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( .. / -- .. 280 S . .Center Chipman Mansion/Fitzen Gardens -American Fork urAR COUNTY O L 1IIIIInn~l~illiirn~liilllll 3 9222 00575 7823 r , toIASHBURN - CHIPMAN HOM.l£ ( utah County) This home was built in two paices, the first part a three story frame buUt in the 18;0 ' s . While this part was being built they lived in a. cabin which sat where Chipman Park 1s now . The second part was - ' built in the' 1860' s and maGe of stone brought from Lindon, this was bu1lt for the second wife . Mr . Chipman died in 1926, his wUe (it· is unsure of the date of her death) , left the house in the care of th&ir two daughters Melva (she graduated f'.l'om the B. Y. U cademy in' 1900 later moved. to Salt Lake) Sadie nd nd Let ( her nickname) who lived i n the home until sadie dieS then Let moved. out and into the Old Hotel 1n A erican Fork. During :'.,1 e the house wa.s called. the Old Maids house for neither sister ever married. when Let moved out she locked the door a.nd left everything as it was in the house ,. ThroUgh the years this house s throughly vandallsed. The owners of date Mr . and Mrs. Fitzen aqu1red the gouse in the 1960's and have really done a lot of redecorating due to the fact that Mr. Fitzen has a. demolition company, and the ny d1fferent 'buildings he has demolished was put to use in this home . 'rhe f1repalce is from the Govenor Dern mansion, the windows and basin fro the Cosgr1t Mansion 1n Salt Lake. The kitchen has three decades of cooking stoves, the first being a large stone fireplace in which they cooked with large kettles in the fire , anci: old wood stove from t-Iontana and last a gas range . There is also eo large wrought Iron chilnda11er which Nrs . Fiuen designed and made • Although this house has not got all of the or1gi 1 furnishings . Mrs . Fltzen has tried to keep the furnishings troughout the house of the period with chandallers ~ bits and pieces of her parents ho eS t The exterior of the home 1s beautiful with gazebos lights , fencing , the stone i n the yard is from ~ old schools whi ch have tora down. The lights from the old Provo Courthouse and. Salt Lake . - : , WASHBURN Mansion Cont •• street l1gts adorn the outside of this unique even bas the garden nsion. Mrs. Fi tzen 'be from her others garden. Although the home has both old a.m.d new oombined . s t epping into this house i s actually going laok 1n time about 80 or 90 years to when this house wa. brand new . The home is used now as spook house a.m wedding reception center 1t was used as .. the FitBens were living 1n it for a while , and she told me about some wierd bappen.ngs of this house for example a bat came out of the stome fire ana at d1£ferent times ~ oe when no doors or windows were open, Footsteps upstairs when no one was there So maybe who SO ever buYS this house w1ll get a. few ghosts . As of the date of this writing the Chipman Mansion 1s up for t he sum of $400 , 000 . 00 , and well worthlt ••• written by Tammy Frost sa.~ for tJh; . tJ.r._ ccrlMJIj _cd4I t ~ J Ii ~~ . ~ 1-./j/4 --~ [~' r /;uT. ~ .' J./ A id~#;~ . tJ.- ' t ¥'UH4/:'rf;4 · - ~f p~ cJJ4 c~~t \ ~, t+ 11~!d-~ R -- _ . t~o 5. Vu.,"/y C/!