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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. SULSER , JOHN AND MARY, HOUSE 187 NORTH 400 WEST MIDWAY, WASATCH COUNTY UTAH STATE HISTORY 11 1111111111111111111111111 1111 11111111 1111111111111111111111111 3 9222 50018 8599 HISTORIC SITE FORM (10-91) UTAH STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE 1 IDENTIFICATION Name of Property: John A. and Mary Sulser House Address: Twnshp : 3S 187 North 400 West City, County: Section: 34 UTM: Midway, Wasatch County Current Owner Name: Range: 4E USGS Map Name & Date: William S. Sprackland et at. Current Owner Address: PO Box 405 Heber City, Utah Quadl1999 Tax Number: OMl-0316-1-034-034 Midway, UT 84049 Legal Description (include acreage): Beginning 305.25 feet north and 118.75 feet east from the southwest comer of the northeast quarter of Section 34, thence east 104 feet; south 215 feet; west 104 feet; and north 215 feet to point of beginning; 0.51 acres. 2 STATUSIUSE Property Category ...L.building(s} _structure _site _object Evaluation ....£eligiblelcontributing _ineligible/non-contributing _ out-of-period Use Original Use: residential Current Use: residential 3 DOCUMENTATION Photos: Dates _slides: ...x.prints: 2011 ....£historic: no date (c. 1919) Drawings and Plans _measured floor plans ....£site sketch map _Historic American Bldg. Survey _original plans available at: _other: Research Sources (check all sources consulted, whether useful or not) ....£abstract of title ....£citylcounty histories _tax card & photo --personal interviews _building permit _USHS Library _sewer permit ....£USHS Preservation Files _Sanborn Maps USHS Architects File ....£obituary index ....£LDS Family History Library _city directories/gazetteers _local library: _university library(ies} : _ census records _biographical encyclopedias _newspapers Bibliographical References (books, articles, interviews, etc.) Attach copies of all research notes, title searches, obituaries, and so forth. 1959. Obituary for Elizabeth C. B. Sulser of Midway, Utah. Obituary Index c. 1970-present. Heber, Utah: Heber Regional Family History Center. Midway Second Ward. 1990. "Midway Second Ward and Midway Reflections, 1859-1989." Provo, Utah: Community Press. Mortimer, William James. 1963. How Beautiful Upon the Mountains. Salt Lake City: Wasatch County Chapter of Daughters of Utah Pioneers. c. 1919 historic photograph courtesy Gay Sulser Motley, Midway, Utah. Researcher/Organization: Anne Oliver, Oliver Conservation GrouplMidway Historic Preservation Committee Date: 8/2011 4 ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION Building Style/Type: Early 20 th Century: Arts and Crafts / bungalow No. Stories: 1 Y:z ----- Foundation Material: formed concrete Wall Material(s): limestone (pot rock), wood shingle --------------Additions: _none _minor Lmajor (describe below) Alterations: _none Lminor _major (describe below) Number ofassociated outbuildings __1_ and/or structures _0_. Briefly describe the principal building, additions or alterations and their dates, and associated outbuildings and structures. Use continuation sheets as necessary. This single-family, one and one-half story, hip-roofed house is sited on a flat lot on the west side of 400 West in Midway, toward the north end of the block face. An older wood picket fence bounds the house lot on three sides, with newer verticalboard fencing at the south end. The house began as a stone bungalow with a broad porch across the east side. In the past twenty years, three additions have nearly doubled the size of the house. The first is a cross-gabled wing extending to the north, and the second is a gable-roofed cross wing extending to the south but separated from the main house by a narrow connector. The third, shed-roofed addition fills the gap between the house and the south wing, on the west side of the connector. Other alterations include the replacement of a few windows and the front door, and the addition of a chimney and skylight on the southwest quarter of the main roof. The original house foundation is of poured concrete and walls are of pot rock, the local limestone, with broad mortar joints used between the irregular stone blocks; dormers are clad in wood shingles. All additions have poured concrete foundations and wood-framed walls clad in wood shingles; the north addition has a pot rock water table intended to integrate it with the original house. The roofs are covered with modern asphalt shingles and all of the deep eaves are open, with exposed wood rafter tails. The concrete block chimney or flue that rises near the southwest corner of the original house may newer, although a chimney is visible in about this location in a c. 1919 photograph. Many of the original one-over-one light wood windows remain; one-over-one light metal windows were used on the additions and a mix of fixed and operable metal windows offer a panoramic view from the south wall of the south addition. The two doorways are on the east side of the house, one opening onto the main porch and the other opening from the south addition; both single-light, wood-paneled doors are new. The hip-roofed east porch retains its poured concrete floor, pot rock piers and shingled posts, beaded board ceiling, box beams, and exposed rafters. The bracketed porch hood over the newer doorway repeats many of these important features. The wood-decked south porch is sheltered by the extension of the gable roof, which is supported by wood posts. South of the house is a single outbuilding, an "inside-out" gable-roofed storage shed with exposed framing, board sheathing on the inside walls, a vertical board door on the east side, two single-light windows on the north, and a ridged metal roof. This shed is just visible in front of a larger barn in a c. 1919 photograph and is considered contributing to the resource. 