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Show 300 EAST 291 S UTAH COUNTY PLEASANT GROVE'HIST. DIST.* PLEASANT GROVE HIS TOR I C SIT E FOR M (UHCS version) Utah State Historic Preservation Office 1. IDENTIFICATION ==================================================== Name of Property: Address: City, County: UHCS ID#: 291 S 300 EAST PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH COUNTY 004441 2. DOCUMENTATION/STATUS ============================================== Evaluation: (B) ELIGIBLE/CONTRIB Dates Surveyed or Added to Filing System: General/Misc. File: / Reconnaissance Survey: 06/84 Intensive Level Survey: / National Register Listing: National Register Status: PLEASANT GROVE HIST. DIST.* Thematic or Multiple Property: Other Documentation 106 Case Number: HABS/HAER Number: 3. BUILDING INFORMATION ============================================== Date(s) of Construction: Height (in stories): c. 1890 1 Plan/Type: SHOTGUN Original Use: RESIDENTIAL (GEN.) Materials: REGULAR BRICK Styles: VICTORIAN ECLECTIC Themes: Outbuildings (total/contrib.): / Comments: Printout Date: 11/08/95 ~'2.-- ?\e~s~ &v~ ~t!Ol~ MALTq» 1996 -z..q l PRESS ASSOCIA TlO\i Clipping Sen'ice (801) 328-8678 PLEASAi\T GROVE REVlnr 1~ C;. ~oo e. West/Olsen home built in 1912 May is Utah Heritage Month. Throughout May the Pleasant Grove Historic Preservation Commission will feature the newly established Pleasant Grove Historic District by highlighting several recently restored and refurbished buildings within that district. This is the second of thos articles. This week's house is the Vivian West / Ernest Olsen house at 291 S. 300 East. Vivian West built this house about 1912, on his father's property shortly before he was transferred to Nevada by the Forest Service. The high-profile one and one-half story brick was built with intentions of adding a second part to the building on the south. This was a fairly common economical way to build. The rock foundation, a visible part of the building, was in keeping with Pleasant Grove building practices then. Ernest Olsen purchased the house from West in 1918 and was the long term owner. The Olsens raised their family of boys there and the house was sold to Pauline Lewis who owned the house for eight years before selling it to Ned and Lorraine Montgomery. After their family was raised they retained ownership but moved into another historic house, that of The West/Olsen home is an example of turn of century style. her mother, Ruth Cobbley. Last summer Lorraine spruced up the WestJOlsen House by hiring a professional painter of historical houses who did a meticulous paint job on it. While painting a brick house isn't always recommended, the new paint over the already painted surface created a well kept look to the exterior of the house. The color scheme of the house is well chosen. H. t). |
