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Show United States Department of the Interior National Pari< Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Erekson Artillo Dairy Farmhouse Name of Property Salt Lake County, Utah County and State Statement of Significance Summary Paragraph (Provide a summary paragraph that includes level of significance, applicable criteria, justification for the period of significance, and any applicable criteria considerations. ) The Erekson-Arillio Dairy Farmhouse, constructed in 1894 and remodeled in 1963, is a 1~-story brick Victorian Eclectic residence with Modern-style additi.grs. The farmhouse is locally significant under Criterion C in the area of Architecture for its ~markable transformation from a turn-of-the-twentieth-century farmhouse to a modern residence on a working dairy farm. It is the only Victorian-era pattern-book, central-block-with-projecting-bays residence in east Murray. The property includes three associated outbuildings dating from the 1890s to the 1930s that contribute to the historic setting of the farmhouse. The period of significance spans the original construction in 1894 to the modernization in 1963, to include the evolution of the farmhouse and its contributing outbuildings. Each construction phase and resource retains its distinct historic character. The farmhouse is eligible under the Multiple Property Submission, Historic Resources of Murray City, 1850-1967. The associated historic contexts are "Early Residential and Agricultural Buildings of Murray, 1850-1910" and the "Americanization of Murray's Residential Architecture, 1902-1965." The farm was known as the Artillo Dairy at the time of the remodeling in 1963. The name was chosen to honor the three generations of Ereksons to work the dairy farm and to distjgguish the property from other resources associated with the extended family. The Erekson - A~1I0 Dairy Farmhouse is a contributing resource in its east Murray neighborhood. Narrative Statement of Significance (Provide at least one paragraph for each area of significance.) ARCHITECTURURAL SIGNIFICANCE The Erekson-Aillio Dairy Farmhouse is architecturally significant as one of only three centralblock-with-projecting-bays type house, built in the nineteenth century in east Murray. All three are located in neighborhoods that were ann~ed intgt_ ay City between 1990 and 2003. In the late nineteenth century, the area east~9 6 East w~ aivided into large farmsteads, mostly second-generation farmers on land acquired 7 om the ~iginal homestead patent holders. The housing stock of the period consisted primarily of settlement-era adobe dwellings and simple brick and frame Victorian cross wings. The three central-block brick houses represent a measure of prosperity achieved by a few residents in the 1890s. Built in 1894, the Erekson farmhouse is the oldest of the three and can be distinguished by its relatively modest size, obvious pattern-book influences, and subsequent modernization. The Wheeler, Henry J. , Farm at 6343 South 900 East, is located just over one mile south of the Erekson property. As one of the largest holdings in a chain of dairy farms along 900 East, the Wheelers' Rosebud Dairy closed in the 1960s. The 75-acre farm was later obtained by Salt Lake County for use as a museum and recreational facility. Wheeler Historic Farm includes a substantial 2Y:z-story brick central-block farmhouse, built in 1898, in addition to several historic outbuildings. The Wheeler, Henry J., Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 (NRIS #76001832). Wheeler Farm is one of the largest intact farm parcels in Salt Lake County, although it is surrounded by mid to late twentieth century residential and commercial development. Section 8 page 9 |
