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........................ This text message is used to keep the image from rotating in ocr process. Be sure to crop the top .25" off after the ocr process . 488 North Main --Hess, John W. and Caroline Workman, Hs ~ Farmington Davis County UTAH STATE HISTORY 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 3 9222 50001 6964 L ,I loW Home, 386 N_ '1 00 Easl This home is listed on the Na tional Register. It was built il 1860 by Franklin D. Richards fo his wife, Rhoda Hariet Foss. Fos: was first married to LOS apost!, Willard Richards, who died ir 1851. Three years later, she mar ried his nephew, Franklin, Th, small rock house was originall: just three rooms, but was enlarge< in 1904, Built in the vemacula' style, the Greek Revival trim i' all original, as is the interio ' woodwork, Current owner i: Clara Richards. daughter of Ezr: and Amanda Richards. ny logs overhead were put logcther with wooden pegs and trimmed with more than 1,000 feet of rope. Fred and Zelda Tidwell bought the home in 1948. . . . . The Rock Barn, 56 N . iii Main. This single-cell rock barn with wood trim and gable roof was constructed in 1855 by David Randall Williams. It has served as a barn and livery stable, a private home and now an art gallery owned by artist Rebecca Mann. Originally, there were three bays: one for tack and storage; one where horses and buggies could enter the front doors from Main Street and exit through the back doors; and one to stable horses. Tool marks from earlier days are still visible on the rustic old beams atop what once was the hayloft. . . Th. Schoolhou ••• 192 N . . . . Old Tithing Ollice, 108 N . iii Main. Now owned by Farmington City. Ihis brick building, constructed in 1907 in the Victo- This china hutch originally built rian Eclectic style with a hip roof, has served as an LDS Church tilhing office, city hall, a library a cost of $15 ,000. The original and a fire station throughout the 40-by-60-foot stone church was years. The Farmington Lion's designed by Reuben Broadbent in Club signed a 100-year lease in a single-cell vernacular style fea1970 and remodeled the interior. turing a gable roof and Greek ReThe city's hisloric preservalion • vivallrim. No excavation for the commission plans 10 remodel the building was made. Instead, pioeast bay, at the rear, into a historneers laid heavy timber nat on Ihe ground for a foundation. The ical museum . building was enlarged in 1941 and again in 1979, but the original . . . . Hector C. Haight/Union iii Hotel, 208 N. Main. Cur- chapel remains intact and is still in usc today. rently owned by Curt and Li ssa Last, Ihis house was built in 1857 . . . . Penrose Cabin, 27 N. by Hector C. Haight, the founder of Farmington. Listed on Ihe NaMain (in Ihe rear of tional Register, it is architecturalchurch). This small cabin, buill in ly significant as one of a very 1855 bv friends of the Charles limited number of Iwo-slory dou- Penrose family , was originally loble-ceil houses in Ulah. II is Ihe cated directly across from the oldesl remaining hOlel in Far- Rock Chapel on Main Street. Penminglon and one of Ihe few re- rose was an early settler in Farmaining houses in Ulah buill in mington and authored several Ihe 1850s. The inlerior of Ihe LDS Church hymns, including house has been virtually unal· "Oh Ye Mountains High." When tered, but the eXlerior has beer Ihe property was bought in 1924, his old cabin was torn down log covered wilh aluminum siding Ie protect the badly wealhered origi· by log and moved to the courtnal adobe. When Ihe house wa~ house grounds_ where it was dedirestored, owners discovered thaI caled in 1927 by LDS Church just four rooms were part of Ih' president Heber J. Grant. In 1956 original Slructure. The rear of the the cabin was moved 10 ils preshouse was probably added in th e ent localion 10 Ihe rear of Ihe 1860s or 1870s. Rock Chapel. Hisl orical relics inside Ihe cabin inc lude a rocking . . . The Rock Chapel, 272 N. chai r owned by Penrose, an iron til Main . With only $12 , kettle Ihat came across on Ihe Mormon pioneers began construc- Mayflower in 1620, and the first tion of the chapel in 1861 and organ 10 cross Ihe plains wilh the compicled il in December 