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Show tee __________ Architect/Builder: Andrew oisen Building Materials: brick Building Type/Style: •-------------------'--------------------'--- vernacular Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) X O a • --.-:: One-and-a-half story hall and parlor vernacular plan with rear"T". The front door was originally on the south but current residents use the east door on the rear wing. The symmetrical "two over two" piercing of the east gable helps create the visual corner lot ambigiously by allowing a balanced facade to be projected either to the north or east. The south facade opening arrangement is unusual but does occur on older houses in Sanpete County. This house has five downstairs openings topped by a threesome above. The upstairs door and windows are spaced either directly above or exactly between lower openings to preserve a very sophisticated sense of bilateral triparite symmetrt. The window heads are pedimented and a new asphalt roof has been added. An exceller fence is located on the north side of the yard. Statement of Historical Significance: D Aboriginal Americans D Communication D Military D Religion D Agriculture [^Architecture D The Arts D Conservation D Education D Exploration/Settlement D Mining D Minority Groups D Political D Science D Socio-Humanitarian D Transportation D Industry D Recreation D Commerce ' : This substantial brick home is one of the most pleasing examples of late nineteentl . century vernacular building in Spring City.- Its three over five facade makes it an unusual variation of the one-and-a-half story hall and parlor house type in Utah. Abraham Acord in 1869 land claim to this lot, and receives his mayors deed in 1870, Acord sells the lot in 1874 to Jerome Adams for $400. Adams turns around and sells to Eleazar King for $200 in 1876. King passes the lot in 1884 to Andrew Olsen for $675. Olsen sells in 1890 to Jane Beck for $2000. A high value is consistently placed on this lot but the sizeable jump in price between 1884 and 1890 seems to indicate the building of the large brick house during those years. House (§1874-1884 Eleazar King was a farmer and veteran of the Black Hawk War, he died at Spring City. Andrew Olsen, sone of Niels Larsen of Denmark;, came to Utah in 1854. Olsen had two wives and was a farmer. |