/fJ#{)Y/ /!Uiv51OV1/ Rfztf( Gord01S ~eJltql1 ro-rk, ;)1411. ('tVllfy ;?;;·~l~r~;;t,;;t.~;\ii;,;.p';;'i \~ l ~;[\ " \ .:j \"; >Ji: . ,.' ; r.;', •.,'.: ,. :t i'" '~~i,~~':' i"t"~;!f;~: ,"it~;,~·~,":'," "(j,-',"t,"," 'fye ;~." '~·' . " " " : ' , i fil'~~?t,:J :i;. ~ ', djrl [1,f f ~ .,!; I< ~ 'rr ~ ,,~:., ~~, ~ - ~ ~. :,~':j j ":.,} i . ~ ,;': j ~. ":' 't~ .;LIJ."t ~ ~~J~:, ~ .A-L.JL'.~G·es:,~ .:o1d':. ,Chipman;2~";~-"J,~,-\_. .-., t1 ... bun{p ',: especial~:, . , . <" ,:',:'r;, " \'l :" r,;~,t;\.:,~: ,j:,': ,:;,~,. :,'t";" : ;:<:~1~'; :, :, :::,' ' . ",·~'"i. ·:',;",;"~,;,·,', :, :,' '~ :-.;. Doric " . ~::.'''' ly ,one interesV ;'"";', ,;"',,-:.' ,.,·",c-'l, A' whenthe >. ing architectural ' . in this dif<'.,/;,:~ :~';':J :.;~t ,:, Balustrades: c,ame.', fro~ the same ~ ~' " rerent world of. Utah,'you may have;t,.:~" .' , . , ,. \ . :;, :!1: ~~~ source as dld two addibonal rotund :been ,intrigued by the multitude of'i t~{'I;; Goodman';~~ :~ Doric ~olumris'; ;which ' shelter 'a ~b8V:t. gazeboS~\ pergolas, bandstands and ":':' , ,< . ,'. " '""'~ ~~:cony orithe north facade; Under said~ the. like near a tree-masked old man- : " balcony ' there's \ ' a '~ lighting :' fixture! sion"east of 1-15 approximately a . ;"~<,; " ',1, from ihe ',old' Seventh Ward ' Church" \"l }l~: ", , ::';'-';." f.- in Logan"a short distance away yot4'i , half-milei' south of the , Am~rican n.~,:;:' l!""~ .. " '"", " ,< d b id " h ' 'd" " , F~rk exit. This autumn, Wh en d~OP-"if;?~"~~,,~ , ., . ~..(.; , .~';',,·1 " :.,< .;(:-t:'l ,f,1 call cros~ , a gar en'. r . g~ ,~~ a~ce , ~ I. .. ,/' " ping ~eayes revealed the mysterlous ~;t;;:·&tlled from, a 's~q,rising variety,of.i 1:byornamentalmetal ralls-:-a bndgt;,il ,J,' f, manslOn:mor~: fully than' usual, "I 10:;M sources~ :Yoii approach the EdenFit-~;i' guarded by a pair of. heaVY-icasVironi,' ,; cated it (aft~r',;jUl:liCious)ocal in9-ui ~"tzen Gardens via two graystone arch~~ la~ps , from thE! Interse~tion,of, Pro~;:; '. : ~~) a~280 S," c:~nt~r St. m ,Amenca~i.Twaysme~suring 1~ feet across;~and ,a1!.;;; vo s Cee.~~~S~r:,;t atly.~~':.~r~l~YAve '\ .; F,or~,! l h'ave~been recovenng from,~ ';;.threEf"'sp1red archw:ay of ornamental'A~.nue.1~;ttr!~xJt~}~<1:f"!;~~:4:1i'l " ; , eons1de~ble state of shock and de;a .';",'ironwork. The stone archways 'cante;t~ ,,\ But..;,.... back,to that locally'carpen " ':, vu ,eve~~inc.etA ::half:dozen of thei:+' from Salt Lake City's vanished Griult *,tered bandstand. ,Portions of,it,began, " most v1s~ble >!, most modern gazebos, ~t, Elementary School which once $tood \~ (.life, at ,the Dern ,and .Cosgr1ff. man-;·, . are-located, in.a sizable grassy trian-V at '6th South and 2nd West; ": whiltl~r~!sloris in, Salt Lake"a long-vanished" . gle f~rming i th:e cdmmunity'~ ~icen~:l;\.'supporting capitals are from the:old f,t home in American Fork and the Whi~r ' tenm~I"p~rk::;}But the seml-hIdden ' Fremont SchooL demolished, I jbe- :~~'taker !3uilding in Cedar City. Not far ; mans lOn., and ,1tS grounds proved to lieve, back in 1966., Adjacent archi- " -distant there's a small gazebo from ' contain':(Jozens of 'architectural ele-tectural elements on' the grounds, set the Mooremeister Mansion at South , ments once.pa~t.of Salt