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-NPS Form 10-900a (Rev. 8/86) NPS/CHS Word Processor Format (Approved 03/88) OMB No . 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF mSTORICPLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number _____ 8 Page _____ 1 that same year where the family continued to live while raising, fruit, grain, and livestock. Here they had seven more children, all but one of whom survived to adulthood. Harbertson and his four sons subsequently developed a building contracting business, in part because of the experience building this house where the family lived until 1922. That year the U.S. Army Air Force, in developing Hill Air Base, made the family a most lucrative offer for their farm, including the house, which the family believed ·was too good to refuse.· As part of the extended facilities of the Air Base, the house served in at least two major functions, in addition to standing vacant for several periods. land included a spring which the military wanted for the arsenal at Hill Air Base. The During World War II, the house served as living quarters for troops assigned to guard duty for the spring which had military significance. In addition, the military used the house for v4ev~c--e ~ an officers country club and resort at other times, since it was in a secluded setting. In 1965 the Air Force designated the land as the site for the Weber Basin Job Corps Center, as was usual practice for creation of facilities for that agency which was then becoming organized. As part of the Job Corps Center, the house again served as a residence for directors and employees of the organization. main administrative offices for the center. Subsequently, it has served as It stands in the midst of a number of recent buildings of Job Corps origin. [The background on the Harbertson family primarily comes from a 1970 family history noted in Sources, Section 9, by (Mabel) Irene Harbertson Kendally who was born in June, 1897. Her account, including the extensive recording of geneology as an integral part of the functions of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, is corroborated on every point of comparison by the U.S. Census of 1900, also cited in Section 9. The fact that this Census record was not released to the public until after 1970 is quite significant. The family history of Irene Harbertson Kendall, then, is a must be given great credibility.]