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Show United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Green-Rasmussen-Beck House Name of Property History of the ('deen ~\~ (Expires 5/31 /2012) Salt Lake County, Utah County and State Rasmussen Beck House Elias A. Smith, a probate judge, held the first patent to the land on which the Green-Rasmussen-Beck House was located beginning in 1873 . In December 1888, the deed was transferred to James Jensen (1848-1915). James Jensen was a lumber and hardware merchant. He lived with his wife, Annie Sophia Christensen Jensen (1849-1939), and his family in Crescent (later part of Sandy), Utah, a community three miles north of Draper. 6 There is no indication that any structures were built on the property prior to the I 890s, although the current east-west road (12500 South) along the north property line was a well-used trail from the Draper town center to the Territorial Road (later State Street). On July 29, 1896, James and Annie S. Jensen sold their Draper property to Alfred Green for $2,000. Alfred James Green (1864-1905) was born in Draper, the second son of English immigrants, William Green (1840-1915) and Jane Jeffery Green (1836-1875). The Green family home was just to the north of the property at 12484 S. 900 East. Alfred married Minnie Christianson (1868-?) in 1893, but the couple did not stay in Draper for long.? On August 11 , 1899, Alfred and Minnie Green, along with Alfred ' s brother and sister-in-law, Walter J. and Emily H. Green, granted a trust deed on the property to James E. Paine and L. B. Mattison. 8 The deed was for $7,000, a substantial amount for the time period and probably indicating the construction of the house.9 James E. Paine (1854-1922) was born in Michigan and came to Utah in 1875 . He owned a "wools, hides, and pelts" store, and as a wool merchant may have known the Green family through their sheep ranching activities. alter Jo n Green (1866-1941) was born in Draper. He married Emily Cunliffe on September 6, 1897. ' Iy Hilton unliffe Green (1871-1944) was born in Radcliffe, England, and immigrated to Utah with her family in 1 75 . W ter and mily had two children, Valeria Renon (born in 1898) and Walter Cunliffe (born in 1899). Within a fe yea~the house ppears to have been too large or expensive for the Green family. The property was sold to James E. Paine for $7. 00 in ctober 1902. 10 James E. Paine continued to live in Salt Lake City, so the Greens may have stayed in the house until aine sold the property to Peter C. Rasmussen in May 1904. By the 1910 census, Walter and Emily Green had moved ext door to live with his twice-widowed father, William Green . After Wi ~~ reen's death in 191~ , ~alter a~ Emily reen moved to Salt Lake City where they lived until their deaths. C;?o I - - . - , u y..v--esz.,..... "''\I~'~~ eter Christian Rasmussen (1857-1932) was born in Denmark. In 1880, he married Mette Marie Jensen (1864-1944) in enmark and the couple immigrated to Utah a few years later. They lived in a log cabin in Draper before building a ome at 12085 S. 800 East. Mette Rasmussen gave birth to eighteen children, of whom seven lived to maturity. The ouple also adopted an orphan boy that Peter Ramussen brought back to Draper after serving a mission in Denmark. eter Rasmussen operated a grocery store and meat market. He also raised cattle. In 1904, Peter C. Rasmussen bought the former Green home for $4,000 . On the 1920 census, they are living there with five children, two daughters-in-law, and one grandchild. While living in the house, Peter C. Rasmussen served twice as bishop of the Draper LDS Ward, once as acting bishop between 1906 and 1908, and later between September 1914 and May 1918. The Rasmussen family often held special church services in their home for the Danish-speaking members of the church in Draper. The Rasmussen family moved to Midvale, Utah, in late 1917 or early 1918. They sold their Draper house to the Jordan School District on a ber 9, 1918. Peter and Mette Rasmussen lived in the Midvale until their deaths in 1932 and 1944 respectively. \ ~t ~ ~ ~oJ.~1~ICf1JV'~ ofJ2-'~ <q<.e.lv. ~ ~~ = ~-R..~ \M~keWcf~tcJ~(V~~\J~ a1s~se\i ro~~ a'na~tzTe.\)~~t James Jensen J acen the deed was not recorded until June 1896. 7 No further information could be located on Alfred and Minnie Green after his death in 1905. 8 No information could be located on L. B. Mattison. James E. Paine lived in Salt Lake City until this death. 9 The construction date of 1899 also appears on the tax assessor' s records from 1937. The architect and builder are unknown, but craftsman known to be building large homes in the area at the time include John Boulter, Heber Garfield, Carl Hendricksen, Peter A. Nielsen, Joseph M. Smith, and George Whetman. 10 There is an oral tradition associated with the house that states it was built for a young man who was about to be married, but the young man didn ' t marry and didn ' t live in the house. The house was most likely constructed soon after the marriage of WaIter and Emily Green. The story might have been tied to James E. Paine who never married. 8 6 |