5 HISTORY Architect/Builder: unknown (probably John A. Sulser) Date of Construction: c. 1919 Historic Themes: Mark themes related to this property with "s" or "C" (S = significant, C = contributing). (see instructions for details) _Politics/ _Industry _Agriculture _Economics Government _Invention ..c..Architecture _Education _Religion _Landscape _Archeology _ Engineering _Science _Art _Entertainment/ Architecture _Law ..c..Social History Recreation _Commerce _Transportation _Literature _Ethnic Heritage _Communications _Other _Exploration! _Maritime History _Community Planning _Military Settlement & Development _Health/Medicine _Performing Arts _Conservation Write a chronological history of the property, focusing primarily on the original or principal owners & significant events. Explain andjustify any Significant themes marked above. Use continuation sheets as necessary. This property is located outside the original Midway village plat,just west of Block 21. At some point in the 1870s, the Midway settler Ulrich Abegglen received a patent for the land upon which the subject house now stands. Abegglen himself, according to Henry Coleman's 1969 map, "Early Homes, Public Buildings, and Landmarks of Midway, Utah," lived in a house north of town on Center Street and may not have built on this land to the west. The chain of title for this parcel is difficult to follow because it involves several pieces of adjacent land, but John Sulser's name first becomes associated with the land in 1879, when Abegglen deeds a parcel to him. John Sulser (1846-1914) was born in Switzerland, the oldest child of Casper and Katherine Stiedler Sulser. He came to the United States with his parents in 1852, and the family were among the first settlers of Midway. According to the 1969 map, Casper built a house on the northeast corner of Block 19 (no longer extant) and John built a house across the street on the west side of Block 18 (no longer extant). A third house, known as the "Old Sulser home," was built just north on the northwest corner of Block 18 and corresponds with a much-altered hall-parlor house at 193 West 200 North. John married Mary Margaret Keller (1859-1944) in 1876; she was also a Swiss native and Mormon convert who had emigrated with her family to Utah. The couple had twelve children. After John's death in 1914 there may have been some dispute over his estate. In 1916 a portion of the property passed to his widow and their daughter Ina by court decree, and in 1919 another portion was decreed the property of Mary Burgener and her unmarried siblings, Joseph B. and Hazel. This is probably the portion on which the present house stands, for Mary Elizabeth Burgener (1881-1945) was the wife of John Albert Sulser (1878-1967), John's oldest son. When a young man, John A. Sulser prospected in Snake Creek, Bonanza Flats and Park City. He worked for the Knight Investment Company as construction foreman when they built the Snake Creek and Murdock Power Plants. Then, when these plants were sold to Utah Power and Light Co., he stayed on with them for 18 years. He went to and from his work on skis or horseback. When he left the power company he bought land and ran a dairy farm and range cattle. He retired in 1957. He always loved to fish, hunt and ride horses. [In 1963] he [was] the oldest man still living in Midway who was born [there] (Mortimer 1963: 796). According to the tax record, the house at 187 North was built in 1919; this, with its associated fields to the west, is the land referred to above. An older house may have been removed at this time, for on Coleman's 1969 map the house is labeled "John Sulser Home - New. Old gone." In any event, John A. built the new house and lived there with his wife Mary, the daughter of John and Mary (May) Murri Burgener of Midway, whom he had wed in 1898, and their family of six children. The house and/or portions of the property passed between John A. and Mary over the years, and there were also several transactions involving their grown son Earl A. Sulser (1901-1983). Earl lived with his father and helped him run the farm until 1946, when he married for the first time. His wife was the widow Ruby Alice Edwards Smith (1903-1974), who had seven children from her first marriage to Daniel Lynn Smith. She had grown up in Midway at the home of her uncle and aunt, Simon and Rachel Street. The newlyweds moved to Vale, Oregon, where they bought a farm and had one child of their own, Gay, but "in May of 1957 they bought John Sulser's farm and moved back to Midway" (Midway Second Ward 1990: 431). Earl and Ruby lived in a different house along the road to Homestead because John A. retained the 187 North house, living there with his new wife, the widow Elizabeth Cameron Bunnell, whom he had married a year after Mary's death in 1946. In 1966, shortly before John's death, Earl and Ruby bought the house and then lived there for the rest of their lives. Two months before his death in 1983, Earl deeded the house to his daughter Gay Sulser Motley and his stepson Daniel Lynn Smith. Two years later they sold to William and Elizabeth Sprackland, the present owners, who have made the three additions to the house. While the additions have changed its appearance, they are relatively compatible and house retains its essential form and features on the primary fa<;:ade; as an excellent example of an Arts and Crafts style stone bungalow in Midway it contributes to the historic theme of Architecture. The property also contributes to the historic theme of Social History in Midway due to its association with the Sulser family from the time of its construction through 1985. The lives ofJohn A. and Mary, and also Earl and Ruby, provide insight into a Midway household with