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Show Architect/Builder: £ [^ Building Materials: log——————————————————————————————— and adobe_____Building Type/Style: vernacuiar ———————————————————————i-f *••*•* wmvr* -' Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) H" X o= 6 > cc O 0) I - This unusual house is composed of two sections built at different times. The west section is log and undoubtedly was the first completed section. The logs on the lower part of the log section are hewed and held together at the corners with a "V" notch. The front of the log room has a window- door opening pattern. The adobe section occurs to the east and was appended to the early log structure. In the process, the log section was made higher, the last three tiers of logs are halfdovetail corner -timber ing and much more carefully worked. The adobe section was then built up to the level of the original log section. The two rooms are joined by the sharing of the two top logs on both front and back, i.e., the plate log and the log directly underneath both span the entire length of the building. The house is fronted by a full- length porch which follows the pitch of the roof as it overhangs the front. The porch posts are mortised into the porch beam. There is an arched cut board over the door in decorative fashion. The front is hopelessly asymmetrical . The interior of the house remains original though now totally in disrepair and crumbling. The plaster is a yellowish off-white and "feathered" with purplish brush strokes to give a textured appearance. The top of each interior wall is graced with a line of stenciling, also purple. The two rooms have different stencil patterns. Statement of Historical Significance: D Aboriginal Americans D Agriculture [^Architecture Q The Arts O Commerce a O D Q O Communication Conservation Education Exploration/Settlement Industry D Q D a a Military Mining Minority Groups Political Recreation D D D a Religion Science Socio-Humanitarian Transportation The stenciling on this house alone make it historically significant. This is the first occurrance of stenciling uncovered in Sanpete County and indicates the possi bility that at one time there was much more, now covered over with many layers of paint from later generations. 1870 George Brough; 1873 Charles Johnson $18.50; Jan. 1877 Andrew N. Olsen $40.00; June 1877 Gardine Olsen $200; March 1879 Jens P. Olsen $200; 1881 Mathias Jensen $250; transfers to wife Melle Marie Jensen 1890 for $1, then to Jacob C. Jensen in 1901 for $1. Olson P. Hansen buys for $450 in 1902. It is difficult to point to any of these people as specific builders. From evaluation alone, we might speculate that Andrew N. Olsen built the log structure and Mathias Jensen added the adobe section after 1881. Certainly the house was completed to its present form by 1902. |
