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Show Architect/Builder: BuildingMaterials: los_________ Building Type/Style: vernacular Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) Rectangular cabin type house with internal partition, Three-opening facade, Logs are hewed, chinked with mud and stone, and the corners-timbering is half~dovetail, The log house seems most likely to have been the original house built on this site but now has been moved to a subordinate position on the lot to the rear and north east of the new house, g Statement of Historical Significance: >; ;o & X D D w D D Aboriginal Americans Agriculture Architecture • The Arts Commerce D'Communication D Conservation D Education D Expiration/Settlement D Industry D . D D D D Military Mining Minority Groups Political Recreation D D D D Religion Science Socio-Humanitarian Transportation Signigicant as a substantial log dwelling of the early years of Spring City settlement, The lot was owned by a variety of individuals, Andrew N, Olsen sold his claim to James A, Thompson in 1878, 1879 the lot goes to Hyrum Petersen, Petersen holds the lot until 1887 when he sells to James Andreas Jensen for $250, the first sizeable increase in property value. Petersen could have been the builder of the log house and the barft. Jens Jensen holds the lot until 1899 when he sells to Niels Peter "Baker" Jensen, Locals associate the lot and barn with Baker Jensen, but it seems that the cabin and barn were standing prior to his 1899 purchase, |
