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Show Street Address: 1135 Park ________________________Slte No: Architect/Builder: UJ ---------------------------------- 2 o Building Materials: __________ yOod Building Type/Style: Pyramid House cc UJ Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) This house is a one story frame pyramid house with a truncated hip roof. Typical of the pyramid house is the square plan, the generally symmetrical facade with the door set slightly off-center between pairs of double hung sash windows, and the hip roof porch spanning the facade. The original porch piers have been replaced by simple square piers, and the original balustrade no longer exists. These changes, however, are minor and unobtrusive. There is a rear shed extension which may be original. Whether the extension is original or not, in-period additions are part of Park City's architectural vocabulary. Although in many cases an extension represents a major alteration of the original house, it usually contributes to the significance of a house because it documents the most common and acceptable method of expansion of the small Park City house. Except for the porch changes, the building is essentially unaltered and maintains its original integrity. w > o £ 1 Statement of Historical Significance: Construction Date: c Built c. 1895, the Peter Clark House at 1135 Park is architecturally significant as one of 69 extant pyramid houses in Park City, 28 of which are included in this nomination. Of the 28 being nominated, 11 are true pyramid houses and 17 are variants of the basic type. This house is one of the true pyramid houses. The pyramid house is one of the three most common house types built during the early period of Park City's mining boom era, and significantly contributes to the character of the residential area. It appeared early on, but continued to be built with variations longer than the other two types. This house was built between 1889 and 1900, as indicated by the Sanborn Insurance Maps, having probably been built for Peter Clark around 1895. An official entry recording a $200 mortgage by Clark in 1900 described this property as already having a house on it. Born in Scotland in 1872, Peter Clark came to Park City by at least 1895, when he married Rose Cunnington (b.1876). Soon after their marriage they probably had this house built. Peter worked as a miner until the early 1900s, then became involved in the legal profession. He served as Summit County Attorney from 1908 to 1912 then as Park City Attorney until 1918. The Clarks apparently moved to Salt Lake City around 1919, when Peter became deputy collector for the Bureau of the Internal Revenue in that city, a position which he held until 1923. He later served as an inspector for the Salt Lake City Board of Health (1936-44) and as a probate appraiser for the Third District Court until his death in I960.. Although the Clarks apparently moved out of this house in 1919, they continued to own it until 1937. Other owners within the historic period include Gilbert and Lillie V. Carter (1937-41). |
