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Show PRESS It • association with William D. Roberts. who was involved in the early development of Utah and the Provo area." Hyde said this home is presend¥ t'or sale and because it. is in neccI of some preservation. its future is uncertain. Nancy Manning, present owner of the William H. Ray House (named after one of Provo ' s more predominant and wealthier nonMormons). said that at one point the house was painted all white and people used to call it the "White'Castle" because of its size and Romanesque Revival architecture. The Ray home was built in 1898. Mr. Ray is said to have advanced , from a railway car inspector in Provo to the i . e s i ~ dency of the State Bank of Provo l,t~'Preservation , continued from pg, 1 , 1'tJ 1 istoric landmarks. , At one point the home was 'occupied by Nellie Taylor. wife of John W . Taylor. "Apparently:' recounts a self;guided tour of the architecture in ' Provo put out by Provo 's Landmark Commission. "during antipolygamy raids Nellie hid h'Cr hus~band from U.S. marshals in a ~ , cranny near the fireplace in the master bedroom." The Russell Spencer Hines Mansion. constructed back in 1895. is now used as a bed and breakfast. " 1 can just picture in my own mind the parties that must have gone on here:' said Gene Henderson. present owner of the house and bed and breakfast. A portrait of Kitty Hines. the "flamboyant" wife of Russell CISpencer Hines, now hangs on a the wall inside the Victorian-style home. "She was one of the first aristocrats of Provo." said Henderson. "S he had white horses and a big carriage and she loved to just ""'parade around town. I "Every year she would go to ?San Francisco, either with some~one or by herself. and see all the ;new French dresses that came in foiand then she would come home heiand sew them." vJ The home was later sold to the waRopper family. Henderson said bdthat a granddaughter of the Ropin lpers recently visited their bed and bis breakfast and at that time related TIl stories that Butch CaSSidy had VISMjited and slept in the home. "Originally," said Henderson, 1 : :"the home didn ' t have any closets and only one bathroom. because; the it 's said back then they taxed the iii I I accord ing to the number of roo~ wa they had and even closets we " the considered a room." <= Closets and bathrooms ha. been added during restorations the house. ," "Restoration (of historic bui .. f ings) can be a pro bl em. Sj Hyde. "and that' s why we h{ incentive programs available Sl as the State Historic preserv!1. Tax Credit, which gives peopl percent of their investment b The city can also offer o~ incentives. such as a wider rar:l of land uses:' .. . The William D. Roberts hOlt one of the oldest homes In PrO! built back in 1875. according" Jthe Landmarks Commission. d significant because of I t r- HI ro ~ I[! in only five years. Dixon once owned and lived in th~ mas N. Taylor house. built b 1904. Tay lor was also once 1 ~ of Provo. \ t~ "I owned the Thomas N 1, home at one time," !aid B G "They called it the house of ~ dows because when (Taylor) it, his wife insisted that he ~ lots of wi ndows in it." r The Landmarks Commissi wi th the help of volunteers, I~ designated many other homes \ , Provo as historical sites and t\ \ given brief histories of each ~ them in a pamphlet that works as I, self-guided tour. "If there are any who have a:~ 1 question about historic preserva tion in Provo," said Hyde. "the) , can contact the Provo Landmarks Commission." 0 § I r t l |
