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Show NPS Form 10-900-a Utah WordPerfect 5. 1 Format (Revised Feb. 1993) OMB No. 10024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. ~ Page ~ Hurricane Historic District, Hurricane, Washington County, UT the contemporary architectural styles in Utah. A typical Hurricane adaptation to the Victorian house appears as a simple cross-wing plan, with modest wood porch and minor trim. 9 Local builders were responsible for most of the initial construction in Hurricane. F.T. Ashton, Christian Christensen, Alonzo Dalton, Jesse Lemmon, and John Stout were contractors in the 1910s. Early masons included Edward Cripps, J.H. Petty, and George Worthen. Amos Workman was the town surveyor for several years during Hurricane's original development period. lO Early Commercial Growth, 1908-1920 In response to flourishing agricultural growth, rapid commercial and economic expansion swept the area in the years soon after completion of the Hurricane Canal. Visitors to the area commented in 1909, "Hurricane, that thrifty new settlement, surely has made great progress during the year in building new homes, school house, hall and planting out thousands of fruit trees and vines." ll The first local brick was produced in 1908. By 1913, Hurricane was furnished with four mercantile stores, an ice supply operation, a new planing mill, and long distance telephone service. Hurricane residents could buy food, fabric, hardware, building materials, and even caskets from Petty, DeMille, and Company, who boasted of having a "fine new building ... the largest mercantile in the county."12 In 1914, William Petty brought a movie theater to Hurricane, which was powered by natural gas. Three hotels were in existence by 1915, all of which were operated from private homes. 13 That same year, Bert Woodbury opened an ice cream parlor, and Petty, DeMille, and Company installed the first automobile gasoline tank in front of their store on the corner of State and Main Streets. By 1916, Hurricane had a population of 750, with "substantial stores, a public school, flour mill, and several long distance telephone connections.,,14 The first automobile garage and service station opened in 1920, and a bank was completed in 1922. Almost all of these early businesses operated within the boundaries of the proposed Hurricane Historic District; many of these buildings still stand. 15 9Victorian styLe houses were corrmonLy bui Lt in Utah from 1880-1910. Victorian styLe in Utah, see Carter and Goss, 110-131. For a thorough discussion of the 10Utah State Directories, 1912-1926. llSomething About Utah and Its Resources, 279. 12washington County News, Apri L 1913. 130ne of these, the Bradshaw House and HoteL, was Listed on the NationaL Register in 1991. ~PoLk (1916-17), 317. 15Var Ley, 3-4. This information was compiLed from excepts of the Washington County News from 1908 - 1920, and from Utah State Directories, 1912-1926. Prominent business Leaders from this period incLude M. CorneLius, MeLbourne & Jennie DeMiLLe, EmiL J . Graff, CharLes B. Petty, Robert Stratton, C.A. & J.L. Workman, (mercantiLe stores); WaLter Stout (pLaning miLL); Bert Woodbury (ice suppLy company and ice cream parLor); Ira & Marion Bradshaw, and Mary Jane & Thomas Reeve (hotels). ...x.. See continuation sheet |
