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Show 5 w ? {j} I O § g >; O <J> I Architect/Builder: Harenus Mortensen ___________________: Building Materials: frame_______ Building Type/Style: pattern book Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) Gable facade one-and-a-half story house with door on rear "T" Ship-lap frame, House has changed little since its construction, Statement of Historical Significance: D Aboriginal Americans D Agriculture ^Architecture D The Arts Q Commerce D Communication D Conservation P Education rj^Exploration/Settlement a Industry Q D D D D MHitary Mining Minority Groups Political Recreation D D D D Religion Science Socio-Humanitarian Transportation Marenus Mortensen was born in Denmark in 185"?. His father. Knvo, was a "hornspoon" maker. The family converted to Mormonism in 185*+ and emigrated to Utah in 1863. Spring City was their first home. They were "called" to settle Monroe, Utah but returned to Spring City when Indian hostilities forced the abandonment of that community. Karens was raised a farmer and later learned the carpenter's craft, Mortensen was undertaker for Spring City for many years and made all the coffins in a workshop on the second floor of this house, 1870 patent deed to Knud Mortensen, holds property through 1890, ^knud probably had an earlier adobe house on the lot before his son erected this house, Marenus Mortensen gets lot by decree in 1903j and the new house could have been built soon after this date. |
