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Show OMS No. l002HJ016 NPS Foron 10·900-" Utah WordPerfect 5. 1 Format (Revised Feb. 19931 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet · Section No. ~ Page __3__ Harbertson Home, Davis County. UT Narrative Statement of Significance The home of James and Elizabeth Taylor Harbertson, built between c.1870-1940, is historically and architecturally significant. The building, originally constructed as a residence, has been used as a military club (during the 1940s) and an office building (1941-present). These various functions describe the changing nature of this area during its development. The building is architecturally significant as a good example of Temple Form architecture. The temple-form house originated from the Greek Revival period of American building, typically has its short end to the street and a pedimented gable facade and a symmetrical fenestration with a door placed to the side of center. Nineteenth century builder's guides popularized this house form helping it to become one of the traditional house forms in New England and in the upper midwest and eventually migrating to Utah with members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The temple form house type is one of several early h6use types in the state and because it is traceable to a New England cultural hearth and documents the important New England heritage of the early Mormon movement. The temple-form was often modified in a number of ways, most commonly with the door set in the side wings, or as evident in the Harbertson House, with the door centered on the gable facade. 4 This building has been left' as a preserve amid modern government buildings and continues to provide the historical association and feeling of the early development of Davis and Weber Counties. James and Elizabeth Taylor Harbertson immigrated to the United States in 1875. James and his father had worked in the coal mines in Northumberland, England. James Sr. immigrated to the United States one year prior James Jr. and Elizabeth's arrival. After they lived in Ogden, they lived near James Harbertson Sr., possibly on the same land where he resided with his second wife and her two children. This house was built on an adjacent tract ~f farm and orchard land that the Harbertson's purchased from Thomas Cahoon in 1886. They continued to raise fruit, grain, and r John B. Ke Ily House. Sal t Lake Ci ly. Itistoric Preservation Office. 5 National Reg is ter nomina t ion, Harch 1983. 011 file a t Utah Sta te The Cadastral 11ap dated April 14.1871 shows that two houses were on this tract of land and could be the sanie site . It is assumed these houses were associated with Thomas Cahoon before he sold his property to the Harbertson 's. The temp le- form house type sugges ts the Harbertson house was begun pr ior to the time they purchilsed the land in 1(\86. and evidence supports the theory that the original section of the lIarbertson house was const.ructed period to 1871 and n'Odified over it period of decades as described in Section 7 of this nomination. x See continuation sheet |
