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This text message is used to keep the image from rotating in ocr process. Be sure to crop the top .25" off after the ocr process. 269 S 200 EAST JUDD , THOMAS, HOUS E S1. GEORGE , WASHINGTON COU NTY 5 UTAH STATE HISTORY 111 11111111111 1111 1111111111111 11111111111111111111111111 1111111 3 9222 50016 8807 This text message is used to keep the image from rotating in ocr process. Be sure to crop the top .25" off after the ocr process. NOMINATION FORM Fo ,,,,\Nc. 10 · 300 \1'-.'" ,O·l~' UNITEDST:\TES DEPART;\IENT OFTHE Ii':TERIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NA TI ONAL REGISTER OF mSTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM RECEIVEQ DA TE ENTERED SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRI ES -- COM PLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS ONAME HISTORIC ANOIOR COMMON Tborra.s IlJ x1d HaJ lse Judd tv1i1es Harre DLOCATION STREET & NUMBER _ NOT FOR PUBLICATION 269 South 200 East CONGRESSIONAL OISTRICT CITY. TOWN VICINITY OF St. C...eorge COUNTY CODE STATE 02 CODE 053 047 DCLASSIFICATION CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS PRESENT USE _DISTRICT _PUBLIC .xOCCUPIED -AGRICULTURE _MUSEUM XBUILDINGfSi XPR IVATE _UNOCCUPIED _COMMERCIAL _PARK _STRUCTURE _BOTH _WORK IN PROGRESS _EDUCATIONAL ~PRIVATE RESIDENCE ACCESSIBLE _ENTERTAINMENT _RELIGIOUS PUBLIC ACQUISITION _SI TE _OBJECT -IN PROCESS _YES : RESTRICTED _GOVERNMENT _SCIENTIFIC _BEING CON SlOE RED _ YES: UNRESTRICTED _INDUSTRIAL _TRANSPORTATION _NO -"'"UIARY _OTHER . DOWNER OF PROPERTY NAME George O. Cannon III STREET & NUMBER (673-2328) 255 South 200 East STATE CITY TOWN St. Georoe _ Utah VICINITY OF DLOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE . REGISTRY OF DEEDS.ETC Washington County Courthouse STREET & NUMBER CITY . TOWN 197 East Tabernacle Street STATE Utah [-earg'" II REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS St TITLE DATE Utah Historic Sties Survey Angnst DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS CITY. TOWN 1976 -FEDERAL Utah State Historical Society Salt Lake City XSTATE _COUNTY _LOCAL E3 DESCRIPTION CONDITION CHECK ONE CHECK ONE XeXCELLENT _DETERIORATED _UNALTERED X ORIGINAL SITE _GOOD _RUINS ~LTERED _MOVED _FAIR _ UNEXPOSED -11' » I \AM DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND OfilGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE 0 (.\ II S\Nj adell- dlJ.dlil ':) (UVlstl1£Vcl u,y, t (' &OHlIC f:?cvlI,Ct1s~le _ {emva.l ra.'750~e.. Ct. DATE _ __ . l("'q~ T -c.ytcV!.5ICA1l General: " Built in 1875-76, the horre is 'II sM~a in plan with the broadside (top of T) The hare is set deeply into the block 'tvith a wide path leading to it flanked on either side by lilac bushes. The whole block-there was no other house on it originally--was planted with fruit trees, alrronds, figs and grapevines. Much of the original landscaping is extant. Building materials consist of lava rock (fOtmdation}, adobe (walls and chimneys), plaster (sheathing scored to reseroble stone, plaster quoins, interior cornices), sandstone (chimney caps), w:x:x:1 (pormes, donrers, cornices, winda.-l and door trim, interior trim). The horre has 1-1/2 stories. £ifciotlg the sbeet. Plan: The top of the T consists of a central hall and stairway flanked by the original living and parlor or sitting roams. The trunk of the T contaiJ1S the kitchen, family room and bath. All bedrcx:ms are upstairs. Porches extend from the trun.'l( of the T but ""ere not part of the original design. ~sign and D=tailing: The front facade is symretrical and reflects the regular arrangerrent of the, floorplan as v.ell. D=tailing of the bays is conventionally federal, the front door bay featuring narra.v transom and sidelights; the upper windo.vs or 6/6 double-hlIDg sash type with ~ lintel caps; the first floor'tv:indo",s of caserrent type, 12 panes per door. Winda..vs on the sides of the horre are 4/4 and 6/6 types. Considerable decorative wooden trim gives relief to the design including bargeboards in the domers, gables and under the cornices, heavily m:>lded window and door casings at the first floor level, w::x:Xlen p::>rch with rrolded and perforated cohmms, rrolded and dentilec1 entablature, fancy railings and balusters. Interior trim is both plaster and \.;ood and is highly decorative and. rrolded. l-hlch interior ~rldng ha.s been grained. to imi tate oak. Exterior walls are plastered and scored to resemble srrooth cut, a:mrsed stone. lwluch of the plaster res fallen off revealing the adobe beneath and the square nails used to secure the plaster to the walls. The three original chinmeys are plastered, except for the sandstone caps which rerrain ~sed.. The distinguishing elerent of the design is the Dixie domer, a doz:rrer \o.hich is franed to extend beyorrl the place in which the wincJo..l sits and has trim \'lhich is flush with the comice trim and actually fo:r:ms part of an unbroken oornice line across the face of the building. '!his unusual feature is of unknCMIl origin but has been docurrented in approximately 25 hanes in 8 small towns in Southem Utah. 