fairly large land holdings making a living in farming and ranching through the middle years of the twentieth century. http: //www .wfrmls.com/searches/taxlnew/detai Is.wrr?c=4&id= I 0 16826 Property Details PARCEL # 00-0012-8269 Year: 2010 Serial : OM 1-0316-1-034-034 Entry : 0 Name1: SPRACKLAND WillIAM SETAL Add1 : PO BOX 405 City : MIDWAY State: UT Zip: 84049-0000 District: 4 Status: OK Acres : 0.51 Market: 296652 Taxable: 163159 Land : 145800 Buildings : 150852 Taxes Charged: 1457.01 Penalty Charged : 0 Special Charged : 0 Taxes Paid : 0 Taxes Abated : 0 2010 Balance Due : 1457.01 Property Address : 187 N 400 W Property City: MIDWAY Sq Feet: 2321 Year Built: 1919 Back Tax Flag: Legal: X BEG N 305.25 FT & E 118.75 FT FR SW COR NE1/4 SEC 34 DA T A PROVIDED BY Wasatch County Assessor's Office 25 N MainSt Heber, Utah 84032 Phone: [phone] THIS DATA LAST UPDATED ON: Jut 2, 2009 @ 3:20pm ©2009 Wasatch Front Regional MLS . 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Be sure to crop the top .25" off after the ocr process. JOHN AND MARY KELLER SULSER John Sulser, oldest child of Casper and Katherim) Sulser, was born 28 March 1846 in Berne, Switzerland. He Miry M. Keller 13 November 1876. He died 26 December I Midway, Utah. Mary Keller Sulser was born 10 October 1859 in Wo Thurgau, SWitzerland, a daughter of Adam and Anna Ba Keller. She died in Midway 7 April 1944. John came to the United States in 1852 with his pamnti~ .ltthe age of ten went to work for a man in New York in a O· , HI$ parents, in a rush to come to Utah with the Joseph Hl ndcart Company left New York without notifying John. Flv(~ passed with no word from his parents, so when he heartl Catlitornia gold rush he decided to come west. He got a!; Qhi,Byenne, Wyoming, and worked on the railroad for two yearfi lOSmlt lake City. Shortly after he reached Salt Lake City, he noticed a 1118. street who looked familiar to him. He approached him m "H~lIo, Dad." The man said, "I'm not your dad." John said, "Y rny dad," to which the man replied, "Is that you, John?" So smHHs of Salt Lake City they were reunited after a r;>fIlrtlng. JOHN AND MARY KELLER SULSER 7CfJ' John Sulser. oldest child of Casper and Katherine Steidler Sulser (Sulzer). was born March 28. 1816 at Bern. Switzerland. He married Mary M. Keller November 13. 1876. Died December 26. 1914 in Midway. Mary Keller Sulser was bom October 10. 1859 in Wemfelden. Thurgau County. SWitzerland. a daughter of Adam and Anna Barbara Enz Keller. She died in Midway -April 7, 1941. John Came to the United States in 1852 with his parents and at the age of 10 went 796 He In 1863 John came to Midway at the age of eightoO(l t,rved .as a guard in the Black Hawk .War. ,Mary came with her parents from Switzerland as a co U" Church. Throughout her life she was devoted to the did much temple work. The children of John and Mary include: John A., rt i'6urgener, then Elizabeth Cameron Bunnel; Alice, mar Fredrick Remund; Bertha, married John B. Flowers; Nephi, Annie Simmons; Eliza died in infancy; Niccie, married Baird; Della, married Clifford Phillips; Lillie, married Donald married Shield Montgomery; Owen died at age nine; Ina, Charles A. Wietz, then C.D. Walton, then Mervin Lewis; ami Glade died in infancy. 432 to work for a man in New York in a grist mill. His parents. in a rush to come to Utah with the Joseph Young Handcart Company. left New York without notifying John. Five years passed with no word from his parents. so when he heard of the California gold rush he decided to come west. He got as far as Cheyenne. Wyoming. and worked on the railroad for two years to get to Salt Lake. Shortly after he reached Salt Lake. he noticed a man on the street who looked familiar to him. He approached him and said "Hello. Dad." The man said ''I'm not your dad." John said "You are my dad." to which the man replied "Is that you. John?" So. on the streets of Salt Lake they were . reunited after a seven-year parting. In 1863 John came to Midway at the age of 18. He served as a guard in the Black Hawk War. Mary came with her parents from Switzerland as a convert to the Church. Throughout her life she was devoted to the Church. and did much temple work. Th~ children of John and Mary included: John A.. married Mary E. Burgener; Alice. married to Fredrick Remund; Bertha. married to John B. Fowers; Nephi. married Annie Simmons; Eliza. died in infancy; Niccie. married to Thomas J. Baird; Della. married to Clifford Phillips; Lillie. married to Donald Jones; IlIa. married to Shield Montgomery; Owen. died at age nine; Ina. married to Charles A. Wietz. later C. D. Walton and then Mervin Lewis; Dean Glade. died in infancy. Mary Elizabeth Burgener: Leanne Cragun's Family History 8/27/1110:58 AM Leanne Cragun's Family History Mary Elizabeth Burgener .... Find .... Media .... Info C? 1881 - 1945 @il Home IE Search l@ll Print 181 Login fll Add Bookmark All _ _ _ _ _-lI 11 Apr 1881 Midway, Wasatch , Utah, United States P - - - - - - l l Female _ _ _ _ _-l1 2 Jun 1945 Midway , Wasatch , Utah, United States P - - - - - - l l 153 Murri _ _ _ _--'1 24 Jan 2010 15:4550 - - - - - - l l Johannes Burgener, b. 31 Mar 1858, Spiez, Bern, Switzerland P - - - - - - l l Marv (May) Murri , b. 16 Apr 1861 , Scherli, Bern , Switzerland P _ _ _ _ _-'1 F19 Group Sheet - - - - - - - l l John Albert Sulser , b. 16 May 1878, Midway, Utah P _ _ _ _---11 25 May 1898 Heber City , Wasatch , Utah, United States P 1. Homer Maurice Sulser , b. 5 Nov 1898, Midway, Wasatch , Utah, United States P 2. Earl Albert Sulser , b. 4 May 1901 , Park City , Summit, Utah, United States P 3. Floyd Landers Sulser , b. 11 Sep 1903, Midway, Wasatch, Utah, United States P 4. Leyle Viola Sulser , b. 30 Dec 1905, Midway, Wasatch , Utah , United States P 5. Eunice Leona Sulser , b. 7 Mar 1910, Midway, Wasatch , Utah, United States P 6. Bard Leonard Sulser, b. 18 Jul1912 , Midway, Wasatch , Utah, United States P _ _ _ _ _-'1 F35 Group Sheet This site powered by The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding , Copyright © 2001-2008, created by Darrin Lythgoe , Sandy, Utah. All rights reserved . http://www.cragun .com/lean net getpe rson .ph p?personID= 15 3&tree= Mu rri Page 1 of 1 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. 