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FARMINGTON - -Theroch,- hAi/i,#:)' . house Don Ball was born and : raised in will probably still be standing when more modern hous- ' · es in his hometown are crumbling. .:: Since the pioneer home, located · .at 67 E. 400 North, Farmington, .. -has remained as solid as the stone ' • _from which it .'Nas .built ~<?re th~Q,. _ ' ;:a h~ndred year~ ,:gol .~~)us~ , m~y " . . , ·be nght. ',,'. '.' .' . '. ..,' ' , : According to early F:armlngton ': ;historian Margaret Steed Hess, ~ ·Robert Thomas first planted apple ' :trees in 1849 on the property where : ·the house now stands. At least one : . tree survived over 100 years, until , :it fell victim to an axe wielded by : . Ball when he was a teenager. : . "Dad feared the east wind might · < blow it down on the house," he : ·said. Ball ciaimiCihe old...tree was several feet thick and about 30 feet ' , tall. The huge ancient tree had started to rot, so it didn't take . much to knock it out of the ground, he said. . ' .' Thomas may be the "'o riginal builder, but it's possible Ball's great-grandfather, who later purchased the land, built the home in the 1860s. Ball doesn't know' his f." great-grandfather's first name, but said his last name was Southworth. With trumpet vine climbing high on the chimney, west and He was probably T. Henry South-. this Farmington home Is built of stone on the years old. .. .. , worth, who ran a flour mill in Far- . . \ i;-.. . mington during that era, he said. . that way," he said. He also remem= BaH, like most Farmington YOuth'~ • Southworth and his son, Edward, bers the winter of 1948-49 when all obtained summer employmentJ ; : also tried their luck mining ore in of Northern Utah was buried in . there. He remembers working fod snow. "We had a 3D-inch snowfall"· 25 cents a hour at the old swim-' • : the canyons nearby. ; ~ A lot of living has gone on in the in one day," he recalled, "The ease . ming pool. A few years later he was \ • : old house since its beginning. Both wind started up and drifted the · promoted to rides where he earned ' : BaH's 'grandmother, Ida South- snow on the north side of our 50 cents an hour. When he was' ~ worth Griffith, who married Thad house right up to the roof," said much younger, Ball recalls walking' • . Griffith, and his mother, Ruth Eliz- Ball "There was so much snow it the short distance between his : abeth Griffith Ball, were born and took three days to dig out our home and Lagoon with his folks to : . ' raised in the house just as he was. driveway," he said. BaH recalls watch big name bands like Glenn; ~ . When Ruth married George Clin- watching the marathon Miller, Duke Ellington , Benny ' :. ton Ball, they purchased the family snow-shoveling job from the front : Goodman and Louie Armstrong: • : home for $1,000. Her parents con- window. "I could see snow flying perform at the old dance pavilion . . : '. tinued to live with them until they everywhere, but the snow was so When Don and Connie Ball were • both died. deep I couldn't even see my dad. ": married, they followed family tra-' .: The one-story house was built in George and Ruth Ball lived in dition and moved into the house ' ~ ' a hall-parlor architectural style the small house with their six chil- too. His mother had died in 1958, • . popular during the 1800s. It origi- dren and her parents, but Don Ball but his father remained in the , nally had only four rooms, but a said they never seel'\1ed cramped. i t house, ·living with his son and large kitchen and pantry was built Of course, Ball said; before he was::.•' daughter-in-Iaw, until his death in! off the back about 1937. Ball's fa- old enough to norice,any lack of.';:! 1977. The following year, Ball re,f • ther added a bathroom in the space, three of his ,sisters had mar-::<' wired the house and laid a new' • 1940s. "I remember we use to have ried and his brot~r had joined the';'; kitchen floor. On the old floor, a ! a 'one-holer' out back when 1 was a military. That leftjust him.. one sis- \~ ' person could spill water in the " kid," he said. "We had to heat wa- ter, his grandparents, and parents .; middle and it would run out, or ter on the stove and fill an old gal- in the small cozy house.,·.. ···· ~ - rather down, to the four corners,' • vanized tub to bathe in too," he George Ball worked for Farming- according to Ball. i ~ : ~ added. "Those were the good old ton's fire department and was one ' They decided to rent the house: '. : days, but I'd hate to go back to of the men who tried .unsuccessful- out, since they had already pur-; Iy to fight the blaze ·that destroyed, , chased Connie's childhood home ' , , them." . ~. Ball remembers lying in bed on L~~ in 19.53. The ,family. was . in north Farmingt.on. Just before: chilly winter mornings waiting for commg home from a movie In the renter moved 10, Ball decided. his dad to start a fire in the fami- Kaysville when they saw the fir~ . to find the old fireplace hidden; • Iy's coal stove before he dare plant and billowing smok-e. Ball drove " Somewhere beneath the brick wallsl his bare feet on the icy cold floors. his family home and rushed to the All the time he was growing up" they never had a fireplace, but his' "With 3-foot thick walls, Once we scene. < got the house warm inside it stayed After Lagoon was rebuilt, Don dad told him it was located in the, rock . - ....... is more than 100 living room. He was successful in finding it, but Ball said that was a big mistake. "When I knocked the brick out of the wall, a buildup of black soot came blowing out all over the carpet, which was only about a year old," he said. "It took a lot of cleaning to get it out, and I got into a lot of trouble over that," he said, laughing. Despite the 'mess, Ball fixed up the old fireplace with a new hearth and mantle, making it usable again. A recent appraisal of the house indicated it is in excellent condition and free of any needed repairs, he said. Ball said about the only damage the house has ever sustained was when half the roof was blown otT in a fierce windstorm. "It broke the old SQuare-head nails right in half," he said. It amazes Ball how the rock house was ever built. "Some of