'Ille Judd-Miles horne is considered one of the finest remaining structures in this regionally peculiar style. [J SIGNIFICANCE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW PERIOD ~RCHEOLUGY-PREHISTORIC J.RCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC _,400 ,4'39 _COMMUNITY PLANNING _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE _RELIGION _CONSERVATION _LAW _SOENCE _SCULPTURE _,500 15';9 XJ,GRICULTURE _ECONOMICS _LITERA TURE _1600 16H X-\RCHITECTURE _EDUCATION _MILITARY _SOCIAUHUMANITARIAN _1700 1799 _..ART _ENGINEERING _MUSIC _THEATER _PHILOSOPHY _TRANSPORTA nON _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _OTHER ISPECIFY) ~&oO ,8<;9 _COMM ERCE _COMMUNICATIONS X.J700 EXPLORATION/ SETILEMENT _'NDUSTRY ~NVENT!ON SPECIFIC DATES 1876 BUILDER/ARCHITECT Thomas Judd Sf ~ TEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Sicificance The Judd-Miles Harre is historically significant as the harre of bM:J of x--.a....-:..'-.em Utah's rrost prominent individuals. T'narnas Judd was a leader in the develop:xnt. of t:I-e area's econ~. HIs hare \-l2S the center for the pursuit of his personal hJr---iC".lltural interests as the entire block \vas pla.."1ted with fruit trees, vineyards, .l."X! vegetable gardens. George E. Niles, who lived in the home for nearly seVOJlty ·,'=:drS, was, because of his unusual Sf€aking voice and his longstanding kna.vledge of t.'-Je area, a very p:>pular local figure. i\rdUtectural significance of the Judd-Miles Herre sterns from its being an outexarrple of a residential building style characterized by the "Dixie darner" '..7'.ich ....<:IS unique to pioneer Southern Utah. The Judd-z",liles Harre, constructed of lava ~, acbbe and stuccoed on the exterior, features three Dixie domers and a large ::arm, b::>rn \..-ith derorative scrolh~rk sorrewhat unusual for the pericxi and -region. rii t!1 tl'.e broadside facing the road, the residence is othenvise typical, in plan, o:::r..st:rt.:c""Jon a"id eetailing, of better horres built in the mid-1870's. 5~~LL..""!g History ~ stuccoed adobe mrre \vas constructed in 1876 for Thomas Judd. Mr. Ju:1d was In 1864 he was baptized a rrerr:ber of the C'.~L!I of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and traveled to Utah, where he settled in ;.:~..1,h' 5 Dixie. T'nornas Judd becarre the clerk of the Southern Utah Tithing Office and in C~r 1875 joined his financial resources \vith those of E&vin CDrdon vloo11ey and ~ C. Lund to establish the firm of W::lolley, Lund and Judd. Their store, originally ~t..lb.lis.~ in the ST. George Hail, proved so successful ti'.at it presented a threat to the !'t."O::r.tiy established Southern utah Ccoperative r-EIcantile Institution founded by Apostle :-:rJStts 5.'XJW also in 1875. The Southern Utah orr was part of the Church4.vide cooperative ::c-.~ t to develop a self-sUfficient economy thereby excluding the threat of economic cb:::i.....:ltiCl'l by ncn-r.bnrons. Edwin ~.;roolley had been manager of the Cooperative Store until !-...:..:.s Q">Cjsjon to form a partnership with Lund and Judd. _""'5 an apparent result of the rivalry, ail three partners \vere called on proselyting -:-·SSlcr.s curing the Semi-Arumal O1urch Conference in April 1876. Not without sorre ~":fl~ce on Brigham Young, the three ID2D YlJrked out a corrrprc:rnise \Vnereby Ed.'i.in Wcolley .~ se....'I'"i.r-e a russion in t.'l.e United States, ThCAl1a5 Judd T,~Duld return to his i1ative laI1d cf England to try to win converts to the r.brrron faith aT1C Robert Lund \v-auld be l-':e.:rmitted :0 re::rain in Utah to o,t:erate the business . .~~ a bo.o-year sojourn in the mission field fran 1876 to 1878, ~VOolley and Judd ~~~ h:::rre. The silver mining l:xx>m at nearby Silver Reef provided and excellent ~::-tL"'1.ity to exparrl the operations of the finn and store was opened in the building '.!".(C!1 also roused the local offices of Viells FArgO and Cbrrpany. ~V'i th stores in x:-:; Septer.i::er 1, 1846 in Birkenhead, England. DMAJoR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Andrew Karl Larson, I Was Called to Dixie, Tne Ceseret Ne<.vs Press, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1961 .Andrew Karl Larson, Erastus Sna",: 'Ihe Life of A Missionary and Pioneer for the Early lvbrrron Church, 'Ihe University of Utah Press, SAlt Lake City, Utah , 1971. The Ceseret Ner.vs, Cecernber 5, 1966, Cecerrrer 8, 1967, and Cecerrber 10, 1969. ~GEOGRAPHICALDATA ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY lk--<a~GOrlr~e~---­ UTM REFERENCES sGJ I~I~I+I....I....-"--ll I , I , I ZONE EASTING NORTHING 1217,019,2,51 14,110,911,2,51 A~ ZONE EASTING cLLJ I I I NORTHING I I , I I, I I I ! ! I D~ VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION I I I I I I I I If .-; ::: .....:< :..... ,:.: _....." '-; ~ r7 . ! : .. :: .. .., LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES STATE CODE COUNTY CODE STATE CODE COUNTY CODE EElFORM PREPARED BY NAME I TITLE A. Kent PCM'ell, Preservation HistoriaIl ORGANIZA TION Allen D. Rol:::erts Utah State Historical Society DATE Architectural Hi storian July 1977 TELEPHONE STREET & NUM6ER 603 East South 'Ierrple [phone] STATE CITY OR TOWN Utah Salt Lake citv [flSTATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: STATE _ _ NATIONAL_ lOCAl--X.. As the designated State Historic Preservation Offi~! for the Na!!onal ~istoric Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-6651_ I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the N1ihonav Rj?gistei and certify that -it ha-s -been evaluated according to the \ ' . / criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park se~c,e// /.~7' . . I / -,tf;) STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE TITLE Michael D r-.rlll i_van .