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Show 2 Tuesday,August 10,1993 Rock home ·both .statelyand ~()ld .. ~ ~ • .: : - , •; . • '. ' . _.1' .:. • ' By JAN A DOXEY :"1<arw.J.:ifO E....wT\IN:' C Ol'C""~(:f1I rENTERVII.l .E - Fli/ahl'1 h Whil"l~ r \\~III,",1 Iwr h"mc "I 11>11 :". \1 ;1111 hu ill IWar Ih.: Slr~"1 ",I"'r~ ro "hl' ltluld wall'll lO\\11 ;1\oti\'ili-.:s. hut 1I,' r hu,hanJ ~larl,",1 • hllilding II,,: r",'k hUIil': ("anh .... had.. ull Ih.: PfI'll<:rI) ahtllu I ~7~. Oil': nighl ju, t ar,,-,r hc lini~hed Ihe roof, In ca>t wind hlew il off and il lanJcd al Ihc sile of Ihe .currenl home. HISTORIC HOMES -Elilabct h Ihought il was some kini.l of ol11en.- ~ii.l lyle Wrillht . .·:,: who now livl!S OIl the hOl11e wilh his ' :. wife. Iiclen. The Wri\:hls hough.I '" Ihe Centerville home in 1974 when ' Ihey mOllw down from Alaska . . •,-We were' sort of cnch:mleJ il.- S:liJ Iiden. Sh.: had 5lart.:11 . In·tillS amitlUC furnilurc' a f.:w . . ' 1l<:llnc Ihc IlIU\'e alltl Ihe huu'>l: ) h.:· perfect . placc .10 . displ.a)· O '. i rii':'l~ ~·;~~t:-:~/:·>·:· ::f· ...~: ·~~~~ '. -When we 'moved here we really out in Ihe country'- she saill . . The 'house silson 'an acre and a . ilici~~~~~~~~'ha~dd5~;e:~~~ h~~··:{:.~,t~:~:t~·3~'~~~~::~<5'~:;rt\\~;;::·. ·:~ ::~~~·~r~f~':~~~~f~~#~~:~~rj:,%:jj1tt1-Z~~$!I..~~~~r!~~~.!S'~d,;.~~~:'; Surroundlng' trees·.'castshBdows over part of. ~ owned by Lyle a~d Helen Wrlght.!!,~ h~me, sits • Ihis Centerville home. built around 1878 and now ,,: on over an . acre In the . rural . area. '.l;:;o}'-''''>:'Z ' . ':- . . , . , ; ..... .'. :. . ;.~ ...... . : .: ~\'."">,. ,»\'';" ;.,":;:~,'''' :;:. <'::Y':-" : :'i'':~ 'il," '. ':, ' .::, ... ' ... . ' Tuana .'died of smallpo~ and . Whitaker, ' an allorney. He add~d .. .f .Thomas took Anna 3nd moved to . the brick porlion of the ho'!1c III 'We were sort.O CaliforniJ. There he converted to about I'HO. changed thl! stairwell h t d ith it" Ihe Mormon Church and moved 10 and built the Iirepl3ce. He was enc an e W Ulah. where he mel and married married 10 Flon:nce Mosher and _ Helen Wright , Elilabeth Mills Oakden in 185H. Ihey had 3n adopled daughter. They h3d II children. . Ufrens has a few favorite historie ' . According to Uffe~s the Whit3k- homes in Ihe area, and the Wrighls' Upstairs were IWO bedrooms. 'one ers had Ihe firsl silk worms In is one that she is trying 10 pUI on for the boys and one' for the girls. . Utah. . the Nalional Historic Regisler. .. and also a small sewing room. . They exported the cocoons from . Whilaker was born in England in Engl3nd and fed Ihe young worms -II re311y has more 10 do with Ihe 1816. AI the age of 16 he ran aWQy mulberry leaves from Irees they peop": who lived Ihere Ihan Ihe from home and was ~ stowaway on raised. Elizabelh made silk neckties home,~ she said. '.' . .'