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Show 8. Statement of Significance Certifying official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: ( ) nationally ( ) statewide (X) locally Applicable National Register Criteria (X) A ( ) B (X) C ( ) D Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) ( ) A ( ) B{)C{)D{)E {)F{)G Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Social History Architecture Period of Significance 1886-1944 Significant Dates 1886, 1922, 1965 1886 Cultural Affiliation Euro-American: Latter Day Saints Architect/Builder James Harbertson Significant Person t-t/A State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations, and areas and periods of significance noted above. The home of James and Elizabeth Taylor Harbertson has significance as a fine example of Temple Form architecture of stone construction from the later 19th century, as described in section 7. Indeed, the Harbertson family became prominent building contractors in the area and constructed other houses of similar styles. The house has further significance in social history since it has served in three major functions: as a residence, as a club facility, and as an office building. Each of these functions represented major social events ongoing in the local area. First, it has been a private residence of a prosperous family prominently associated with the communities of both Ogden, Utah, and the northern portion of Davis County, Utah. Subsequently, after the U.S. military acquired it along with a large block of surrounding land, the house functioned for a period as quarters for personnel who guarded a nearby natural spring of military significance, as well as functioning at another time as an officer's club. the military relinquished the property to civilian government functions. Ultimately, The house again served as a residence for supervisory personnel, then as a main office building at a Job Corps center which now surrounds it. James and Elizabeth Taylor Harbertson immigrated from England in 1875, soon after their marriage, when they were ages 19 and 18, respectively. In fact, Harbertson's father, also named James Harbertson, immigrated to the U.S. about a year before. James Harbertsons had worked in coal mines in Northumberland, England. Both V~~CL ~ The younger James Harbertson and his wife, Elizabeth, first resided in the city of Ogden where they had five children, but lost four at young ages. In early 1886 they purchased a tract of farm and orchard land which now includes the house from Thomas Cahoon. The older James Harbertson lived nearby, possibly on the same land, with his second wife and her two children. The younger James Harbertson himself built the house (X) See continuation sheet |
