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Show Architect/Builder: Willev P. Allred Building Materials:stone w/ stucco Building Type/Style: vernacular ———————•——•—————————•———•—————————————————————— Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) This house is a three-opening, symmetrical facade "hall and parlor" type dwelling. It is one-and-a-half stories high with a stone foundation and a frame bay window added on the north side. This bay was probably appended at the same time as the brick rear "L". The house lot contains ^a well preserved picket fence and what remains of a shed-roofed stone and adobe granary. g > O <Jj I Statement of Historical Significance: D Aboriginal Americans D ^Agriculture Sf Architecture D The Arts D Commerce D D D D D Communication Conservation Education Exploration/Settlement Industry • D D D D D Military Mining Minority Groups Political Recreation D D D D Religion Science Socio-Humanitarian Transportation Wiley P; Allred was an early member of the LDS Church and was set aside as a medical doctor by Joseph Smith. Allred practiced medicine in Spring City, using a number of different herbs for treatments. Interviews with local residents reveal that dances were often held in this house. In the early 1900's, this dwelling was inhabited by Jim Watson, The 1870 deed goes to Frederick Wall. 1875, Wall sells to Andrew J. Allred for $160.00. Andrew sells both lots 2 and 3 to Wiley P. Allred in 1878 for $500.OO/ Ole Olsen buys it (and lot 2) in 1886 for $1000. who immediately unloads it to Harrison Fugane for $1400. Fugane sells in 1.888 to George L, Hyde, Wiley P. Allred most certainly built the original part of this house in the years immediately after 1878. Willey was born in 1818 and was a son of James Allred, |
