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Show OMS No. lD02HXJI8 NPS Form 10-960-a Ulah WordPerfccl5 . 1 Formal (Revised Feb. 1993) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. ~ Page __3__ flarbertson flome, 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 guide~ populafized 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 membel~S of the Church of Jesus 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. l'his 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 J(lhn B, Kelly liou se, SaU. Lake City , Hi storic Preservation Office. National Regi ster nomi nation , Narch 1983. Oil fi Ie at Utah State Th e Cadastra l Map dated Apri l 14, 1871 shows that two houses wer e on thi s tract of land and could be t he sanie s ite . It i s assunied th ese houses were associated with Thoma s Cahoon before he sold hi s property to the Harbertson ' s. The temple-form house type suggests th e flarbert so n house wa s begun prior to the time they purcha sed t.he land in lB86, and ev idence supports the theory that the original section of the Harbertson hou se was constructed period to 1871 and modified over it redod of decades as described in Sect i on 1 of this nomination . x See continuation sheet |