( !j / //j/~ I L ~DATE q.rp() 1\.,.".., , .... '-J FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THATTHIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER 1"7 , -- _1 Q"7"7 DATE DIRECTOR. OFFICE OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION ATIEST: DATE KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 89 z- 453 FQrm No 10· 300a (Rev. 10· 7·+'") UNITEO STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE Il"TLRIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR N?S USE ONLY RECEIVED NA TIONAL REGISTER OF mSTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM CONTI NUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER DATE ENTERED 8 PAGE 'I\vo St. George and Silver Reef, the finn played an i.rrpJrtant role in the eoonoITI'l.l of Southern Utah. fu...panding from his success in the finn of ~'kx:>lley, LtI:1d and Judd, Thomas Jtrld becarre involved in the developreI1t of the region's agricultural and horticultural potential. In 1865 a <?ardener's Club of St. George was organized for the pu.q::ose of enoouraging local fruit al1d vegetable production by dissirninating inforrration on profi table tecJmiques and potential hazards in crop production. Throughout the 1860' s and 1870' s, Joseph E. Johnson was the primary force behind the club's activities. Accorclir-g to the historian A. Karl Larson, lilt \.;ould probably be no mistake to say that he [Joseph E. Johnson] oontributed rrore to the developrent of the pioneer fruit industry in Dixie than any other person. II (Andre.v Karl Larson, I ~';as Called to Dixie, p. 336.) The Gar~er Club lost its vitality during the 1880's, but in 1888 it \vas reviv-ed with the organization of the St. George Fa.mers' and Gardeners' Club. Thoro.as Judd was elected president of the Club and A. Karl Larson in CCXT1paring Judd's inp:>rtance with that of Joseph E. Johnson, the father of the Dixie fruit industry, ooncludes, "h'hat Joseph E. Johnson was to St. George in an earlier generation, Thomas Judd was to the period of the late Eighties and the Nineties. II (Ibid., p. 345.) In 1889 the LaVerldn Fruit and Nursery Corrpany was inco:q::orated with Thomas Judd as president. The purpose of the company \vas to establish nursery orc...'!ards and vineyards, manufacture wine and liquor, and prorrote fruit raising, stock raising, and general fanning. Irrigation water for the orchards was obtained by taking water out of the Virgin River and transp::>rting it by a caP.al. 'Ihe canal was a difficult engineering feat as a tunnel was rrade through solid rock. and supp:>rting rock walls and fills were frequently necessary. Omstruction in the canal lasted nearly tv.o years and it was not until the Spring of 1891 that the fruit trees were planted. In April 1890 the Washington Cotton Facto:ry, constructed between 1865 and 1870 as part of the l-b:r:rron effort to develop a cotton industJ:y, was leased by Thanas Judd for five years. A. Karl Larson writes of the importance of the cotton facto:ry to the eoonomy of utah's Dixie in the following marmer: "The inp:>rtance of the Facto:ry to the people of Dixie during the tirre of the Judd lease \.;Quld indeed be hard to overestimate. At a tirre when the total rroney supply was scarcely sufficient to pay taxes, the Facto:ry stood 'like the shadow of a great roc.l( in a wea:ry land,' helping the people to rreet their needs. It gave errployrrent to quite a large nurrber; it to:>k the produce of the fann and the herd in exchange for the gc:ods it produced; its rranager, David H. r-brris, sent many tons of ootten batting to z.e.H.I. at Salt La'<.e City and receiv-ed in exa.'-1anae for bns oomrodity store gcods whidl v..'ere traded to the people for the ge.l"1eral products of the area with::mt the use of specie. The Fac"""...o:ry issued, as it f1.2..d rone in the past, its due bills, and these, with tithing scrip, the scrip issued by ~.;oolley, Lund and Judd, and the scrip of the cannaan Cooperative Stock Company, rerved and circulated freely as noney. '!he advertiserrent of the Rio Virgin Mills, as the Factory was no\V referred to, in the Southern Utah Star for July 20,1895, states that tl-.e mills Form No. 10·300.1 (Rev 10· 74) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTEKIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED NA TIONAL REGISTER OF mSTORIC PLACES INVENTOR Y ~- NOMINATION FORM CONTI NUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER DATE ENTERED 8 PAGE Three 'have on hand a general stock of Blal1kets, Flannels, Linseys, Woolen and Cotton shirts and underwear, Table cloth, Tcwels, Towelling, Ginghams, Cotton shirting, etc., which they will exchange for Wool, Cotton, Flour, ~-:neat, Barley, Oats, Pork, Butter, Oleese, al1d The General Products of the Country. Giving the Highest Harket Price. '" (Ibid., p. 230). --The depression of the 1890' s served the interests of the local cotton industry \Vell. Ho..;ever, the return of prosF€rity in the late 1890' s found the fac'-~ry unable to corrpete with the cheaper arrl IDJre attractive goods produced outside of trl-Clh, and as business declined, Judd was forced to cancel his lease. In addition to his active business career, TooIT'as Judd \.;as active in church affairs, serving as bishop of the St. George First Ward fran 1879 to 1896. The haIre, which was constructed in 1876, was sold to George E. Miles in 1900 and Thomas Judd roved into a neV' horre in st. George. He lived until 1922. The hone's second resident, George E. Hiles, also left his mark on utah t s Dixie. Born Cecerrber 9, 1866, in England, he carre to Utah Hith his family in 1878. As a young boy he \'lOrked as a store clerk in Silver Reef. At the age of siX"Lo.en he entered the St. George Stake Acad.errri and eventually passed the teacher's examination. He taught school for a short ti..rre before returning to Silver Reef. Later he took up fanning. Active in cormrunity and church affairs, Mr. Miles served as st. George city clerk for eighteen years, juvenile judge for eight years and as justice of the peace for th.ree tenns. As patriarch of the St. George Sta'l(e for nearly thirty years, Mr. Miles beca.ne a local legend because of his spealdng ability. Blessed with an unusually strong voice he shunned the use of the microphone and bcxxred his rressage to a captivatcil audience. Mr. Miles died in 1970 at the age of 103. "' \ ;, . \: .", , ",, " I f '. ·.i ~ ,~ I , " ..