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Show Spring 275 City lovely fireplaces, a beautiful newel post and stairway, several leadedglass windows, and hand-grained paneled doors. This was the first home in town to have indoor plumbing, utilizing water piped from a spring four blocks east of the home to a storage tank still found in the attic. If the water supply from this source ran low a p u m p west of the house connected a well to the storage tank.'''' T h e small cut-stone building just north of the Johnson home served as the judge's court and office. Jacob Johnson came to Utah in 1854 from Denmark. In 1863 he went to California to study law and in 1872 came to Spring City where he opened a law office and acquired a colorful reputation. H e held numerous public offices and was Seventh District judge, presiding over all of southeastern Utah before his election as a state representative. 3 ' T h e Johnson rock barn and granary are also worthy of note. T h e barn contains stalls for six horses and ample room for storing hay as well as a wagon. Its large scale and finished rock construction make it unique 30 Information given by Clifford and Ruth McKinney, on file at the Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City. 17 Lever, History of Sanpete, 496-97. Spring City's most elegant residence was built by Judge Jacob Johnson for his second wife, Matilda. The home was built in several stages and carefully integrated into a pleasing whole. Photograph courtesy of Clifford McKinney. I v '••. £.*& J-v, &?< jt&£i<r>z **"*&*! *" Jt*-&: M~ ''H»\4tt}'-> •§ *£? :-V "t^'W^ ^ns? n.!i^>-«<* "i i g i . — n y - t— '.' "Wm '" » • ^n • - TR «"X—'IfWfc-T J |
