners and their decorative use of flower arrangements typifies Spring City inhabitants. g Statement of Historical Significance: D Aboriginal Americans D Communication D Military D Religion ^ D Agriculture D Conservation D Mining D Science O </> X ^^Architecture D The Arts D-Commerce D Education D Exploration/Settlement D Industry D Minority Groups D Political D Recreation D Socio-Humanitarian D Transportation The house - and presumeably the main addition - was built for one of the two wives of John Frank Allred. Allred married two sisters, Mary K. and Sarah E. Bunnell. The main Allred house is located just to the north in the same block (Lot 3)» John Frank Allred was an early school teacher and taught the Spring City scholars in what today is called "The Old Rock School House," or the "Endowment House." Lot originally deeded to Reuben ¥. Allred, Jr. in 1870. David H. Allred bought the lot in 1877 for $13.00. John Frank Allred bought the land from David H. in 1877 for $85.00 (both 1877 transactions were in January). John F. Allred bought lots 2 and 3 in block 2 in the 1877-1878 period. |