~J . . ~ '''' t: i :.,../., . . ; ' (, I ' : 11 ." \. , f' ,, t , •.J' ,-. r,., , • J ",' - - +- ....'" , , ....... .. . , ~ ·· ·"" · ~·r·i~(f­ .-' , , '! I " ~r. ';·:1 'I1I<.N-\S .Hllm IIOUSE ,St. C:(.'(}r~:c \\':1sll i Ill-! tUIl COlUl tr, LJt all I I I ,I \ j,. , 1 2 /27()~J 2 5/.ll()\1l25 I ." '~ " I .. r oi l I \' f ! I • 'W I • i , ,1 I ! II ,: 10 ( .J~ ... '. 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George, Uta h Ci rculation 3,200 AUG 18 1983- Cannon House •• • Sale" A Large Slice Of y\q, D ·xie His r II "For Sale" a large slice of Dixie History, along with a gracious two story home with twin parlors with 11 foot ceilings and plastered cornices and a graceful staircase winding up to the second floor. The house, known as the " Judd, Miles, Cannon Home," was built in 1876 by English born Thomas Judd, patterned after a country house he had admired in his native land. J udd was a partner in the Wooley, Judd and Lund Mercantile business in St. George and Siver Reef. In 1900 he sold the house to another Englishman, George Miles, who reared his large family in the home that encompassed the entire block. Mrs. Miles, who felt that the family was 'land rich, ' rented the two front parlors to Temple workers of The Church of J esus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1lh blocks from the temple. In 1971, following the death of Miles, the house was sold to the Cannon family who made many restorations of the structure. The home was part of the Washington County Historical Associations first home tour in 1982 and was the setting for a book written by Mary Miles Kleinman several years ago. Last week the house was purchased by the Ence Brothers construc- tion company who plan to build townhouses on the land. Kevin Ence, spokesman for the firm , said " Ideally, the house would be incorporated into a complex of townhouses ." He said architect Larry Andr ews had d rawn preliminary plans for including the house in a compatible complex of surrounding buildings. "We really don' t want to tear it down," he said. Ence said there would be a two month time period to seek a buyer for the home. The construction company has a six week period before the final deal is closed, after which they will pursue their plans for six small townhouses on the property . UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION CLlPPI'NG SERVICE Phone [phone] Salt Lake City, utah 84111 St. George, utah Circulation 7,100 THE DAILY SPECTRUM WASHINGTON COUNTY EDITION AU 7 istoric house endangered .1\year-old ST. GEORGE - The 107- I Washington County Histor- strictly on his own, so we Judd-Miles-Can- ical Society two months to appreciate what he's non house was sold recent- find a purchaser. "We doing." She said there were sevely to the Ence Construction don't really want to tear Co., which in turn placed it the house down." ! ral people who were interup for sale in hope of pre- I Peggy Childs, president ested in buying the house, of the society, said, "we located a few blocks north venting its destruction. Company spokesman feel very fortunate that we ofthe St. George LDS Kevin Ence said the alter- have a developer who has a Temple. native to leveling the house sense of historical apprehere are tax incentives is to find a buyer. ciation. He's (Jay Ence, fa- and possibly state and fedEnce said he gave the ther of Kevin) doing this eral funding available since the house is on the national register, added Childs. Kevin Ence and his brother-partne r s a r e asking $80,000 for the house. Ence said he has preliminary plans for townhouses that would fit in with the architectural style of the landmark home, which once occupied the entire block. The two-story house was built in 1876 by merchant Thomas Judd. He was a partner in the Judd, Wooley and Lund Mercantile Store. In 1900, George Miles bought the house. His family lived there until 1971, when George Cannon III bought it. The Cannon family sold the house to Ence on July 28. L-__ ST. GEORGE - The historic Judd-Miles- up for sale to prevent demolition of Cannon home located at 269 South the house. The house is listed on the ?OO East was sold recently to Ence national register and was built in !;Construction Co. who in turn plac. ed it 1876. ~~::::~~::~~~~~~~~~ ________________________________ Eva Miles, a daughter-inlaw of George Miles, said her family originally sold the house to the Cannons with the understanding that the house would be preserved. "We knew it needed lots of work, but we didn't have enough money to fix it up. She (Mrs. Cannon) has done a beautiful thing of ." -J~itu ~-- -~ -- 7: /J/J ~./") I'P %./~M 7#/A- ~~/J ...,/AA/AO /- fJ 4/?'. ~A/~ h/"/"\6 /A /.II~JJ M ~ l~1-, ~tu t</~ ~ C-~/.?y/;.~/J~/~ 0/d ~~ ~Y7 ~/ .;-~fJ~~ ~~~~ ~~~ A/5 ~ &., ?~-"/~"A~4 -:-///.?/7/)/IA' ~/Y.//xhA'V//1&~ <Jt// ~£fla I' d.<J~ d7 -0 CV.L/ ~{(..... 