Lake , h~!ne~ ~ong 7' towerin~ pin~"'::,1Uld,~on~~~~pl~in~9th\Eas.t~~whose ' pro~I;~;-: ·' ~ a~'b1~,~~lrpresent ~ocal~·.ca~f,r1andscaped '· walks, : came' fromrt~~rietor ' featuredtiri'~~!le~of-~the Salt,tt ' " ~ .c,tther;be, v~ewea as an antiquanan s J', First Congregational Church ', af: 1st'rr.: Lake's juiciest murder scandals.: Did}], . ::~igl?t or : ~:i historical" se~-night- ' ~ South and 4th East in SaU:Lake:~~thep~ysicianandhiswifeholdhands " , - - - - - - - . '., ack:: . _ , , ,~.,'~~ . :·'t .,:, " ,i; l.. .' i:1 ~' irl'~ ""c .. , ,:' '~:,'". ~,'~." ~;"':~_O~" '7-"~'.: " 'I: . .. ' ,1' \-,0 : : " : , :, , " '~:t \~i,. 1~ • ~1';:,;t;.lI"~;'1~1\'~'.1':· -;: rl:~{ .... , ..t ""' ," • l "!', ~.UJ..l.7.IiY~,:,' 1 W~ :,' ~~ ~ ~. ".J ';." od"".~~,,;,.: :'~~:i: '\;t. '. ! ;; " ,< ,t, "':" ,:, ; ',', ,_~,"""'>~r." ,",' ', " , 4 :~:~~e: h~a!:i.,oi~~O~:: a~h~!~~e;-a;~ .,~" in~~~~~ ~~~~~J~nf~~~a~;~~~~~~:~~:,~~e!~~~~~~(~; :~~~ ~o~~~~~r) ~~~~; :' concerned. ;:!.'!,:; ',", .," ,: ,, ' , :,:" ,."';; tal ironwork from mansions at 2nd :,... giri"Oh , yes - don't overlook the ,". ".~ ,,' :C,,', , " ~~'}," .'.',):.,!,:'<\ "', , i,~,. i /'::.,:,i;,~:, ~, :' ~"', , '~t!,r"j " i '3," ~~ ",~;',:.,f,l , :,' ',: . I. ,:"," ,e.,'.~ ', ' ",' ' You'll find' yourself iJione of the Avenue and I Street and at 1st South" '" four-spout' drinking ' fountain' 'from .. \:; Chipman Mansion hi American Fork incor· places" ", '" t\\'o camps after,evena brief visit to ;, and 11th East, also in Salt Lake.' · p. ,1I: '1he Webster Schiiol, whiCh sto'od :a t ·'\ ' rporates ,,arches from ., Grant : School;.{; fire~ 'I , ',-' . treasuresl to I this, the old Chipman family man- ' Old street lamps of a pattern re- ' 8th East near 4th South" , ' , " ,,(, ;,,,: ,>-: ... ·f i i;; i r ';, '/1 ;,; ,,It.'>' I'''-~ . j,'; ! ' Wi;),,', f','i:'i~.' '"iii ,[Iil ' sion, one of the first sizable homes ' membered by elderly Utahns mark ~;i ' If, you 'are bemused : by iall tuis, , an ,LDS, authority , and . historian of , ' tional Foundation; headed by, Linda " . , built in American Fork. By the way, ' the gateways, while other lamps are ; , you'll learn, upon :entering the old (J considerable note. ;,njJ i.:n.,'·)" '" ( 1.1H, i; ; Temple~l.-lart : and .Richard Bobol (is , . . ;there, will lbe"a l , uut back,of the mansion visitors will ' fixed to the mansion walls. As for home,>that you , ain't ,seen nothing b I Alas, space doesn't permit even a seeking·frinds to purchase, the :gar~''!1I''sale ' of. its score's o£architechtra}'llrid ' " .' ", !ind the town's second~oldest log those , gazebos. pergolas and . the ,; yeLWhile the style of interior decor : cursory ,lis t,ing of period-piece b,eds;. " den' and ", mansion. , The · non-profif' ;;·dec'6'rativ'~ · itemsI~ lfthaFcohles'; tel ' :ii ' , ~ i~~~ bin, buiJt by Step.hen Wi,lliam H en- . bandstand, the , latte~ proves ' the l:' is, by some lights,. in'describabl~ -:-; 01; ,', table~, ., ch~lrs; s~atuary " and : bnc-~- ' foundation,', educating, Youngsters,!l!'pass;' there 'should develbp;8 coiisitl~: ";; ,; : . :,' . , ry and. Nathan (;hIpman 10 1850.or .' most remarkable. BUilt by a local ' best left undescnbed, the res1dence .. brac m thlssem~-museu.m. you w~ll ;. ~nde:rth~Moritessori 'precepts, 'be! 