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Show NPS Form 10-800-a (8-86) Utah WordPerfect Format OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 5 VanFleet Hotel, Farmington, Davis County, Utah stone buildings include the following: Beaver, Beaver County; Mendon and Wellsville, Cache County; Midway, Wasatch County; Pleasant Grove, Utah County; Bluff, San Juan County; and Manti, Ephraim, Spring City, and Fairview, Sanpete County. Farmington and Centerville are situated at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains and the stone used in the buildings constructed there came from the riverbeds and the surrounding cobbly alluvial land. Fieldstone houses are also found in significant numbers in Mendon, Wellsville, and Willard.Stone houses in Utah were generally built between the 1850s and 1880s in locations which not only had readily available stone, but skilled stone masons as well. Charles Duncan and his sons, residents of Centerville, were some of the best known and most prolific stone masons of the nineteenth century in Davis County. Hector C. Haight is known to have built a number of houses in the Farmington area, but there is no evidence linking him to the original masonry work of the house built for the Hunts. The mason most likely involved in the construction of the original portion of the hotel is Charles Bourne, an English stone mason who was in charge of the construction of Farmington's rock chapel built in 1862. The hotel's original portion was built during this same time frame and masonry detailing is very similar to that of the chapel, particularly the "quoining" on the corners of the building. An architectural survey conducted in Farmington in 1985 and updated in 1991 reveals that a total of 38 stone buildings remain in the community. Of those 38, approximately 20 are eligible for listing in the National Register, while only two are currently listed in the National Register. The VanFleet Hotel is one of only two examples of two-story rock houses remaining in Farmington. X See continuation sheet |
