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Show NPS Form 10-900-. U1.h WordPerfect 5 .1 Format (Revised Feb. 1993) OMB No. 10024·0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. ~ Page..£ Taylor, John W., Janet (Nettie) and May Rich, House, Farmington, Davis County, UT -=------ -- Narrative Statement of Significance Th Taylor John W., Janet (Nettie) and May Ric~ ous ~ is significant architecturally as the only extant exa p e of a foursquare house type in Farmington. A cJ 878 single story adobe structure was expande~£t its~uth s~ e ~ 19 ~bY the addition of a complete two story foursquare house type with Colon~~k8~e-eT~m~K\\s. :rhis early twentieth century architectural type was a rejection of the complex, assymetrical compositions of the Victorian era. It looks back to the Classical geometric, symmetrically balanced structures of the early Mormon settlers. The foursquare was a popular house type in Utah from 1900 to 1920.' CA..v-\wj ~ .f.:,~k ~~ ~- ~~~f&-v- ~L~) ISTORY: . property~ , ~ In 1900, Janet Maria Woolley Taylor (Nettie) purchased the a single-story 2 1 adobe house with her husband, John Whittaker Taylor. John wa tWe son of the third President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints nd Sophia Whittaker. Jot"" Whittaker.. as born in Provo, Utah in 1858 e was active in the LOS church, serving as an apostle from 1884 to ___ 19 _0~ e pursued a variety of business interests ranging from sp~~ ~~I~'?~ ~ d deals in Canada and the Utah desert, gold mining in Mexico, irrigation projects and~n§restSlaatierr concept.:, . ~!ty ~ ~ directories of the time list him variously as merchant, book-keeper, stock raiser, real estate~~ IN\ ? apostle and capitalist ~~'1~~ ~~ ~~~~ \.\ls se~ ...... ~-k Nettie was born in Grantsville, Utah in 1870 to Sam ~~I, Wic~ersham-.wooley and Rachael Cahoon,-&amael's secOIld-vme. Nettie was John's third wife. He married three additional wives during the time Nettie owned the house in Farmington; Eliza Roxie Welling and Rhoda Welling in 1901 and Ellen Georgina Sandberg in 1909. John was known as "The Champion of Plural Marriage" and even though the LOS church abandoned the concept in 1890, he continued to marry and practice the principle. He had six wives and thirty-six ch~ ldJen ~ th ~ tim ~ ofjl i.s death in 1916. G?(k~ tJ..M.~ 6s~'sk ) I.~~ ... ~ ~~"'" ~ ~-l'\e~- ~~. John built the foundation of the house in 1901 and left Nettie to oversee the rest of the ~£).M~ building and completion. When she encountered financial difficulties and cO~~tl~nger afford the ~~ up . , she sold it in 1909 to John's first wife, May Leona Rich . . moved to Provo . ~~ in 195 She was active in the LOS Relief Society and served as vice captain of Camp ~ 46 oht.........-I~ a~ ug;;t;1:;::e-;; rs~ o·f Uta loneers. ower raising an rea Ing were er 0 les. I l) lfpA 1 Leonis Hambin Kennard built the original single story adobe house in 1878. 2 His name doEts ~~ ~J:!tof nIQJ oLap.peaf-Gf~Hitle:------------_ Hel~tffie.El-iftJc1-9f~'tlver a disagreement on the ending of plural marriage (polygamy). --\Rt.~ See continuatio~~ |
