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This text message is used to keep the image from rotating in ocr process. Be sure to crop the top .25" off after the ocr process. ' - -1-3 N-ort-h Main---IIIII!S~ ite"Ji1~ Ford-Baxter House Spring City, Sanpete County UTAH STATE HISTORY 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 111 , 3 9222 50000 3558 r 13 North Main Site #131 Spring City, Sanpete County Ford-Baxter House 13 ,cJ. \Vt4 ~ h SP~' ~~ C; Kodachrome SLIDE + I'l.l £ + PROCESSED BY KODAK 131 Site No. _ _ _ _ __ Researcher: Date: Utah State Historical Society Historic Preservation Research Office Structure/Site Information Form 1z o i= « Street Address: Present Owner: John R. Baxter a Owner Address: Spring City, Utah Original Owner: William Ford .O riginal Use: diolelling 2 w cr. ..... ;:) z o Present Use: o d'Single-Family o Multi-Family o Public o Commercial CJ B~ilding i= oz u .... w « T. R. S. UTM: Tax#: 17245 Name of Structure: Ford-Baxter House ...i=u zw Plat ABI.32 Lot 1 13 North Main Condition: d Excellent o Good o Deteriorated 0 Park 0 Industrial 0 Agricultural Construction Date: Vacant Religious o Other 0 Site 0 Ruins WUnaltered o Minor Alterations o Major Alterations Final Register Status: o National Landmark o National Register o State Register CO:ltribulOry o Not Contributory o Intru3ion r~ z Research Sources: z o I:J :E ;:) u o a 0 District 0 Multi-Resource 0 Thematic Upda ted 1988 Date of Slides: / 7 -7 -78 Views: Front !i Side 0 Rear 0 Other 0 O/Abstract of Title ~ Plat Records ed/Plat Map rf Tax Card & Photo o Building Permit o Sewer Permit o Sanborn Maps John Baxter Integrity: ,6ignifica~t Photography: Demolition Date: Occupants: o o Evaluation: 3 Preliminary ° rrI 4 1880 Date of Photographs: Views: Front 0 Side 0 Rear 0 Other 0 o o o o City Directories Biographical Encyclopedias Obituary Index County & City Histories o Personal Interviews o Newspapers o Utah State Historical Society Library Bib Ijog ra phi C a I Refe re n ces °o LOS Church Archives LOS Genealogical Society o o o o o U of U Library BYU library . USU Library SLC library Other (books. articles. records. interviews, old photographs and maps, etc.) : Interview with John Baxter,7-7-7 8 • Cindy Rice Spring City Survey Sheet, 3-2-74. Sanpete Coutny Records. .. 131 5 w a: ::> ..... u Architect/Builder: Building Materials: frame, adobe line6uilding Type/Style: vernacular Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: (Include additions. alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) w ..... J: U a: <t 6 > a: o..... I/) J: nec+a~~ul?~ ~~hin with internal partition. Stove flue is located on internal partition. Three opening symmetrical. Regular clapboarding, one of the few frame houses not "ship-lap" style. Pedimented window heads and subtle pillasters on the corners. Statement of Historical Significance: o Aborig inal Americans o IAgriculture Architecture o The Arts o C~mmerce ri o o o o Communication Conservation Education Exploration/Settlement o Industry o o o o Military Mining Minority Groups Political o Recreation o o o o Religion Science Socio-Humanitarian Transportation A very well preserved and architecturally important smaller vernacular house in Spring City. Many of this type of house were built of stone and adobe. It is thought by locals that William Ford built the house and had a blacksmith shop just to the west. 1870 deed to Samuel B. Frost Jr. In 1877 a William Ford buys the lot for one-hundred dollars. Ford probably built the house soon after this date. Ford was married, but had no family. He was a blacksmith and his shop was located on this lot. About 1920, Edward Sahlburg lived here, ann William FOrd moved to block 55 lot 4 • --------------------------------- . Ford-Baxter House 13 North Main Site #131 Spring City, Sanpete County Site No. _131 _ _ _ __ Researcher: Date: Utah State Historical Society Historic Preservation Research Office Structure/Site Information Form 1z o Street Address: Plat ABI.32 Lot 1 U Name of Structure: Ford-Baxter House T. Present Owner: John R. Baxter UTM: Owner Address: Spring City, Utah Tax#: Original Owner: William Ford w Original Use: dwelling :J ..... Z Present Use: ~. LL i= z w o 2 II) o o oISingle-FamilY o Multi-Family o Public o Commercial Cl Bl)ilding Condition: i= oz u ..... w ct: 3 II) :J S II) 4 z o S z w :i: :J U o o Construction Date: o Vacant o Religious o Other rp/Unaltered o Minor Alterations o Major Alterations Preliminary Evaluation: Final Register Status: ° ,significant o National Landmark o National Register o State Register [j{ Contributory o Not Contributory o Intrusion -7 Date of Slides: / 7 -78 Views : Front fill' Side 0 Rear 0 Other 0 O/Abstract of Title ~ Plat Records r'l,fPlat Map !!f Tax Card & Photo o Building Permit o Sewer Permit o Sanborn Maps 17245 Demolition Date: Integrity: 0 Site 0 Ruins o Good o Deteriorated Research Sources: S. Occupants: 0 Park 0 Industrial 0 Agricultural ofExcellent Photography: 1880 R. Date of Photographs : Views: Front 0 Side 0 Rear 0 Other 0 ° City Directories o o o o o o Bi bl iograph ical References 0 District 0 Multi-Resource 0 Th ematic Bi ograp hical Encyc lopedias Obituary Index County & City Histori es Personal Interview s Newspapers Utah State Historical Society Library o o o o o o o LDS Church Archives LDS Genealogical Society U of U Library BYU Library USU Library SLC Library Other (books, articles, records, interviews, o ld photographs and maps , etc.): Interview with John Baxter,7-7-7 8 • Cindy Rice Spring City Survey Sheet, 3-2-74. Sanpete Coutny Records. 131 5 w a: ::J I- oW Arch itectiBu iIder: Building Materials: 6 >a: o IUI i: vernacular Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features : (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) lI o a: < frame, adobe lineijuilding Type/Style: Dec+ar~ula~ ~~bin with internal partition. Stove flue is located on internal partition. Three opening symmetrical. Regular clapboarding, one of the few frame houses not "ship-lap" style. Pedimented window heads and subtle pillasters on the corners. Statement of Historical Significance: o Aboriginal Americans D / Agriculture rY Architecture o The Arts o Commerce o o o o o Communication Conservation Education Exploration / Settlement Industry o o o o o Military Mining Minority Groups Political Recreation o o o o Religion Science Socio-Humanitarian Transportation A very well preserved and architecturally important smaller vernacular house in Spring City. Many of this type of house were built of stone and adobe. It is thought by locals that William Ford built the house and had a blacksmith shop just to the west. 1870 deed to Samuel B. Frost Jr. In 1877 a William Ford buys the lot for one-hundred dollars. Ford probably built the house soon after this date. Ford was married, but had no family. He was a blacksmith and his shop was located on this lot. About 1920, Edward Sahlburg lived here, and William FOrd moved to block 55 lot 4.