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. JOHN A. SULSER AND MARY E. BURGENER SULSER JOHN A AND MAAY E BURGENER SULSER Joh,n l\. , SlIlscrwas born Ma y 16, 1878. in Mid" "y, .. S"f) o f John ilnd M a "y Mar\jrl't .John A. Sulser was born 16 May 1878 in Midway, Utah, a John and Mary Margret Keller Sulser. He married Mary Burgener, who was born 11 April 1881, a daughter of John ary (May) Murri Burgener. She died 2 June 1945 in Midway, He then married Elizabeth Cameron Bunnel 16 November She was born 19 December 1895 in Salt Lake City, Utah, a r of Hugh Emmett and Ann Sophia Tilt Cameron. She died 1959 in Midway. Children of John and Mary Elizabeth Burgener were: Homer Sulser, married Laura Sorenson; Earl A. Sulser, married Ruby Smith; Floyd Landers Sulser, married Ardell Casper Meeks; Sulser, married Burt Sorenson; Eunice Leona Sulser, died at of two; and Bard Leonard Sulser, married Bertha McMillan IW BEAUTIFU L UPON THE MOUNTAI NS As a young man, John A. Sulser prospected in Snake Creek, a Flats and Park City. He worked for the Knight Investment as construction foreman when they built the Snake Creek urdock Power Plants. When these plants were sold to Utah and Light Company, he stayed on with them for eighteen He went to and from his work on skis or horseback. When he left the power company he bought land and ran a and range cattle. He retired in 1957. He always loved to and ride horses. John A. Sulser died in Salt Lake City, Utah on 21 May 1967. I I Elizabeth C. B. Sulser 1\1JD\VA,Y. \Va~<Itl'h . Count,·-" ~lizabt'th Camerinl Bllnnrll Sul- I ~('r. ti:}. of n~{~ I1r,~!!i~ geH~;n i~~~~s"91 MldW;IY, d'N! Frid"y. 3:20 t:1 . 1895. Salt L"ke City. a dauahlcr of Hugh E. ",," Ann S. Tilt Cam· eron. l\:Iarric(l to George H. Bunnell June 30 , 1919. Salt Lnke City. He dicd March 19. 1046. Married to John A. Sulser Nmr, 16. 1946. Active jn the Church of .; ~sus Chnst of LaUer-day eSPf',:ially in Relicf Society. · Survivol's: husband; two sons and two dau~hters: Hu~h E. Bun· nell. Salt Lake City: Mrs. Ernest (Viola I Kuhn!. Midway: Mrs. Thomas (Clara) Stewart. Tarring· ton. Wyo.: Glenn C. Bunnell. Murray: 12 l11'andcbildren; two brothers and one sister~ Mrs. George Pace. R. E. Cameron. Salt Lake City; R. H. Cameron. Reno, Nev. Funeral r-Ionday. 1 p.m .• Mid· way Second Wt1rd chapeL Friends c:.ll at family home. Midway, SWlday aIler 5 p .m .• MondaY prior to services. Burial in Midwu cemete.ry. A:J1J:&" J.&f ! ' . . J'" "f"fj Keller Sulser. He married Mary Elizabe th Burgener. who was born April 11. 1881, a daughter of John and Mary (May) Ml\I' l' i Burgener. She died June 2.' 1945. in Mi d way. He then married Elizabeth Cameron Bunnel, November 16, 1946. She was bam Deccmberl9. 1895. in Salt Lake City. il daughter of Hugh Emmett and Ann Sophi:1 TIlt Cameron. She died April 17. 1959. if) Midway. Children of John and Mary Elizabell. Burgener were: Homer Morse Sulser. married Laura SOl' cn50n; Earl A. Sulser • . narried Ruby Edward·: Smith; Floyd Landers Sulser. married Ardell Ca:: per Meeks; Leyle Sulser. married Bl\I't Sorenson; Eunice Leona Sulser. died at the age "I two; Bard Leonard Sulser. married Bertha M, Millan Martinez. When a ,Young man. John A. Sulser Pl'():. pcctcd 111 Snake Creek. Bonanza Flats <I " .! Park City. He worked for the Knight 111 vestment Company as construction forem,,, • when they built the Snake Creek and Mi ll dock Power Plants. Then. when tl,,· ::, plants were sold to Utah Power and Li lli" Co.. he stayed on with them for 18 ye;11':. He went to and from his work on skis , •• horseback. When he left the power company I... bought land and ran a dairy farm and 1'<IUII " catt!e. He retired in 1957. He always loV<' d to fish. hunt and ride horses. At the II,"!< of this writing he is the oldest lllan :;1111 living in Midway who was born here. EARL ALBERT AND RUBY ALICE EDWARDS SMITH SULSER Earl Albert Sulser was born May 4, 1901, in Midway, Utah, to ()hn Albert and Mary Elizabeth Burgener Sulser. Earl lived in Midway most of his eighty-two years. He went to school in Midway through the eighth grade. He IIvod with his father and helped him run the farm until 1946. On March 29, 1946, he married a widow, Ruby Alice Edwards Smith, who had seven children. Earl had never been married before. Ruby Alice Edwards was born on September 20, 1903, in I lark City, Utah, to Orson Daniel and Elizabeth Street Edwards. She moved with her parents to Charleston to care for her grandma. rtuby's parents died when she was in her teens and she went to live with her Uncle Simon Street and Aunt Rachel. She finished school in Midway. In 1923 she married Daniel Lynn Smith. They lived in Park City and then moved to Bridgeland, where they lived on a farm until lJe died in 1938. They had seven children: Phyllis, Elaine, Dan, Merin, Loyia, Theron, and Kar Ruby sold the farm in Bridgeland and moved back to Midway where she lived until she and Earl were married. Shortly after their marriage they moved to Vale, Oregon, where they bought a farm. They lived in Vale for nine years. While there they had one child, Gay. In May of 1957, they bought John Sulser's farm and moved back to Midway. They lived in the house at the top of the Creek Hill across from Henry Kohler's farm. ;. . :r Earl a ~d Fll~by work ed on tho, larm and IivOd a qui! I 111(9 ~arl ratlred. 