1862 al Mormon pioneers. u.u .,Jour LUI 100 EasL Owned by David and Leola Merrill, this home once served as Farmington's second schoolhouse. It was built in 1855. with the rock portion added in 1875. The Merrills purchased th( building in 1948 and transformed it into a home. The present livinr AUGUST MILLER/Standard-Examiner room was once a dirt-floor garage for Hector Haight still sits In the dining room. The glass is Original, that housed the city'S road scraper, and a bay window was de· signed to fit the large door space . Elmer and Eleanor Hess, who ..... John Preece Home, 452 Merrills hauled stone from W N. Main. Now owned by turned the old pantry into a bath- : The Ihe nearby mountains for use in room during Ihe I 930s. Lyman Hamblin and Jen Shur· the remodeling, The old lim' . . . . John W. and Caroline tlitT, the adobe and stone pori ion IIU Workman Hess Home, I mortar, used by the pioneers, wa~ of Ihis house was constructed in 488 N . Main . No w owned by I chiseled out and replaced with ee· 1862, its builder unknown . The Dale and Sharon Williams, this , ment to match the modem work Victorian Eclectic brick ponion Viclorian Eclectic home wilh a : An art gallery at the home will al· was added in 1890 by John crosswing noor plan was buill in : so be open on tour day and fOI Preece, who as a 14-year-old 1882 for John W. Hess' fourlh : several weeks thereafter, fcalurinl crossed the plains with his widwife, Caroline. She raised ten chil- : 48 of David Merrill's painling, owed mother. The stained glass dren in Ihe original three rooms. : and the work of other local artists. window in front dales back to the After her death in 1927, il became 1890s. After Ihe Hamblins bough I Ihe home of Alben Hess, Ihe it in 1987, the house was exten..... John R, Walsh Sr. Home lawn's shoemaker. He evenlually sively remodeled. In tearing apart LQ 392 S. 200 East. Owned b~ sold the home to his son, Willard , the walls and roof, two 35-foot log Rick and Terra Smith, this Viclo· who served as Ihe lawn's barber · rian Eclectic home was construcI· beams from the original dwelling for 33 years. Through the years, have been exposed. The wood ed in 1890 with bricks from Ihl Ihree olher rooms have been adfloor in Ihe living room came first brick kiln in Davis Counly ded. The original wood Irim from an old dance hall in North localed in Kaysville. Most of thl Salt Lake, around the windows and doors is lrim is original, and the origina idenlical 10 the trim in the Rock etched glass in the doors is slil Chapel. . . The John W, and Mary intact. Walsh, Farmington's may ~ Ann Steed Hess Home, or from 1896 10 1900, bought thl ~ Truman Leonard Home, 479 N . Main. Built prior to 1886, borne from Henry Steed in 1892. LII 94 E. 500 North. The angthis Victorian Eclectic home is inal Iwo-room adobe house was owned by Earl and Ann Hess of . . . William Kelsey Rlcl buill in 1853-54 for Truman and Kaysville and used for their calerloW Home, 443 S. 200 East Ortentia While Leonard, who first ing business. It was conslrucled of The original Ihree rooms of Ihi : seltled in North Farmington in red brick and later painted white_ rock house were built in 1857 b' 1850. While Truman served an Most of the beveled glass in Ihe William Kelsey Rice for his sec LOS Ch urch mission 10 India , Orwindows and doors has survived and wife, Ann Victoria Rose, wh, le nlia and Iheir yo ung daughler through Ihe years, as well as some raised 12 children Ihere. In 1976 lived alone on Iheir farm north of current owners Gunler and Mo of Ihe old door knobs. The noo r Ihe cilY. After Ihe family had sevof the waikoul basem en l was sell Neumann enlarged the home eral frighlening visils from Indimade of bricks laid close togel her incorporaling Ihe old and nc\' ans , LDS bishop Gideon Brown to keep the room cool for slori ng parts with Ihe help of a hislorica had loca l priesthood members milk and cream. This home has archilect. The rock walls of Ihl help build her Ihe place in law n. remained in the family ovcr Ihe older part have been left exposel years and at one lime belonged 10 ~- The large stone section was begun · in adjoining rooms. "From 10 form ing al Lagoon. To show her bravery, al Ihe end of her aCI she pUI her head in the lion's