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224 5 Arch itect/Builder: ^^^ Building Materials: adobe under siding Building Type/Style: vernacular__________ —————-———————•————'—————•——————————-—.————————————————————————-—————————— Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) The oldest part of this house was built in 1875 by Mads Nielsen. The house was, from present day evidence, was a slightly aysmmetrical house which faced south. The facade was three-opening but was arranged so that the west room the smaller of the two was slightly longer and extended out about three feet further than the east room. The difference in length is made up in the porch which is identical in plan to the old par of the Mads Nielsen house. Many additions occur to the rear, the north, and most were effected in the years after 1949. The house is now an "H" plan. g > O {/> I Statement of Historical Significance: D D D D D Aboriginal Americans Agriculture Architecture The Arts 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-Humanitatian Transportation) • : -\. /*^~ This house is highly unusual in Sanpete County, but another-Jlan just like it can be found in Fairview, indicating that the folk building traditioiy was 'diverge enough to accomodate it and that it is not just an individual eccentricity^ :r £ I Mads Nielsen was born in Denmark, May 23,1842. In 1\85^ his parents, ciasmus / and Diana, joined the IDS Church and emmigrated to Utah. The family helped-Mrst to settle Circleville, but in 1867 were forced by Indian problems to come back to Sanpete County. In 1872 they came to Spring City where Rasmus and Mads turned to farming: Mads married in 1866 to Ellen Allred, daughter of James T.S. and Eliza B. Allred.,^The original house was built by Mads and a little while later one room was added the back on the north. The original two room house had a provision for hiding J.T.S. Allred, Mad's father-in-law, who was hounded by the authorities for practicing polygamy. A manhole type affair was constructed underneath one of the floors which has since been covered.