the stones are 2 and 3-foot boulders and were lifted in place a good 10 or 12 feet otT the ground," he said. ~I don't know how they ever got them up there without modern equipment," Ball said. Current owners of the house are David and Christy Ball Gibbons, Ball's daughter and son-in-law. Their young daughter now sleeps in the bedroom where her grandfather was born 50 years ago. t ~ i I Stat e of Utah Department of Community & Economic Development Division of State History Utah State Historical Society Michael O. Leavitt Governor MaxJ. Evans Director 300 Rio Grande Sa lt Lake City, Utah 84101-1182 [phone]' FAX: [phone] • TDD: 533-3502 cehistry. ushs@emai l.state.ut. us August 20, 1996 ERIK BORNEMEIER 200 NORTH 800 WEST APT 1 WEST BOUNTIFUL UT 84087 RE: State Historic Preservation Tax Credit Dear Mr. Bornemeier: We have reviewed the information in our files for the house at 67 East 400 North, Farmington. While it is not currently listed in the National Register of Historic Places, it appears to be eligible and could likely be listed if nominated. Please see the enclosed fact sheet on the National Register and the How to Research Your House document for instructions on researching the property. Also enclosed is a fact sheet on the state historic preservation tax credit which provides for a credit equal to 20 percent of qualified rehabilitation expenditures against your state income tax. The state tax credit law requires that all proposed or on-going work must be approved by our office as meeting the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation before the project is completed. Also, a minimum of $10,000 must be spent on the rehabilitation over a maximum period of 36 months. There is no fee to apply for this tax credit. This application is separate from any review or application that may be required by a local preservation commission or other organizations (e.g., Landmarks Commission or the Utah Heritage Foundation). We encourage you to apply for the preservation tax credit as soon as possible to verify . if anyon-going work meets the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. Once work is underway, changes to bring the project into conformance with the Standards can be difficult, expensive or occasionally impossible to make. Photographs showing all area of work prior to the beginning of construction are required as part of the application. The state tax credit law also requires that before approval of the completed rehabilitation work can be issued (and the tax credit claimed), the owner must submit a complete National Register nomination to the State Historic Preservation Office, The required research and documentation can occur during or after the rehabilitation project. (A Guide for Preparing National Register Nominations is available from our office.) The property must be listed in the National Register within three years of claiming the tax credit. Preserving and Sharing Utah's Past for the Present and Future We hope the state historic preservation tax credit can make this rehabilitation project more economically feasible. Please let us know if you have any questions or if we can be of further assistance. You can reach me at 801/533-3533. Sincerely, Bonnie Rogers Preservation Assistant Office of Histori c Preservation St:lte of Utah Department of Community & Economic Development Division of State History Utah State Historical Society Mic hae l O . Leavitt Governor Max J . Evan s Director 300 Rio Gra nde Sa lt Lake City, Utah 84101-11 82 [phone] • FAX: [phone] • TDD: 533·3502 cehis try. u shs@email. state.u t. u s August 20, 1996 JUDY RIGBY 1228 SOUTH HIGHWAY 89 FRUIT HEIGHTS UT 84037 RE: State Historic Preservation Tax Credit Dear Ms. Rigby: We have reviewed the information in our files for the house at 67 East 400 North, Farmington. While it is not currently listed in the National Register of Historic Places, it appears to be eligible and could likely be listed if nominated. Please see the enclosed fact sheet on the National Register and the How to Research Your House document for instructions on researching the property. Also enclosed is a fact sheet on the state historic preservation tax credit which provides for a credit equal to 20 percent of qualified rehabilitation expenditures against your state income tax. The state tax credit law requires that all proposed or on-going work must be approved by our office as meeting the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation before the project is completed. Also, a minimum of $10,000 must be spent on the rehabilitation over a maximum period of 36 months. There is no fee to apply for this tax credit. This application is separate from any review or application that may be required by a local preservation commission or other organizations (e.g., landmarks Commission or the Utah Heritage Foundation). We encourage you to apply for the preservation tax credit as soon as possible to verify if anyon-going work meets the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. Once work is underway, changes to bring the project into conformance with the Standards can be difficult, expensive or occasionally impossible to make. Photographs showing all area of work prior to the beginning of construction are required as part of the application. The state tax credit law also requires that before approval of the completed rehabilitation work can be issued (and the tax credit claimed), the owner must submit a complete National Register nomination to the State Historic Preservation Office. The required research and documentation can occur during or after the rehabilitation project. (A Guide for Preparing National Register Nominations is available from our office.) The property must be listed in the National Register within three years of claiming the tax credit. Preserving and Sharing Utah's Past for the Present and Future We hope the state historic preservation tax credit can make this rehabilitation project more economically feasible. Please let us know if you have any questions or if we can be of further assistance. You can reach me at 801/533-3533: Sincerely, Bonnie Rogers Preservation Assistant Office of Historic Preservation