mouth. One day, Ihe slory goes, Ihe lion bil her head ofT. melhod, which gives wooden objecls such as chair rails or lables Ihe effect of expensive, fi negrained wood . Besides founding Farmington, Haight was Farminglon's firsl sherifT and judge. When Ihe jail was full, he broughl prisoners home and locked Ihem upslai rs in Ihc hOlel rooms, Last said. She has a sample of Ihe ke y Ihal was used for bOlh Ihe jail and Ihe hole i rooms_ "so he only had 10 carry a rou nd one key." Last also lik es 10 lell Ihe story of Madame Pianca, a lion lamer who slayed al Ihe hotel while per· " The hotel proprietors had a hard time finding out where to se nd all Ihe trunks of beautiful clo lhes," LaSI said . "We tell kids if Ihey hear any creaks in Ihe house, it's Madame Pianca looking for her head." The Lasls have hosled interesting guests of Iheir own, including a group of dOClors and lawyers who held a progressive dinner using m any of Ihe old homes in Farminglon . She also gives children'S lea panics, wilh Ihe proceeds going toward repairing l-he house' s adobe walls. When the Lasts lOok on' part of the aluminum sidin~ ~History ,'. Li o n-s Club, 108 N. Main. Artist available. Proceeds go to the muDavid Merrill is opening his galseum fund. ler y to those visiting his home, The tour, the firsl of ils kind in . Farmington, is being spo nsored kn own as The Old Schoolhouse. by the historic preservation comFor an extra fcc, visitors can be mi ssion 35 part of the city's ccnca rried by horse-drawn buggy lennial celebralion Ihis ycar. from house 10 house. An 1800sSeveral homes and buildings arc era covered wagon will also be From 10 rcfrc-shmcnts and live mu sic in the old-fashioned gardens al the rcar of Ihe old fire slation and that covered Ihe adobe, they found some of Ihe wall had crumbled. "We worked wilh hislorical people on how to repair this adobe," Last said. "The firsl one said (to) put more adobe on lOp, so we mixed up mud and straw and pUI it on. But il fell right otT, laking more with it." Now they're trying a brick mason's suggeslion to chisel oul Ihe bad layer of brick and slide in a new layer of brick. They've found an old home being torn down in Provo; Ihe owners are giving away the old brick. Outside, the Lasts have a 100year-old peony and carnal ions begun from a planl thai was broughl across Ihe plains. CUllings o f Ihe two planls were donaled 10 the perennial flower garden al Ihe back of city hall . The family - including Lissa's Ihree children by her firsl marriage and Curt's five children by his first marriage, who visit reg ularly - had 10 make adjustmenls. Since Ihe house has no closets , Ihey bought many armoires and big pine cupboards for ciolhes and linen. "Those are the Ihings you lake for granled in normal homes ," LaSI sa id. Her children, ages 7, 5 and 4, enjoy the noveilY of Iheir home - such as when 5-year-old Palrick dug up an 1870 dim e in Ihe yard . The children ha ve also found o ld clay marbl es and square pioneer nails. she said . Olher relic s on display are a washboard_ an old-fashioned curling iron. and a butter press owned by Louisa Haight, who was Heclor' s daughler-in-Iaw and secre· lary of Ihe first LDS Primary. Lasl said her children's greal· greal grandfalher, Archibald McFarland Erskine, was a lailor for Brigham Young. From Ihe scraps used 10 make Young '~ c1olhing, Erskine made a "craz) quill ," which will hang in Ihl "Brigham Young Room. " Thl LaSlS are also adding a dressel and headboard broughl from an , olher ancestral pioneer from Can · ada. " It's a wonderful hobby tha ' you can live in," Last said . "WI never were hislory butTs before bUI we've gained a respecl and ad· miralion for Ihe people of Ihis pe, riod and what Ihey did wilh vcr: little money and Ihe abililY the ) had 10 build Ihings." on the Na tional Register of Historic Places ; others have been extensi ve ly restored; and all fealure lore and lege nds aboul Ihe previous owners. these hom es," said Sue Ulle y. chairman of Ihe cvent. "A 101 of new people live in Davis County Ihat may not know much about Farmington's earlier years .... ing thi s lOur is 10 make people aware of the hislOrical value in Tickels will be available at Ih" enlrance 10 Ihe homes. "The main reason we afC hav- 1tIli\I _ _ • • • 1., . . " • ---------Homes from yesteryear restored for current comfort This Farmington house, built in 1857, was once the Union Hotel. By VI<lEIliE PHILl.II'S ['0' S !