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Spring City 269 name by making periodic fishing trips to U t a h Lake and elsewhere and then pulling his catch up and down the streets on a block of ice, selling the fish to townspeople. 22 Sheathed adobe dwellings include the Olsen-Nielsen-Schofield home, a stucco-over-adobe Mormon-style house with decorated gables built by Andrew Olsen. Outbuildings include a somewhat dilapidated rock stable built by Hans Nielsen, a later occupant. Joe Schofield, who bought the home from Nielsen, ran a livery stable and shuttled mail and passengers between town and the Denver and Rio Grande depot located about a mile to the west. In addition to these responsibilities he drove the school wagon to Mount Pleasant. 23 T h e Scandinavian community left an imprint that, while visible, is not readily discernible. T h e acculturation of this immigrant group eliminated most of the readily identifiable landscape elements distinguishing these Danish settlers. Upon arriving in Spring City many Danes built homes and outbuildings reminiscent of those in the old country. Homes were long and low in appearance with doors and windows asymmetrically arranged in the facade. Chimneys were often built in the center in contrast to the gable-end chimneys characteristic of the Mormon-style home. Outbuildings were constructed in close proximity to the home or were sometimes attached. Thatching was a common roofing material. Rock appeared more typically in Scandinavian outbuildings and is symbolic of the especially fine treatment Danes lavished on their livestock. Woven willow fences were erected but were not widespread. 24 T h e best remaining example of a Scandinavian-style dwelling in Spring City is the Erick Sandstrom home. This stucco-over-abode dwelling exhibits the long, low appearance, asymmetrical arrangement of door and windows, and the central chimney so characteristic of Scandinavian building styles. Sandstrom was a Swedish immigrant who had two wives, Margaret and Johannah. H e was particularly careful to treat each of his wives in the same manner. An identical dwelling was located directly west of the above structure for the second wife. T h e twelve Sandstrom children all attended the Methodist school. 25 While the H a n s Jorgen Hansen home has been remodeled, the Scandinavian influence remains apparent. A one-and-one-half-story cut22 Olga T. Black, manuscript in her possession, Spring City; Hope, Ellis, and R. Schofield interviews. 23 Interview with H u g h Davis, April 4, 1974. 24 Hope interview and photographs in the posses >ion of Rose R. Schofield, Spring City; Aiken and Black interviews. 25 Hope interview.