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',' ' ;:: : ' : ',::," ,' ; ' .:. :.;... ;...;...:. :......::..::.:.......:: ... .:..::.::~:~..:...::..:.:...:... .. :::\X:::::'.::;'j:.:.:;:.:;';'::;":" ..::....:.:.::,'...:.;::::.;::. ::-::..::-.:-: :.::::.:: ..~: . ::. :,......:....:.::... :,::·.:;.:'.;·:::::·:·::::/::::: ..,:,·::X:·. ::i:::,·. .::... .. :::e;::..:.'; .::. r:1 " ' :''':;::'nl::i'~(Iij:,:n.~'f' ni\.i: ::''.' :''::':':' ::';::''':'::: :::::":",-:'::':-, CONDITION INTEGRITY Excellent Altered Good o ~: ~ o:••:••::•••:.::• ••••••••• :••:.•::•••.•••••:••:••.••••••::•••:.•:• •••:•••:••••:•••• f:: . :~.::.·<~·~~~~1.~::r: .:0.¥;.::,·:·:.::.:::>:::'. o Fair (Check One) Unaltered / (]I (Check One) Deteriorated o Moved Ruins 0 o (Check One) Unexposed 0 Or iginal Site Describe the Present and Orginal (if known) Physical Appearance hous e was built in 1876 by Thomas Judd - T -shaped plan lava rock founc:.ations (\'f:L."le cellar in basement ) - used to store church dne adobe wall s, plastered. scored to look like stone adobe or cement quoins painted soft pink, \'lhite trim (Mr. Miles says has been like that ever s inc e he can rememb er) chinmeys adobe, plas tered. , capped with sandstone (end int erior chimney) ne'pr cement porch floor, tin porch roof - origina l gingerbread.y wooden porch pillars thre e bays wide - three double doors on first floor, three Dixie dormer s on second floor 3 fireplac es (two cast iron front s painted to look like marble) door opens with original old key central hall plan - narrm.j steep stairs - beautiful molded ceilings 2 front rooms have fir eplaces, beautiful ceiling moldings hall goes straight back to big "living roomll with fireplace in foot of T of house plan '.o(rindows - 6 ov er 6 original woo':l:i-rork with paint ed ·,vooe1. grain - rim locks on doors unusual ''lindO'" ligJ:lts ar01.md door :fi:k. dirt-floored cellar original wide floor boards cov ered by linoleum pres ent kitchen in red brick addition 01--3. pantry - contains old cupboards, steve, ice box 2 bed ro o~ upst a irs boys in family used to sleep on screened p orch (opposit e side of T from kitchen) - hung tarps over screened openings to keep out storms outdoor toilet was built of adobe, plasteated like hous e inside and out (one of the f eH 3-holers in t01\'Il) -- bathtub in house, drained out un der the hous e - "modern ll plumbing put in about 1925 Hiles family us ed to 01'Jl1 the whole block -- unusual old wooden gate (\'lide gate for hors es & buggi es , small side ~ates for people) still in front -- house surr ounc.ed by ljulberr y trees (for siD< industry) grape vines plant ed to the north and west of house - stone stable still standing on the east side the house is still fi11E..>d \-lith marvelous old furniture (doubt if anything much has been changed since 1925) - much of the furniture is borrcMed from time to time by movie compani es 3-14 I WAS CALLED TO DIXIE farmers.:~ Thi5 association seems not to have survived very long: it is hard to 5ay jU!it when it discontinued. The fncilitie!i of the Gardeners' Club were still being used in 1880 and 1881.24 but the Club had ccased the work for which it had been organized. Lamenting the passing of thi!i and similar orgnnizations. John M. Macfarlane said in 1884: "The farmers ought to organize for improved methods of cultivntion. The Gnrdeners' Clubs nre no longer henrd of: this is not progression."n A revival of both the Gardeners' Club and the Farmers' Association came in 1888 when the St. George Farmers' and Gard~ners' Club was orgnnized .. Its objectives were stated in the Articles of Agreement which were signed on February 6. 1888: The objects of this Club are to hold meetings. for Lectures. interchange of views and experience pertaining to Agricultural and Horticultural subjects: to purcha5e. propagate. and raise choice grain5. grasses. vegetables nnd fruits: to make our own propagating gardens and to do such other acts and business connected with such chnracter and business as to the Club may seem desirable. 2ft Thomns Judd was ch05en president. Charles M. Terry vice· president. Edward H. Snow secretary and trensurer. and William DeFriez nnd James G. Blenk corresponding secretaries. Thomas Judd. who built the home now owned by George E. Miles on Tem~le Street. owned the whole titf. block on which his home wasncatcd He built it well back : oto the hlock. with a wide pnth leading to it flnnked on either side by luxurinnt lilac bushes. The whole block-there was no other house on it-was ; Ianted to [ wit h:ccs. a lmon ds. Ags. and gra pevines There _ as a n arbor. or "summer house" over rown with isabella ra es. The huge mulberry trees. still standing in their massive dignity. s aded 2~Thls Information Is taken from !he mill utes of the orllanlzation over the rerlod from Decrmher 21. IR80 to March 11. 1881. ,,·hlch were among the TC'm,.,re Paper$ now at the Church LIbrary In Salt Lake City. (Typescript in po~~e~~lon of anthor) . . Th"t the GardenC'r!!' Club was no longer active Is attellted by a remark made by_ H('nry W. Miller at the mcetlng of thc A!!soclatlon on January 14. 188t. He ~"Id. "\Vhen the Gardrners Club was alive we raIsed double to what we do now." 24Thls report for the year (880 and the Arlit part of 1881 Is among the St. Gem-pI.' Temple Pnprrs (TypescrIpt In poslIellsion of the Ruthor). 