(tmJ,Hrl ~ la l'll f1i~f ~ W fl A R ~lI''' G T(J N Bu ilt in 185 7 by Fa r- Oli n gt Ql1' s fou n de r . Hec-wr C. Haight, the Union Hot el was considered the loca l Sh.craton of i.ls time b v l:lIc st s \Ileh as Mor mon Chu·rci, I)residen t Brigha m Yo ung. Alt hough it " a pri\' ate re}id l' tlt,; ,," tl,ld:t·y. o,!-'ncrs C urtis· 3tH} l.issa La s.1 arc used to Ileoplc droPPlIl g by unexpeCtedly. Th l' eilv', f;rs\ historic homes tour on SJ.tun la y is ju\ t an cXlcn sio n of' Ihe ~ OO d enwnta rv , dl ool dasses. S(Oul t roo ps. .Hld ~) t hcr visito r.s io th ei r 1l(I USC on : 00 '<. Ma in .th is P:.tst yea r. - \V~'rc a .s h o \\lcJ~c . we fed it' s s uch a special part of Farmi nglo n hisiory a nd of \lor mon hi slory yo-u jU~1 can't keep it to yourself," Lissa Last said. Aft er 'on lv a year liv ing in the ho us(', , h cy' v~ aln~ 3.dy acq uin:d many ~ntittLIc.'i to :fdd 10 those: left 11,' Cla ir and Ella Ros" Del.ong. who li . ."cd thl'rC' 2~ \~:i r5. The DcLo ngs k i't the fJ.-lled Ur igh~ ll\ l'O t1Il ~~ h<..: d. whi ch gl it' ~ along wi th Ml accu ullt o f the p ro phc l feb-uk· ing. f ;,r m ingt o n 's t a SI <:an y,on \~ ' i nds lill' ht (\ win ~~ /)\' !-'r h is rarri ;lgl' , .\~ : j1(, ·,tor :. ' ~(I\,' s., thl~ w i nd s haven"t h('cn ;l S Sl'H'rc sj ncc. Ell a Rose DC Long said the Sl fl IC CUrL' ,",'.as o ne of Ihe area' s first two-story adob<: bu ildings. "ll" s a ll unusua l a rchitct tural slyle,ca llcd " two-s tory doubleedt whl' rc l w O sto ries arc stacked th a t a rc id ent Ical in stvlc. - s he S~id . T he De Long' sp,'o t fo ur years upgrad ing the pl umhing and ek cl ric i t ~-, :~ 1ripp i il-g r ~in{ off walls Ussa Last of Farmington leans against Ille bed which Brigham Young once slept in , The bed, located In the upstairs of her home in Farmington, boasts a crazy q 9i1t made ofclo!h scraps left over from tailormade clothes for the Mormon leader. and l1 oorl)oJrd(j , an d do ing o t ht..'f fC n111.d l'ling w\ )rk. "To r~s l c)rl' a h O Il ~l' h a Ion .' afDd .ong. s<t id , L.;J\ t 'lgrcl's. "Yo'u rla\' l' l(l lo\'!,; It or you' re r ra./\l tQ (I t) it bcc~u'k irs ~() much fair.~· work" ~' said Last . \~ ho rece n t'lv stripped o lT fiv e la" crs of wallpa-pcr If) get 10 the original pl aster wa !ls in her daugh ter's bedroom. " It 's such a wonderful sense of pride when yo u gel do ne a np know you did it the right way." One of the skills Last wan ts to learn is that of wood-graining, a popular skill among ea rl y settlers. T he ho me is acc.cnted with the lie<! TOUR On 3D Homeowners open doors on Saturday On S~lurday, visitors will have a chante 10 wander back through old-time Farmington, with a tour of the dty's 15 historic homes and Ihrce historic buildings , built between 1849 and 1921. . From 10 a.m . to 5 p_m. , homeowne rs are OPening their doo rs to the public, with proceeds from ihc tickets going tOward rem odeling the old fire sta tion's cast bav into a museum . Guided grou p tours· of the Rock C hapel will also be ofTercd to the public Ir om 1 p.nl. to 5 p.m_ Tickets a rc $,5 for the eve nt. which includes light See HISTORY On 30 This in fo rmati on .c.o mes from the Farmington Historic P reservation Commission. Suun Leggett Clark : Home, 335 W. State. Ezra T. Clark had this Second Empire , nuilt in 190 1, is the child hood ho me of O .C: Tanner, fo under of O .C: Tanner Co mpan y. The mil lionaire jeweler was first a professor at Stanford and University'of U\a h; the jewelry business began as 'a sidel ine. His mother, An'nie Clark Tanner - daughter of Ezra and Susan Leggett C1ark,and wife of polygamist Joseph Marion Tanner ~ built Ihe house with the plot of la nd llnd $1 ,000 she inherited from her father, Raising. her eight children mostl y on her own, Annie prov idc·d lodging for traveling orchestras perform ing at Lagoon. She authOred the book, MA Mormon Mother." style, two-story brick homcbu iit in 1868 for his second wife, Susan Leggett. It was construcied of an . inner wall of adobe blocks and an ouler wal.! of r.e d brick, laler ' painted