1 hey bold the farm and 111 1967, wilen John r' lIliHH Y sold the~r home and b~ugt1t John's home, where they 'lIv;,,) 10jY pass~d away, Ruby died of heart trouble on Octobor l 'Ji nc arl died of Gancer on September 3, 1983. ' . .~ ;§ I ?-- I NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 8/86) Utah Word Processor Format (02731) (Approved 10/87) 1 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service MAR 08198a NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORK REGISTER NATIONAL This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts. See instructions in Guidelines for Completing . National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the requested information. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, styles, materials, and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets (Form 10-900a). Type all entries. Use letter quality printer in 12 pitch, using an 85 space line and a 10 space left margin. Use only 25% or greater cotton content bond paper. 1. Name of Property Snake Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District historic name other names/site number 2. Location street & number city. town state 3. n/a State Highway 224 nla not for publication Heber City Utah code x UT county Wasatch code 051 vicinity zip code 84032 Classification Ownership of Property No. of Resources within Property .2L private Category of Property ___ building(s) ___ public-local .2L district _9_ __ public-State site ___ public-Federal structure object contributing noncontributing ____ buildings sites _2_ structures objects _0_ Total Name of related multiple property listing: Electric Power Plants of Utah No. of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register -=0___________ 4. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this ~nomination ___request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property ~meets ___does not meet the National Register criteria. ___See continuation sheet. Signature of certifying official UTAH STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY State or Federal agency and bureau Date In my opinion, the property ___meets ___does not criteria. ___See continuation sheet. Signature of commenting or other official meet the National Register Date State or Federal agency and bureau 5. National Park Service Certification I, hereby, certify that this property is: vl'entered in the National Register. See continuation sheet determined eligible for the National Register. ___ See continuation sheet determined not eligible for the National Register. removed from the National Register. other, (explain:) ~ Signature of the Keeper Date 6. Functions or Use Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) CUrrent Functions (enter categories from instructions) Industry/Processing/Extraction: energy facility Industry/Processing/Extraction: energy facility 7. Description Architectural Classification (enter categories from instructions) Late 19th/20th Cent. Revivals ( Power and Transformer houses) Bungalow/Craftsman (Residence) Materials (enter categories from iIlstructions) foundation ~c~o~n~c~r~e~t~e~______________________ walls brick. wood roof asphalt other ________________________________ ~n~/~a~ Describe present and historic physical appearance. (see continuation sheet) x See continuation sheet NPS Form 10-900a (Rev. 8-86) Utah Word Processor Format (02741) Approved 10/87 OMB No. 1024-0018 United states Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 7 Page __~2~___ Snake Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District, vac. Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah Constructed in 1909-10, the Snake Creek Power Plant is located at the mouth of Snake Creek canyon on the east slope of the Wasatch Mountains. The plant consists of a powerhouse, transformer house, diversion dams, steel conduit, penstocl<, and operators' camp within which are nine structures including two residences and five ancillary structures. Of these features, eleven are included within the historic district. All eleven contribute to the Snake Creek Power Plant Historic District. The two remaining structures, conduit and penstock, for reasons that will be explained below, have been excluded from the historic district. Drawing the boundaries so as to exclude the penstock and conduit leaves the Snake Creek Hydroelectric Plant Historic District with three discontiguous elements--two dams and the powerhouse complex. Since its construction in 1909-10, the Snake Creek plant has sustained alterations, the most major being the removal of a third operator's cottage and replacement of the conduit. Despite these changes, the district retains its overall integrity of location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. The Snake Creek Power Plant continues to represent an early twentieth-century hydroelectric power station and camp. General Setting The Snake Creek Power Plant and its adjacent camp lies at the mouth of the Snake Creek Canyon in Wasatch County about six miles west of Heber City on state highway 224. Located on the east side of the Wasatch mountain range, the site is approximately forty miles northeast of Provo and twenty-five miles south by highway from Park City. Surrounding the camp and plant ;s the Wasatch State Park, which contains a twenty-seven hole golf course. The two-mile steel pipeline carrying water from an intake dam at the confluence of Snake and Lavina Creeks to the plant transects portions of the State Park. Situated at the opening of Snake Creek Canyon, the power house and operator's camp are located on the south side of Snake Creek which flows in a southeasterly direction. Next to the creek is the road (state road 224) which continues northwest up the canyon to an historic mining district. This road provides access to the station's driveway and guest cottage and delineates the northeastern boundary of the power plant district. Within the NPS Form 10-900a (Rev. 8-86) Utah Word Processor Format (02741) Approved 10/87 OKB No. 1024-0018 United states Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number --...