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Show NPS Form 10-900-a Utah WordPerfect 5. I Format (Revised Feb. 1993) OMS No. 10024-00 18 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 Christ of Latter-day Saints. The temple form house type is one of several early house 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 of farm and orchard land that the Harbertson's purchased from Thomas Cahoon in 1886. 5 They continued to raise fruit, grain, and 4 John B. Kelly House, Salt Lake City. National Register nomination, March 1983. On file at Utah State Historic Preservation Office. 5 The Cadastral Map dated April 14, 1871 shows that two hous es were on this tract of land and could be the same site. It is assumed these houses were associated with Thomas Cahoon before he sold his property to the Harbertson's. The temple-form house type suggests the Harbertson hou se was begun prior to the time they purchased the land in 1886, and evidence supports the theory that the original section of the Harbertson house was constructed period to 1871 and modified over a period of decades as described in Section 7 of this nomination. . x See continuation sheet |
