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186 Though c o m p le te d a t a a r e l a c k i n g on t h e "H" house t y p e i n t h e Mormon West b e c a u s e o f i t s r a r i t y , t h e few r e m a in in g exam ples i n d i c a t e t h a t t h e "H" p r e s e r v e s t h e b a s i c form e le m e n ts t y p i c a l o f m ost o t h e r Mormon h o use t y p e s . The "H" may be one o r two s t o r i e s , have c e n t r a l o r i n s i d e end chim neys, have c e n t r a l o r r e a r s t a i r c a s e s i n th e main s e c t i o n s , and c o n f i n e a l l e n t r a n c e s t o b r o a d s i d e s r a t h e r t h a n t o g a b le ends. In t h e c a s e o f t h e "H ," i t a p p e a r s t h a t e n t r a n c e s o t h e r th a n th o s e l o c a t e d on t h e i n t e r c o n n e c t i n g c e n t e r s e c ­ tio n te n d t o be on t h e i n n e r b r o a d s i d e s f a c i n g one a n o th e r r a t h e r t h a n o utw ard t h e h o u se . f a c i n g away from t h e o u t e r b r o a d s i d e s o f T h is same c h a r a c t e r i s t i c i s t r u e o f many g a b l e - f a c a d e "T" and "L" h o u s e s . The Houses o f P o ly g a m is ts In 1890, a f t e r y e a r s o f p r e s s u r e by f e d e r a l o f f i c i a l s , t h e Mormon Church h i e r a r c h y f i n a l l y a g re e d t o c e a s e g r a n t i n g 4 p l u r a l m a r r i a g e s . U n t i l t h a t ti m e , polygamy was p r a c t i c e d a n d e n c o u ra g e d e s p e c i a l l y f o r t h e Church l e a d e r s i n t h e l a t e Nauvoo p e r i o d and th r o u g h o u t th e U tah p e r i o d . In p r a c t i c e , polygamy was l a r g e l y an u p p e r - c l a s s i n s t i t u t i o n among th e Mormons, f o r o n ly a m i n o r i t y o f t h e men c o u ld a f f o r d t o sup­ p o r t more t h a n one f a m ily a t a t i m e . 4 In c u r r e n t a n t h r o p o l o g i c a l u sa g e t h e te rm ’’p o lyg y ny " more a c c u r a t e l y d e f i n e s th e Mormon p r a c t i c e o f men t a k i n g p l u r a l s p o u s e s , b u t "polygamy" i s u s e d i n t h i s s t u d y f o r t h a t i s t h e te rm u s e d by t h e Mormons th e m s e lv e s and by t h e l o c a l and f e d e r a l c o u r t s o f law a t t h e t im e . Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.