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.• .-.. ---....... - ." .~ P~e " 2 '. ~ut'h vas founli in nIl 'Cl)rUon~ 0'" t~ .. bir. r"'"llp.nc~ of t 'h c ~r~a.t~~.~ int~~~S'~~'A"':: ~speclally In the Illter""~')~-; >\n.J .... o")i ... ory. . ~~I(, ~Of)T'\~ lirf" the sllr.\e as v!l~'f\ tl1e !lC)uae va., first built, v1th t~r ~x~~ntion of t~~ mnn~rl::, "'00~"'l)rk An~ h~ll. , ~, The entrance ,h'lll is entirely of ~olis~~d n"t.iv~ oine anri runs back to t~·~ · va.~ of the orlr,inal 'house, b·:t no'J a lars;:e d00:" II',,·}:; in'.') tht' n:i~ition. The cta'h'v~ is a e.em. in tht' l'rune 'Joo!, tne !!evell [:( ):~t hE:! n:' !';'.lrr.cl1lnteri hy a carved·' ~~t\t'1te '. ' On tne"bBlf-landln~ at tt:e lrft. Is A larr:t~ win'!'.'J t.hroAP,h vhl('~dne ca,n ' loQlr i{~';.m Into the rear, 'Jest parlur. ~Iis stnlr ... nv extenl~ !o thp ~~rr~t and Ii h~n1s6~~lY !'inlshed. It's vell s'lrro ' in-ied by a rail ing (l~ t'1t:> ;,l>con1 floor, over •... hlch one ea.n l.){'~ dovn on the floor belovo To the rip,ht of the entrance. downstairs ,·; h · a lar~e rool!\ vith vindo'Js facinl; east and south. I,t vas orip;jO'lll:r the t)rivate dinln~-r90Dl. of Brigham Young. It is nov flnishe1 in oak vith t~o Imm~nse gr&~es . or oak i_t In red brick, v~ry hhh and fin1s~~d vith costly t:lirrors. '1\10 lofty doo'r " t1nishel\ In t.~e ,: old~.tYle pine le~d into the t)all. " :', }/~(., . ,:"j,: . . I'> .. ';. ... ', . . ." : On' 'th~ west sl.1e are tvo rooms throvn Into onp, wi th tvo handsollle ~rates',.!.anc\ , ', " " ." . . . ', . ma:nte1.,~ the latter in vhite and gold and crowned hy the beehive. ' ,. . • ) '.~. ' .' . " . . . ;' '," ... In the sout!1west roo::\ Ii ,j()or lesi5 into t,he f'resident's ofrtce.:- ·tlo\(" occul'$ed, bV Presi ' l~nt' 'Woodruft'. It was fonnerly u:.;en l'I:{ Prpsi·i.>nt ¥ounp; .. vho cOI.1td steo ' h.1s parlor into the office. A lon~ hall also used to extend rrom the rear ,of t~e oftice to the .Lion House, but it has been torn away. . , . ... "".? ~", " ...... ~ t:roln ~ ' ,' " ' Upstairs th~ room:; lire r.:uch the Sf\I'!le liS of 01'1. The lon.v. roOlI\ 6h the ea~t> side, l.he ha.ll~ is still intact. v1th its ' ancient plaster vo~k', ..a'J'l(S:, hra"i ~ind6v ... . ". \. casing '" vhich. surrounn the s!1\all-pan"!li vindovs 10ok{nR out upon tlie :,.{ ;olonial ' porc~ ·. ~ehafl. vith its ,~oorJn:{ l~:\'dinp;out to t.he POl"C~I. 15 unchanp.ed sa.ve fOT , tll~ '~a:n~,~'~ !;.)me ~:tairwa:"- Rna A door orenintl: '1tfto the a1d1t10n. 'J'he !':outh-wE,>~_t ~<?'r.\ \\(tts ?~;ror a ' Ion.; tilDe the priv"te r.)om o~ nri~~(lJ:l '(oun~ "nri l()o~~ uncl-)anp,ed except in a oe,w, stYle of paper t~';at adorns the .... all. Ee &1&0 u~ed "the h'llllt as his roo!'i. , .' , knoVn- ,~& ' ' . -. " 0 r'!t"" r·: .~ I On the third floor ' arp. t~le p,A.rret rooms with '1 closeri stairway" leadfl18 :to th~ glass and wood cupola un~er the hephive A.nri from whic, is obtained a tine view or the · city. ·r. . "'·· OL!> C'l~IOSITY SHOP. With the reporter vas a photofZ:rapher from the C. E. Johnsorf ' CO!itpan.v, v)'io 't6:0i: 8,e yeral ' 1;ictures ot the stairvay ani hall'>. In th~ p:arret vas (ound. a rare collection or old traps. 1nc!udlng SO:!lP. hooY.s, firearns and 9.1'" old tl~d. In ~he 'upper par~ Or · the add1tion vas seen the hannsome bedstp.ad used hy Brighazn Young'. t t is If. 'hea~llY­ ~aje piece of f~rnlture vith wood'Jork CA.nopy ann 'Jas evidently an expensive article to bring to Utah in those ~ays of '\lagon freights. The rear portion of the original house vas torn dovn to give place . to th. ' hand.o&. res Bence nov the home of !I.r. Clavson. 'but v~lch 15 include1 in th~ tra.n.rer. ·,' ~lt 11 the portion that John W. Young planned. hiMselr, a~d it vas hi' great ~bitlon~o .~ day occupy the vhole of the re':!lodele~ Colonial residence. But rnenel overto-:·k, tbcyoung~r man and the house vent in~o the hands or the Zion'. S&Y1~1 I&:k • Tru4~ Company. "1r. Young had purchase" the r.tost eolll't")r"te f'urni ture tor the er.t1re hou'!l., Iftrlud('ti in the outfit ... as an Ot,k dlnlrv.-ro(;-, ~~ .. r'lr'o'e 'i v1th bf'~s an" l> .. e,,!ve •. ')rler.tlll n~l;~ and costly hrl('-~-b:,,',~ wrr" InC'1 1 l,!~j ."'\ t~I'~ ! !rC~"f;etl IIU\"'~ tn thf" f.At'lt.. r."~rvthlN(. O-:I\t ('f)ul'· """ ••,,\- ~ .. l ..~ tn C'r'if>r Ilnr1 to ~o:,rl)rr. t ·) ~,"l" heehlve 1Jea.. TIlp. harJ .... 'I.r~. door-