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145 5 g H 2 »I * o cc < Architect/Builder: Peter Monson Building Materials: stone______ Building Type/Style: ^ flril1fl ,_____ Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: " : - (Include additions, alterations, ancillarystructures, and landscaping if applicable) - • .. ' .'••-''-.-. --'.,->' - - - :. "-•--. . • The basic floorplan for this house can be traced directly to Scandinavia. The noted Swedish Folklife scholar, Sigurd Erixon, has labeled the type "Parstuga" or pair house. The type is characterized by a large central unit flanked by a "pair* 1 of rooms, one on each side. The Swedish examples frequently divide the central room in half, the front being an entryway and the rear a Bedroom. None of the Sanpete Gounty examples follow this practice, yet the basic plan remains:intactt The house is stone and has a Gothic inspired central gable. The piercing externall reveals the interior form..iThree central openings, door and two windows, are located in the.main room, while the flanking rooms are alloted a window each. The home has a large rear "T" which houses the kitchen. Statement of Historical Significance: D D Hr D D Aboriginal Americans Agriculture Architecture The Arts Commerce D D D P 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 The Monson-Larsen House is certainly one of the most spectacular of Spring City's . nineteenth-century buildings-.- The Scandinavian "pair house" design makes this dwelling of particular historical importance for it helps articulate the process of ethnic accul­ turation and assimilation in a Mormon Village Settlement, : Monson came from Sweden and was a miller by trade. He was unsuccessfull at milling in Spring City but became a successfull farmer. Monson built this house for Lars Larsen and his daughter Petrea. Monson himself lived in an adobe house just east and was on the Spring City council and served as first counselor to the.Bishop of Mt. Pleasant. The house was started in 1871 and completed in 1883. The original picket fence survives and the house is on the whole unaltered. 1870 deed to Stephen Allred, 1977 to William H. Grant $200, 1878 to Rodney Swasey $300; 1878 to Peter Monson $300. Monson's estate to Petria Monson,1890.