. ':. ... . one of his falher's ships. He I~med ·.. and scarves; she also made a silk ., Ahho-ugh· lhe Wrighl~·'threi: chil- .:, -the carpenter trade on the shIp and vest and presc:ntcd it to church . {dren wc:re grown when. lhey moved '; later ~came a skilled cabinet{ lTl,ak- .·; presidenl Brigham Young; Young h~re, their grandchildren have ,~ . er, said Uffens. · · .;: . ' ;'.. ' ::" .' .·.. encouraged Ihe Whitakers 10 &0 in- loved coming 10 Ihe old home to ',< He lefl the shiP. In .Tahtlt.,where ·; to busines.s wilh Ihe silk worms, . :visit. ,.~.. , ; :.<~:.::-: . <' .:'~ .:: ~~ iii": he mel and mamed TUlna. a n~- ... but they dldn', have the money 10 . " ' ., ,. ••. ,. ;.:·:S· ·.. ··,:. .:r!;!:':;· ·.;;::· <1,... ~8 live girl. They never had any chll-' finance il. she said . .'-."'~;.: '."":) .>~...:~,;.i . ·Whenever we talk about selhng. ." dren bul Ihey adopted a daughter . ·, .The home was willed to Eliza-' ".; it "upsels Ihc grandkids.· ... s3id ' .~ es. . __ .' ' .. ' . ". "" The Wrighls purehased Ihe home from Grace Fredrickson. who had lived there wilh her husband. Staynor, since 1954. When he died she' moved to Salt Lake Cily. The Fredricksons updated Ihe kitchen, installing 3 dishwasher and disposal 3nd also built 3 sun porch 011 th.: south side of Ihe home, said Helen. . . . The home was ongmally bUill by Thom3s W. Whilaker. Accordmg.'o Karla Uffens of Ihe Centerville HIS10ric:1I Sites Comm illel! , Ihe \Vhi. takers lived in a lo\: cabin during Ihc four years il look to construct Ihe house. The west side of the home had il parlor and a large master bedroom, .• _" the kitchen was :11 Ihe back of Ihe ome along wilh a big living room on Ihe soulh end. There was a larg.: bay window in this room, wilh a .r window seat thaI could provide an A 1::<lra bed. . ." n:lmed Anna. : Help . The school hJS just acquir~d a synlhcsi'l er IiII' I'UI .~r\ .0111· voic~ " 1 , :i. . .,;.~ :.'"" . ; ~...;': b~t~s'5' si.~~~_;tO~: c~{tr!fP~J~~~~~~~~,:.I~~~,;~;:i;~~tt::i;~;~F~,~~k~~;.~;:~~~~)~. Telt US . you.r .:~~p~~I,~nq.~.~".::,~· ·;;~·~ · :~ ~~~I.i~olro~lc~~~~:~~~~li~~ ~~~ 'with ~new~ sch991 ·jitt~·rbugs . ~~, ,r ~:' : get a job. He ' died in 1.989 .• "':' ·": .. From PlIQe 1 ", . "."'> " The Kaysville woman also volunlcers at Ihe office of SI. Mark's ( iardcns, wh.:ro: she lives, and uses h.:r comp"ler for the meal program I .. ... : . . . . . .. ........... : •.. • t . . .. ' r .r II , .,. " .' . ' . . .. ". ' . '. , " '. New school situ:ltions almosi al- .:. par.:nl~ and h::ll'h.:rs on th.:ir .~:(pe. ... a)'~ gllarant,·c a .:a~c of Ihe jiller· li,· ta·~~ wilh th.: III:w·\,h",,1 llll.:r· hllll> - 1I~lIall)' Ii,.. Ih,' ,·i&i1d . hili h.lp - Itll" Ih.·y 1t.lIhl"'.! II. -. 1",: •• 1'1\1 " r " ,I t, I . l i t · |
