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Show Narrative Description The Ford - Rigby house is a Victorian style, red brick single family residence with a cross-wing type plan. The wing which is parallel to the street is one and a half story with a pitched gable roof that sheds towards Main Street. The facade (west elevation) has a full width front porch with classic round columns; two entrance doors and one window. The wing which is perpendicular to the street is two story, with a pitched gable roof with the gable facing the street. The ridge beams of the two wings are of equal height. The facade of the two story wing has four symmetrically placed windows; two on the first level and two on the second. There is one chimney in the center of the two story section, and one chimney in approximately the center of the one and a half story section. All of the standard size windows on the house are two-over-two wood double hung; the wood trim at the eaves is a simple design. The north elevation has only one window located towards the back (east) on the first level. The rear (east elevation) has two symmetrically placed windows, one at the second level and one at the first. There are also two smaller windows on the one and a half story wing. The south elevation has a back door with one small and one standard size window. There are no additions to the house. A ca. 1960 tax card photo reveals that the house has remained unchanged. Most of the original elements of the house are still present, although in need of renovation. The Rigby-Ford house is a tribute to the quality craftsmanship in its construction, and retains a high degree of historic integrity. There are several outbuildings related to agriculture at the east (rear) of the house. All of these are in various states of disrepair; most have roofs that have fallen in and walls that have collapsed. OSee continuation sheetNPS Form 10-900-a Utah MSWord 4.0 (Mac) Format (Revised Nov. 1995) OMB Approval No. 10024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page F6RD - RIGBY HOUSE, Centerville, Davis County, UT Statement of Significance The Ford - Rigby House is historically significant for its association with the establishment of the town of Centerville. The town of Centerville was established by order of L.D.S. Church President, Brigham Young, to be a Mormon based, self-sufficient community. In April 1872 John Ford Sr. was granted a patent for the south half; the northeast quarter and Lot 2 of Section 6, Township 2 North, Range 1 East. In 1896 a portion of this land was deeded to Mary Anna Wright Ford after her husband John died. Mary Anna sold the property to William L. Rigby in April 1924. Three years later Rigby took out a loan for $3,800 from the Federal Land Bank. In 1929 Otto N. Smith placed a lien against the property in the amount of $737.07 for "building materials used for improvements on the property" . In 1973 the property was quit claimed to the current owner, Jeanne R. Mooney.l John Ford Sr. was born at Gravely, Cambridgeshire, England on March 8, 1807 to Thomas and Sarah Turner Ford. In 1833 Abstarct of Title, Davis County Recorder's Office, 1997 Farmington, Utah. 1 |
