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Show 0 ""13 No , HX) 7 4-{)UI~ Nil S forrn lU-fKXH. lJlI,h W UlO'''' tH1G c.1 ~ 1 f o rmnl IHOV't>e<J '· cb _ lulUI United State:> Ilepartlll.!nt of the I rat er ior National Park Service o National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Sect ion No. ~ Page _ l_ (J_ Clark L,!fle lIi~o.tul'l c Di s tri ct . I armington. Dav Is Co unt y. Ul co ntemporary elements. The str ucture that was most affec ted by this movement was the original home of Ezra T. and Mary S. Clark, located at 368 West State, which was curr ent ly occupied by Edward 8. Cl ark, Vice President of the Commercial Club. Joining with other resid ents and businessmen, Edward Clark set a bout to "update" his home in accordance with the ideals established by the Commercial Club. Both the interior and exterior of the hous e was updated in 1914, employin 9 the Mission Revival style, a Period Revival 5ty le which was popular at the time. These homes are therefore significant for their association with this period of economic development and civic promotional ism which contributed in large measure to the growth and prosperity of Farmington City during and beyond the first two decades of the twentieth century. One family that resided within the district, not related to the Clarks, was that of Isaac Sears. In 1907, Sea rs, a polygamist, purchased the Timothy B. and Lucy A. Clark house at 208 West State Street where he resided with his first wife, Sarah Jane. In that same year, Sears acquired an adjacent lot where he built a home for his second wife, Lovisa Eldora, located at 33 North 200 West 45 • Sears owned and operated a sa It factory in conjunct i on with MacKegg and James Me 11 us. The i r operation, which shipped to markets in the eastern and western U.S., utilized evaporation ponds near the Great Salt Lake 46 • Development of the district continued as new homes were built b)/ grandchildren of Ezra Clark, adjacent to existing first and second generation honnes. This accounts for the unique variety of architecture found within the district. The majority of Clark family homes continue to be inhabited by third and fourth generation Clark families, among others, who recognize the richness of the legac)/ left by several generations of the Clark family. The district is locally significant because the buildings in the district reflect the way in which Farmington was developed architecturally. The residences and barn within this district provide good examples of a wide range of styles and plans popular in Utah between 1856 and 1940. The buildings range in style and plan that show the evolution of architecture in this area. There is the two-story hall-parlor (?) plan of 1856 that was later altered to include the Mission ~evival style in its front facade. Several Victorian eclectic style homes remain within the district. Bungalows and Period Revival cottages show the later development of the area. See continuation sheet 45Title Abstracts, Davis County Courthouse, Farmington, Utah. 46Hess, Margaret Steed, My Farmington (Salt Lake City: Moench Letter Service, 1976) p. 343 . |