2~Sf. GC'r'rfle Stake l\femornndn. These are tcmporary conference reportll from ,,·htch Jnmell G. Blrak prepnred hI!! Annals• . They are now at the Church . . : . LIbrary In SnIt Lakr City. Frbruary 10. lRM. 2"'nli~ information 111 takt'n from what wall apparently a flrllt draft of th(' Artlc!c~ of AllreCIl1l'nt. It 111 writtcn In James G. B1eak's hand on Ave PilflClI of rounh new~rrint 7" X 9" In pencil. St. George Temple Papers (typescript In possessIon of the author). AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL IMPROVEMENTS 345 the commodious mansion. What Joseph E. Johnson was to St. George in an earlier generation. Thomas Judd was to the period of the late Eighties and the Nineties. 2T This emphasis upon the production of fruit in the Cotton l\·fission grew out of its possibilities as a source of food and income for the hard-pressed settlers. Fruit could be sun.dried Clnd kept for winter usc; it could also be freighted north as fne as Salt Lake City where it was exchanged for other much·needed goods. A lot of value was tied up in a load of dried peaches. apricots. apples. and raisins. and it WilS not at all damClgcd in transportation over some of the roughest roads in the \V cst. Grapes. peaches. and npricots came into heavy bearing in a very few brief years. so that there was no long wait between the time of setting out an orchard or vineyard and the time when returns began to .:ome in. When autumn came the settler could load hi5 seamless sacks (made at the Washington Cotton Factory) full of dried fruit into his wagon box and hend north. If he went to Salt Lake. the round trip consumed three or fOllr weeks. depending on how good his outfit was. He could usually find rc1ntives or friends with whom he could stny overnight in the settlements that dotted the Wasatch Front on the road to SnIt Lnke City. When he arrived at his destination. he went to the stores where he exchanged his load for the merchandise he needed. When Z. C. M. I. came into being. this Mormon firm took much of the fruit from Dixie's peddlers. Indeed. after the establishment of the cooperative stores all over the Territory. the "Co·ops" to be found in nenrlY every Mormon Village became clearing house5 for the dried fruit. molasses. and wine produced in the Cotton Mission. For example the Cooperative store at Rockville collected 36.000 pounds of dried fruit in 1885 and freighted it to Salt Lake City where it was sold.28 Typically the pioneers turned necessity into recreation. Cutting up the ripe fruit and getting it on to the scaffolds to dry was a big chore. sometimes bigger than a single family could manage; so they invited in the neighbors to help. and the burden 27Thoma~ Judd was a member of the hl~torlc Ilrm of Woolley. Lund and Judd. This company was a powerful force In the development of the Cotton Mls~lon. not only IIi mercantile affairs but also In the development of It!! allrlcultural and livestock posslhilltles. Judd In particular played a lead!nll role In the founding of the town of La VerkIn. where fruIt-growIng bccame the Iradlng allrlcuitural activity. 2Pl\fanu.•cript History of Zion Park Stake. BI~hop Charlcll N. Smith. mana{ler of the Rockville C'.ooprrative ~torc. made this report to TIle Dcseret New:s while he was In Salt Lake CIty (NrH·s.34 :673). ~~~~=-:'Iil: t~~: \'::$.l~:f;J.~~¢:~::~: ;:;/!::i\:':':\·\::.:.'}::.::;;::':;!;?:{:: :~::;::;.,/:}:j;:;.:.\).:).:::.:!!;:!.:;!;:/:,;::~;::':; ,:\>!i:{)):i:::.::!;:!':;!;?::.:)~·::-::·:;:/:}:;::;;·;·:'::::'i:::.::;;:i.:;{·?::)::~::;::;·,/:}:j;{·:< :':<. ~ -j. PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) :~:~~~::~::n ~ :~:~ ~:~:~~: g :::~~r~n~ry ~S~P~E~C~I~F~IC~D~A~T~E~(S~)~n~f~A~P-P~I~ic~ab~l~e-a-nd~K~n_ow ~ n_d_0_t_r._O __ 3rd Otr. 0 Historic Agriculture Architecture Art Commerce Communications Conservation g 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 :~~i:a:~~i:9 g ::I/i:~:~/ Invention Science Industry Landscape Architecture Literature Military Music 3rd Otr. 0 20th Century 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Philosophy Sculpture 0 0 0 0 ~:~:~ (:I;:~i~~ Social! Humanitarian Theater Transportation ~ 'l ~ ~:;L ~~ 4 ~ ~ ~J . 0 ___4_t_h_0_t_r._O ______ 2_nd__ 0_tr_._O___ 4_th_Q __ tr_._Gt __________________ AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) A:r:~::;::iC :::~~r~n~ry ~ l ":!. . .,..., ~ . 0 0 0 ~ STATEMENT OF HISTORICAL SIGNI FICANCE (Include Builder/Architect, Orginal & Subse'luent Owners, Dates, Events, Etc.) ~ .. . ' J T~~ ) ~ (; . UJ~ ) ~ C- . ~~ built 1876 by Thomas Judd - JuQ8: & Wooll soy had general me~chandise stores in st. George & Silver Reef (V-Ioollsey desc ende~'lt still does in st. Georgt: J ) i 0eorge E. Miles bought the house in 1900 - he had 6 children (son lives next door) George Hiles was a farmer - LDS Stake clerk for many years, st. l GeDrge city clerk - was a patriarc h of the church tihen he died in 1970 aged 103 ac cording to Halter Hiles, wine cellar in house was u s ed to make \1ine (and store it) for . . Stake to sell - barr els and grape crusher 3 are still in cellar I ~ ~ \ t~.·:::· :::::M · ~.Q :Jt;:us~·.;::.iitD'·:()BR:A:P.HteAt::R£F.·~#~-Nri.E$\16~tiM~Nl.~:·::to.a:tt¢A:tJtit~.rS'::::irt.tP.ORt.s:· :·: tJ~~A~£.~$}:~!:;':::::::::':-::::: 1:', '~';:"'" ... :ItI!Io' .. .:~. :..~ .. :., .... ;', . : ..... .. ... :~.~~~~: .. .. : . . . -: . . ~~ ... .... .. 