~7___ Page 3 Snake Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District, vac. Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah plant comple x among numerous shade trees are the nine structures. Adjacent to the road, are the powerhouse and transformer house, 1. Powerhouse Constructed in 1909, the powerhouse (no. 1) is aT-shaped structure of buff-colored brick with a metal-covered roof of intersecting gables and a concrete foundation . Rising above the gable ends is a concrete-capped parapet wall which follows the gable end configuration. In the southwest and northeast gable ends are decorative circles of raised brick. Under'the overhanging eaves are exposed rafter ends and decorative brackets. The windows have semi-circular arched corbelled brick lintels and contain either an 8-light semi-circular transom over a pair of 10light casement windows or a 6-1ight transom and a 15-light casement window. All of the windows rest on the concrete foundation wall and are screened with heavy metal mesh. In the southeast facade is an entrance which contains a set of double doors, and an 11-light semi-circular arched transom window under a corbelled semi-circular brick lintel. Vines cover a portfor of the southeast wall and a small sign reads "Snake Creek Plant Utah Power and Light Company." On the northwest wall under t~e gable end are two wood-shingled gabled hoods with decorat iv e brackets that protect 2 sets of 3 round insuiators set in square openings. The openings have a concrete lintel and brick sill. At ground level, on this facade, is a concrete box with metal manhole cover which protects transformer cables leaving the powerhouse. The technology of the Snake Creek facility is typical of high-head hydroelectric power plants built in the American west to supply mining districts, cities, and towns with electricity. The generating technology of the Snake Creek plant includes two main components: first, the water delivery system (including diversion dams, intake structures, steel pipeline, penstock, tailrace); and second, the actual power generation equipment (including turbines, generators, exciters, control equipment), which is described here along with the rest of the powerhouse. Descriptions of the water delivery system are included below, under feature nos. 10-13. The remaining important technological features of the Snake Creek plant sit ;ns ~ de the powerhouse. The interior of the powerhouse NPS Form 10-900a (Rev. 8-86) Utah Word Processor Format (02741) Approved 10/87 OMB No. 1024-0018 United states Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number _-.1..7__ Page _-",,4_ _ Snake Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District, vac. Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah is divided into two portions. The main generator room of the powerhouse encompasses the turbines, generators, and an over head travelling crane. An extension at the rear of the powerhouse, which gives the building its T shape, originally probably housed overhead bus and switching equipment. Because the cables leading from the generators to the transformers are now located underground, this old switch room is basically empty, e xcept for odd materials and tools. In between the old switch room and the main generator room sits a switchboard with gauges and switches. Most of this switchboard is old. It is made of polished slabs of gray marble with old hand-operated switches and gauges flanked by ornate, pressed metal scrollwork. The marble switchboard is topped by a an old metal gauge housing with an ornate, handpainted sign that includes the words "Safety First," and in smaller lettering, "UP & L Co." Connected to the old marble panel is a more modern, metal switchboard. In the generator room sit the machines that transform energy from water into electricity. There are two Pelton turbines made by the Doble Company. Water flow from the penstock branches to each turbine is controlled by a needle valve and a gate valve. The speed of each turbine is controlled by oil governor units that operate off a common oil tank that sits adjacent to turbine-generator unit no. 1, located in the south one-half of the powerhouse. Each turbine is directconnected to a Westinghouse 590 kilowatt alternating current generator. Connected by belt to each turbine shaft is a Westinghouse 125 volt direct current generator-exciter. In addition to generating equipment, the Snake Creek plant includes some ancillary equipment. Running the length of the generator room is an overhead travelling crane. This crane has a 10 ton capacity and was manufactured by the Whiting Foundry Equipment Company. The tracks for the travelling crane are set in ledges at the top of the powerhouse walls, at about the point where the walls intersect with the roof. The walls of the powerhouse interior are covered with plaster. In the northeast corner of the generator room is a small wood operator's booth, about the size of a telephone booth. In the early days of hydroelectric power plant operation, booths such as this provided operators with a place to temporarily escape the noise of the turbines and generators without actually leaving the interior of the powerhouse. Windows in the booth allowed the operator to NPS Form 10-900a (Rev. 8-86) Utah Word Processor Format (02741) Approved 10/87 OKS No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 7 Page _ _5_ _ Snake Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District, vac. Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah keep watch on the equipment. After exiting the turbines, wastewater passes through a central, concrete tailrace beneath the powerhouse floor. Just outside the front of the powerhouse, the tailrace divides. One branch of the tailrace runs due south, passes underneath the plant driveway and part of the lawn. Then it turns into an open creek which runs out of the Snake Creek power station grounds. The other branch of the tailrace runs due north, passes underneath state road 224, and empties through an old concrete weir into Snake Creek. At the point where the tailrace exits the powerhouse and then branches, the tailrace is open but covered by metal grates. A valve situated on the southerly branch of the tailrace, directly in front of the powerhouse, controls the flow of water into either the south or north tailrace branches. This valve ' is not controlled by UP&L. It is controlled by the Midway Irrigation Company, which owns the rights to water exiting the Snake Creek piant. Virtually unaltered since construction in 1909, except for some interior changes, the powerhouse retains its integrity of location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association and is a contributing building to the Snake Creek Power Plant Historic District. 2. Transformer House The transformer house (no. 2), or substation building, lying directly northwest of the power plant, resembles the powerhouse in architectural style. A 1-story, buff-colored brick building with a sloped shed metal-covered roof, the transformer house has a concrete-capped parapet which rises above the roof on the southeast side. The windows have semi-circular arched corbelled brick lintels, with either an arched 6-light transom over a 6/6 double hung window or an 8-light transom over an 8/8 double hung. The windows rest on the concrete foundation wall and are screened with heavy mesh. The building has two entrances--a large entrance with a semi-circular arched brick corbelled lintel, 8-light arched transom over a large wooden door on the southwest side and a single door on the southeast facade with a shallowly-arched lintel and heavy screen door. Originally housing the transformers, this NPS Form 10-900a (Rev. 8-86) Utah Word Processor Format (02741) Approved 10/87 OKS No. 1024-0018 United states Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONT1NUATION SHEET Section number ___7~__ Page 6 Snake Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic Dist~ict, vac. Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah building has several openings for insulators. On the northeast wall are a series of square openings with concrete sills containing round insulators which are no longer used. The southeast wall facing the powerhouse, also contains an openil1g with 3 unused insulators. At ground level below these insulators is a concrete box with a metal opening containing the cables leading to the new transformer housing--a metal box on the northwest side of the transformer house. Since the transformers have been moved out of the building, it is primarily used for an office and storage. It also contains computer monitoring equipment, batteries, and modern switch equipment. I The building was apparently originally designed with a gable roof with concrete-capped parapet identical to the powerplant. At some point, the roof was removed and replaced with the shed roof. To the north of the transformer house is a small wooden structure with a gabled, wood shingled roof which covers the valve from the penstock for the yard's fire and irrigation systems. Despite possible roof alterations and the fact that it no longer serves its original function, the transformer house retains the majority of its integrity of location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association and is a contributing building in the Snake Creek Power Plant Historic District. 3-4. Operators' Camp Directly adjacent to the powerhouse and transformer buildlng is the camp containing housing for plant operators and their families. A driveway separates the powerhouse and the current operator's home (no. 3). Constructed 1909-10, the 1 and 1/2 story, rectangular shaped, wood-frame, front gabled building with a concrete foundation has bungaloid elements including painted wood-shingled siding, overhanging eaves with exposed rafter ends, triangular knee braces and multi paned 12/1 double hung windows. In the south corner of the building are two pairs of 12-light casement windows. The southeast gable end contains an 18-light window. The front entrance on the southeast facade has concrete steps and an aluminum screen door covering a door with a 16-light window. Above the entrance is a metal roofed gabled hood with decorative brackets. The rear entrance faces northeast onto a concrete patio. It contains a 9-light door, covered by a metal OMB No. 1024-0018 UPS Form 10-900a (Rev. 8-86) Utah Word Processor Format (02741) Approved 10/87 United states Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 7 Page 7 Snake Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District, vac. Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah awning which extends over the adjacent pair of 3-light windows. Next to the rear entrance is a raised patio with a concrete foundation and a wooden balistrade. A hot tub has been sunk on the west side of the patio. Other than this addition, the removal of one of the chimneys and the replacement of the wooden shingled roof with a metal one, the residence appears much as it did in 1910. Because it retains the majority of its historic integrity of location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association and alterations have not obscured its original style, theis residence is a contributing building in the Snake Creek Power Plant Historic District. 