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Show NPS Fo rm 10-900-a Utah WordPertect5 .1 Form at (Revised Feb. 1993) OM S No. 10024 -001 8 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. ~ Page ~ Harbertson Home, Davis County, UT livestock. James Elizabeth and their seven surviving children 6 lived in this house until 1922. 1 Harbertson and his four sons developed a building contracting business. Their company was called Harbertson Contra£tors and they built many homes in South Weber, Morgan, and surrounding communities. The U.S. Army Air Force bought the house and farm in 1922. In 1920, The United States Army developed plans to build an arsenal in Sunset, Utah. In the construction of that project the availability of culinary water was a definite concern. After considerable study, the Army purchased the Harbertson home and farm of South Weber and developed the natural spring which existed there. They then piped the water to the Arsenal. The route for the pipeline was from Harbertson's straight up to Sand Hill (present day Hill AFB). They placed an outlet off the pipeline outside the chainlink fence for the use of the farmers in the area. Previous to this, in or~er to water their livestock, farmers had to carry water in barrels. Between 1922 and 1941 the use of this building is unknown. for a time and/or used for offices or military functions. It may have been vacant In 1940 a decision was reached to build an air base in Utah. The site selected was just to the east of the Ogden Army Arsenal. As a result, Hill Air Force Base (HAFB) came into being. One of the questions asked in the development plan was how the need for water was going to be satisfied. The obvious answer was to tie into the Harbertson-Arsenal line. This type did with a six-inch pipe which was later replaced with a twelve inch conduit. 10 6 While James and Elizabeth lived in Ogden, they had five children, only one of which survived to move to this house. Seven children were born to them in this house, six of which survived childhood. The background on the Harbertson family primarily comes from a 1970 family history, a diary written of Irene (Mabe 1) Harbertson Kenda 11 who was born in June, 1897. Her account, inc 1ud i ng the extensive recording of genealogy, is corroborated by comparison to the U.S. Census of 1900. 8 9 10 James Harbertson, Sr. bu i It the South Weber Amusement Ha 11 in 1897. I t served as a dance ha 11 and was used for various community activities. Bell, Lee D., South Weber: The AutobiographY of One Utah Community, Salt Lake City, Utah: K/P Graphics/Utah Division , 1990. Ibid, p. 121-122. Ibid , p. 131. x See continuation sheet |