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Noyes Home Ephraim, Sanpete County, Utah UfM Reference : 12/449700/4356650 ROAD CLASSIFICATION Control by USGS an d USC&GS 6000 Topography by photogramme tric methods from aerial ph otographs taken 1963 . Field checked 1965 and 19 66 Po lyc onic projec t ion. 19 27 Nort h American da t um 10,OOO·foo t grid based on U tah coo rd ina te sys te m, centra l zon e lOOO-mete r Univers al Tran svers e M ercator grid t icks, zon e 12, shown in blu e Red t in t in d ic a tes a reas in which on ly la ndmar k buil ding's are show n F ine red dashed li nes ind ica te selec ted fe nce li nes 7000 FEET Heavy·duty I o CONTOUR I NTE RVA L 4 0 FE ET DOTT ED LI N ES RE PRES ENT 10 ·FOOT CO NTO URS DATU M IS MEAN SEA L EVEL UT M GR ID AN D 1966 MAG N ETIC NO RTH DEC LI NAT IO N AT CEN TER OF SHEET QUADRANG LE LOCATION TH IS MAP COMPLIES WITH NATI ONAL MAP ACCU RACY STAND AR DS FOR SALE BY U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DENVER . COLORADO 80225. OR WASHINGTON , D. C. 20242 A FOLDER DESCRIBING TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS AND SYMBOLS IS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST light·duty .. Unimproved dirt =,,====== U. S. Route o State Route EPHRAIM, UTAH N3915-W I I13017. 5 1966 AMS 3662 I SE-SERIES Va97 / :J. - .s=-;; , -'-""""b Utahn's Seen Quite a Lot In 99 Years By Jessi~ Empey Tribune Correspondent ST. GEORGE - A southern Utah man, who becomes a cenlenarian Friday, says that reading is his recreation. But George E. l'tllies, St. Goor;;e, has a few stories of his own to tell. He has been a school teacher, city clerk fDr 18 years, juvenile judge and justice of the peace. He is a former patriarch of the St. George. Stake, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. While employed as a young man in Silver Reef - now a ghost town - Mr. Miles said. "I took all the dead people to tluMr grav~ My delivery wagon was built just right for a hearse.'~. HI'! sald_the CJtj. DeSt'! had .a small cemeieq 1OUtbea.st. 01 Bonanza. Flat» Throw Paper Mr. Miles recalled that when. a Chinese persaa died, he was earned ODd litter. "One or two ChiJIeae men preceded them. tbrowIng lots of pieces of paper about two inches &quare. JD every direction. ''ThIs wu..done to keep the devil busy gathering up the paper so he couldn't get to the ifIlveyaM before the body arrived. . nen burial could take place before he ·a rrived." ?Ir. Miles explained. The Chinese also believed men and women needed time to eat and drink on their way 'to heaven. "So they'd put roast pork and liquor on the grave and iO away." 111gb 'nme "When ~ening came, the Indians would come there. I They'd eat the roast pork and other food and drink the }j. quor until some of them would really have a higb time am0 themselves." Some historians believe the bodies buried in the cemetery were later shipped . back to China by relatives.. Today the graveyard is filled with stones outlining burial plots. but no markers identify individuals. LoDdOil Native Mr; Miles was born Dec. 6, lB66, in London, England, toJohn Henry Wlll1am and Jane Mary Wyatt Miles. The family moved .to St.· George in 1877. He married Josephine Jarvis. His SODS and daughters are Walter, Maurice. Mrs. Clinton (Ann) Fuller and Mrs. How· ard (Mary) Kleinman, aU st. George: George J., Cenler· ville, Davis County and Dr. Henry J., Urbana, His family will honor Mr• .Miles with an open house Sat· urday at the St. George Fifth· Sixth LDS Ward Chapel from :z to 4 p.m. n, m. DESERET NEWS, Wedne~daYI December 10, 1969 ST. GEORGE Even though the world is bothered with evil, racial problems, war and young dissenters, "it's still a wonderful place to live" and "trust in God will win out." That's the optimistic philosophy of George Edtnul1d Miles who celebrated his 1031'[ birthday ar,niversary Tuesday. Although "slowing up a litlle," Miles reached his 103rd year healthy and alert. A member of The Church of Jesus Christ ot Latter-day Saints, he keeps busy as, St. George Stake patriarch, a' position he has held for 29 years. Miles reflected that 91 years ago, he left England, where he was born on Dec. 9. 1866, for Salt Lake City. III' rememhered the rugged 14-day \\'olgon trip from Salt Lake City to St. George where his family settled. Only 1,300 people lived in St. George at that time, and we didn't have any money. Everyone traded for what tlleY needed," he recalled. "The old boom town of Sil· v<'.r Herr is where I got my elh:cation from the miners aWl drifters who came and went. But there were a lot of cooLl, well·educated \leo pie tllere, too, and I learned to listen and keep my mouth ~hut. Laler I was able to go to school in the old' Tabernalce basement in SI. George," Miles said. When he was 27, Miles married Victoria Josephine Jarvis, daughter of George Jarvis, the first settler in St George. She died In 1941. lIe stillliyes in the home he purchaseu soon after hIs mar- George E. Miles ••• "trust in' God" riage. There he and his wife reared seven children, six of whom are still living. His family also includes 28 grandchil. dren, 37 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Miles notes with pride that his family includes six with Ph.D. degrees, three with master's degrees, 10 college graduates, nine Church miSSionaries, one registered nurse. foul' biological and chemical research scientists nnd 16 school teachers. I1is six' living children are George J. Miles, Centerville, Davis County; Dr. Henry Miles, Urbana. TIL; WaHe!' J. Miles, Mrs, Clinton (Ann) Fuller and Ml'S. H a \V a r d (~Jary) Kleinman, ~Jl ot. ·St>. George, and Maurice J .. Miles. Henderson, Nev. At 103, He Remains An All-Out Optimist 30 B _... rn ~ ::J' ~ Q '< "'.. 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( ~ /)'I-V-~()-;t ~4 J -k; .~d <'Q pp ~.s-z- (./ ~ $Z.