wh ite_ The town gal i t~ first name, North Cottonwood, af- ' ler two tall cottonwood t"'cs that ' stood on Clark's fa rm . Clark was the first president of the Davis · County l!ank when it opened ils doors in 1862. The home is owned by Cla'rk'5 descenda.nts; : The Heas Home, 30 S, residents are Lewis and Mauree\! Main_ Owned by Milton Clark. and Fern Hess, this pr~irie-style bungalow was built in' 1921 and Joseph Sml!h Clark . used as a home and medical office Home, 340 W. State. This by .three separate doctors over the Victorian Eclectic hOnle was built ' years _. It was originally built by in 1895 by Joseph Smith Clark, . Dr_ Clarence S. Gardner, tM first e1dc.st son of Elra T. Clark_ The physician to li ve permanently in original second stOry was de- , Farmington, .a nd mayor of Farstrayed by fire in ihe 1920s and mington from 192610 1928_ Two not rebuilt. until Cilrrent owners, other owners, Dr. George BuchanVik and Dorothy Arnold, bought an and Dr. Harold Jensen, used it it in 1977_ Much of Ihe res(ora- as. their home and medical office I.ion was done with used lumber . also_ Hess is a former Davis and brick: The hard wood floor in ' County attorney. the living and dining rooms came from an old. Iowa high school gym Oliver Lee Robinson's Barn, 67 W. 100 North . flo or, and other flooring came from the Eagle, Gate apartmenls Th is home, which served as a hay barn for 25 years, waS built in in Salt La~e City. 1872 by Oliver Lee Robinson _ Annie Clark Tanner ' The property was grant.ed to him ~ome, 29 1 W. Slate . by his father, Joseph L. Robinson, Owned by David and Peggy Ba.r- Farmington's .fi(st Mormon bishney, Ihis Victorian style home, s.e.HOMES on 3D @ ~ The John Preece Home: 452 North Main Street The adobe and stone portion of this house was constructed in 1862, with the Victorian Eclectic brick portion added in 1890 by John Preece. Note the stain glass window in front which dates back to that time period. John Preece was 14 years old when he came across the plains with his widowed mother and purchased the small adobe home. The original builder is not known. Parry, John's son, and his wife, Myrtle, eventually acquired the home and raised five children there. After her death in 1975, the house remained vacant until the current owners, Lyman D. Hamblin and Jen Shurtliff, purchased it in 1987. It has been extensively remodeled since then. In tearing apart walls and roof, two 35-foot long log beams from the original dwelling have been exposed. These beams now span across the new high ceiling. The wood floor in the living room came from an old dance hall in North Salt Lake. 452 North Main Street "John W. and Caroline Workman Hess Home: 488 North Main Street Currently owned by Dale and Sharon Williams, this Victorian Eclectic home with a crosswing Ooor plan was built in 1882 for John W. Hess' fourth wife, Caroline. She raised ten children in the original three rooms. After hcr death in 1927, it became the home of Albert Hess, the town's shoemaker. He eventually sold the home to his son, Willard, who served as the town's barber for 33 years. Through the years, three other rooms have been added. The high ceilings, typical of older houses, offer a feeling of spaciousness. The original wood trim around the windows and doors is identical to the trim in the Rock Chapel and lends an air of elegance to the small homc. 488 North Main Street ® The John W. and Mary Ann Steed Hess Home: 479 North Main Street Built prior to 1886, this Victorian Eclectic home is currently owned by Earl and Ann Hess, and used for their catering business. It was constructed of red brick and later painted white. Most of the beveled glass in the windows and doors has survived through the years, as well as some of the old door knobs. The floor of the walkout basement was made of bricks laid close together to keep the room cool for storing milk and cream. this home has remained in the family over the years and eventually belonged to Elmer and Eleanor Hess. He turned the old pantry into a bathroom and built a cinder block utility room off the kitchen during the 1930's. When their son, Earl Hess acquired the home, he remodeled the kitchen to make it more usable for his catering business. 479 North Main Street 8