'Herable:'h~Y'daY: : for:l tr~cke~. :fi.~aVy~l :'<,': ':, ', ' .t , th!)reabouts, at ~ time when the pio- " ca~penter who work~d sans ' bltt,e- !i" , c~rientlyi contains a ~melange of an;;,i !lever guess what ,s con tamed therem " heves ' children' absorb knowledge movers find ;the like, as~ortions of ' ..;(,~, , r.. neer settlement 10 the lee of. the Wa- r . prmts under the scrutmy of Mrs. FIt- · 'tlques calculated to make some deco- ~ If you ~ereih.whIZ r.a~t 0'L.li1~. ,~~e " through their 'surroundings, and the 'j "'the ~osgTiff' ManS1onhong~vahlsiled ;' : ,~i; ,Ii. sat~,h hadn?t ~s yet been chartere~ zen.. it's a Utah vers~on of late Vi~- ',' ratorsdrool;. ~ndothE,!r ': black ' 'out.~·: , ~f:o~, ~~ouls:a~~d ~elao;~hor ' foundation leaders believe the man- '('\'~lementary! schools;i~ ttle: Moormeis'i;,~ ' \' ';,~ as ,Lake City .: b~ D~seret autho.n - tor~an b~ndstands m. ~ngland , 10 ' I There are ceIlm~ rosett~s from that ' enoEgh' as weft. Mr. Fltzen is ailinl. sion's historical Significance should '" tel' home; ,the B.H.q')l.oberts .house:; .,:, ..,If; 1 " tles. Fro~ all mdl,c~tIOns, the ChIp-. ":hlch umfor!lled muslcI~ns ,tootled , self-saI?e, Cosgn.ff ManslO~ a!1d Ce- Afton Fitzenis thus loath to carry on be preserVed. (" " , ,;, . t ,,~, 't-:"arld ';assorled ':~treel.:·corneP lamps ,:" :~"~~~ r, " man MansI~n ---: utIlized most rece.nt-, aIrs . from GIlbert and S~lllivan or , dar City s Wh1taker BUildmg; a her reception garden , enterprise. Acco~ding to, Ms. ,!emple-lla~t, i~ , :;.take to ,the, high~ay: fo~\ parts,~,un-" :~;Li: ~r~ : Iy as the F1tzen Gardens ReceptIon Regmald De Koven. There s even an " curved crystal window from the Cos- American Fork's Montessori Educa- the :' Ch1pman MansIOn and Fltzen'l~known. ', ' 'i. , , ' ; ' :.:' ,j'e" ' 'I ' ' t: ,:1<, " ,,; c' l~ ~'. ~:~~;: :~~!t~~ef~~~~~:~, ~~~, ~~ ' ~~~~S~~~Sed i;~a~: f~~~~~eo~at~t~ : f:~~,h~:~h:r S~~:S~o~lt~~ ~l~::;t , I t ~,ci :' :: : ::J~l~~, E ~L[ L .l';\~~i";~ i t. \ ."' l ' ,;t ,", q ,c;; ('~~ r"~ ~" _~,;a",* P)zw ' ' i~ : like many' other sturdy polygamous ' LDS Temple. ! standing at 1st South and 11th East; i .~ homes dotting .the fertile Utah ValBut the major elements added to : a fireplace mantle from Governor I ', : Icy countryside. But it's very differ- , the Chipman home itself came from ; Dern's Mansion at 711 E. South Tem~:1 ,'ent today: Very different indeed. ; , the long-vanished Cosgriff ManSion, ' pie; another r:;,':'1tle from the Culmer ;)1 ;;; To begin with, under the ministra- , once located at 505 E. South Temple. Mansion at 158 N. Main; a kitchen i j . lions of Mrs. Afton Fitzen and her The largest are six ,tall, round Doric range, ceiling beams, wall panels and :husbaild, the elderly Chipman home pillars and two matching half-pillars doors from the busy Cosgriff home :ta~ been "enhanced," inside and out, supporting the wall and entryway on " - and even doors from the B.H . •with scores of assorted architectural ·, the north side of this American Fork Roberts home that once stood in ;c)ements '. gathered, collected. or ! · reception center; The east portico Centerville, Brother Roberts being i , ', J )' ,