~-. llw~' p 'I} -A. ~ (Y1 OVI)II.Mr u.L,J, 1wJeJ.. p~ Ce - - M'i:iu. ~ ~ I ~~ 4~(/~ d/ /9)/ I This text message is used to keep the image from rotating in ocr process. Be sure to crop the top .25" off after the ocr process. STATE OF UTAH Calvin L. Rampton, Governor DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES May 12, 1971 Division of State History Dr. Charles S. Peterson, Director 603 East South Temple Salt Lake City, Utah 84102 Telephone: (801) 328 - 5755 Mr. Walter J. Mi les 255 South 2nd East St. George, Utah 84770 Dear Mr. Niles: We are pleased to inform you of the action of the Governor's Historic and Cultural Sites Review Committee on May 5, 1971. This Committee recommended that the THOMAS JUDD HOME in St. George be listed on the Utah State Register of Historic Sites. We wi II be presenting you an official Certificate of Listing on the State Register and hope that a marker can be placed in the proximity of the property to properly identify it. \-/e are enclosing a copy of the Governor's Proclamation establishing the State Register. We are happy that this recognition has COOle to this historic site, and we are anxious that its historical integrity be preserved. If you have any questions or recommendations, please feel free to contact us. Sincerely yours, C~t~~ Keeper Utah State Register of Historic Sites CSP:hm Enclosure STATE HISTORY BOARD: Dr. Milton C. Abrams, Chairman • Theron H. Luke • Juanita Brooks . Cleo L. Jensen • Howard C. Price, Jr. Dr. Dello G. Dayton Dr. Dean R. Brimhall Jack Goodman Clyde L. Miller • Elizabeth Skanchy Naomi Woolley This text message is used to keep the image from rotating in ocr process. Be sure to crop the top .25" off after the ocr process. ~S.5 , S' ~ .-- tJ7) .c- -' J), d;k(f/ ~ ?l11(j ~ tl, )9/ / ft 73 -Z511 This text message is used to keep the image from rotating in ocr process. Be sure to crop the top .25" off after the ocr process. CORRESPONDENCE STATE OF VL\I I Scott :\1. :\lathcson. (;on:rrWf I)EP.\RT:\lE~T February 27, 1978 OF I)F\T.U)P:'1E~T SE:~ '\lCL~ :'.lich3d D . G:\l\i\',lIl ExeC1I1 in: Director IOol State C:lpitol Sot!t LIke City, Ct:th S·lI I'; TelqJhone: (SOl) :d3 ,~,9·jl George Q. Ca~~on, III 255 South 200 East St. George, UT 84770 ~tr. Dear Mr. Cannon: It is ITl'j distinct pleasure to info1:iTI you that ti:e Thorras Judd House, nominated by the Historic and CUltural Sites Revie,v Cc:7rtcittee and the Utah State Historic Pres8rvation Officer, \\'as officially lis::~ on the National Register of Historic Places by the Naticnal Park Service and Dr. Hilliarn J. Hurtagh, Keeper of t.1-je National P--egister, on January 31, 1978. \';e encourage th8 preservation of t..1-jis National Historic Place. Your attention is directed to t11e provisions of the NcJ.tiona.l Eistoric Preservation Act of 1966 (P.L~89-665) Title I, Section 106: The head of any Feeeral agency huvir...g direct or indirect jurisdiction over a prop)secl Federal or fe62yally :::.ssisted undertaking in Ch'1y State anc. the head of any Fec:eral ceparbTalt or independent agency having aut...1-jority to license any undertaking or prior to the issuance of &"1Y license as the case IT'ay be, take into acrount t..l-:te effect of the under-loaking on any district, site, building, structure, or object that is incluCed. in t..'f-}e National Register. T'ne head of any such Federal ager:cy shall afford the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation established under Title II of this Act a reasonable opr:ortunity to aJr.ment \>lith regard to such UDeertaking. Enclosed is a brochure giving inforrration on the National Register. gratulations on t..~e dis tinct honor given ~~ou .and .:the State of Utah. / . ,' , OUr con- , Sir:cerely, ',: ', \ I \/ I/t 1-1<',· c~ l./',.;......Lt. /_~ J !/ : ; ...- I :o:ic};c.e{D. Gall ivan FX2c'.ltive Director and Stute Historic Preservation Officer Ip Enclosure j)!\ ' ISIOS or: . 1:\IHOS'fRL\1. 1';~()~t{)IIO:\ ·IR .\\TL )}L\TIO\,~IE:\T . EXPOSITI():\S 0 ST.\TE IIIS"i"ORY . !T'i ~ .\R TS FROM: J/zMJ£ 9. ~ -IZT TO: State Historic Preservation Office o~ am aware of the survey work that will incl ude my property located at 255 South 2nd East, St. George, Judd-Miles Residence and assent to its consideration by the Governor's Review Committee. [J I do not assent to consideration of the above property by the Governor's Review Committee. Signature Title Date ~ C~ .~+ 1 ~~ [J. rt~ I ; ; j /'17~ Comments: ...-Io.p (- ~ J (A ) ~ < July 31, 1972 Mr. Walter J. Miles 255 South 2nd East St. George, Utah 84770 Dear Mr. Miles: JUDD-M ILES HOME Bui It 1876 by Thomas Judd. Owned by George E. Miles from 1900 until his death in 1970 at the age of 103. Built with Lava Rock Foundations and Plastered Adobe Walls. May 12, 1971 Mr. Walter J. Miles 255 South 2nd East St. George, Utah 84770 Dear Mr. Miles: We are pleased to inform you of the action of the Governor·s Historic and Cultural Sites Review Committee on May 5, 1971. This Committee recommended that the THOMAS JUDD HOME In St. George be listed on the Utah State Register of Historic Sites. We will be presenting you an official Certificate of Listing on the State Register and hope that a marker can be placed in the proximity of the property to properly identify it. We are enclosing a copy of the Governor·s Proclamation establishing the State Register. We are happy that this recognition has come to this historic site, and we are anxious that its historical Integrity be preserved. If you have any questions or recommendations, please feel free to contact us. Sincerely yours, Charles S. Peterson Keeper Utah State Register of Historic Sites CSP:hm Enclosure