8uilt in 1920, a second operator's residence (no. 4 ) lies at the northeastern edge of the camp. Now used as a guest cottage, this structure is a 1 story, rectangular shaped, wood-frame building with drop siding, a concrete foundation and a metal-covered hipped roof. 8ungalo i d elements include wide overhanging eaves wit h exposed rafter ends and a cutaway porch facing northeast. The porch has wooden steps, railing and paneled balistrade. Porch supports are square and grouped in a set of three. Two entrances open onto the porch. Each has a door with a 1-light window and a screen door. The home has 1/1 double hung windows with 3-1ight hopper wi ndows in the basement. On the southwest side is a screened cutaway porch w'ith wooden steps and a screen door over a 1-light door. Substantially unaltered since construction, this house retains its integrity of location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association and is a contributing building in the Snake Creek Power Plant Historic District. Just to the north of this building is the concrete foundation of a third operator's cottage constructed in 1917 which Utah Power and Light retired in 1930. Very similar to the guest cottage, the building was moved from the site into the town of Mi dway in about 1930. 5-9. Ancillary Structures Between the two residences are five outbuildings. Along the UPS Form 10-900a (Rev. 8-86) Utah Word Processor Format (02741) Approved 10/87 OKS No. 1024-0018 United states Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 7 Page 8 Snake Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District, vac. Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah northwestern boundary of the camp are the three biggest ancillary structures including the barn. Constructed in 1923, the barn (no. 5) is a rectangular-shaped, 2-story structure sided with board and batten siding and a metal-covered gable roof. Double doors and a single entrance face the northeast. Openings to the hay loft appear in the north and south gable ends. Adjacent and to the north of the barn is a garage of corrugated metal (no. 6) which has a corrugated metal shed roof with exposed rafter ends. Two double doors open on the northeast side. Window openings are empty of glass. To the north of this shed is a smaller wooden shed (no. 7) which has drop siding and a wood shingled gable roof. A door faces the northeast side. The shed and garage were built before 1936. Both of these buildings and the barn retain their integrity of location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association and are contributing elements to the Snake Creek Power Plant Historic District. Across the yard from these buildings, near the powerhouse, are two other sheds. Just north of the operator's house is a drop-sided structure ( no. 8) with a ro l led-asphalt covered gable roof. Around the southwest side is an extension made of wire. Constructed before 1936 as a coal shed and now used for storage, the build i ng was once used for a sauna. Despite this alteratio n , the building retains the majority of its integrity of location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association and is a contributing building. At the head of the driveway, west of the powerhouse, is a corrugated metal building (no. 9) with a corrugated metal shed roof and brick chimney, constructed before 1936. Windows are fixed 4-lights. Two doors and a window face the southeast side. This building may be the original shop and may have been moved a few feet east after 1936. But because the spacial relationship to the powerhouse and other structures is replicated and the move occurred within the camp, the building retains the majority of its integrity of setting, design, materiais, workmanship, feeling and association. It is a contributing building. 10. Lavina Creek Dam The diversion dam for Snake Creek is a simple reinforced concrete NPS Fonn 10-900a (Rev. 8-86) Utah Word Processor Fonnat (02741) Approved 10/87 OKS No. 1024-0018 United states Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 7 Page _--",-9_ _ Snake Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District, vac. Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah gravity dam built in 1914. During the 1910s and 1920s, Utah Power and Light undertook to improve all of its small hydroelectric plants in order to make them more efficient components in its regional network of generating facilities. The Lavina Creek Dam probably reflects UP&L's effort to upgrade plants such as Snake Creek. The Lavina Creek Dam is a small structure approximately 20 feet long and about 5 feet high. From west to east, the dam consists of the following elements: first, a low reinforced concrete section that serves to impound water and that also apparently serves as a spillway; second, a small wood sluice gate for draining the water behind the dam; and third, a large reinforced concrete intake structure and headworks that extends about 20 feet south of the rest of the dam. This latter structure includes a large headgate and other valves. Two small sheds, one of wood and the other of concrete, are located on top of the intake structure. Located on top of the dam is a walkway made of wood resting on heavy wood posts, which in turn rest on top of the dam. Ne x t to the walkway on the east side of the dam is a structure made of heavy wood beams which stabilizes worm gear mechanisms for raising and lowering the sluice gate and the head gate. The Lavina Creek Dam is in a serious~y deteriorated condition. Part of the dam is reinforced with sandbags. Concrete on both the dam and the intake structure is crumbling. The downstream side of the dam appears to be undermined slightly. The walkway crossing the dam is rotting and hazardous. The bottoms of the posts supporting the walkway have rotted to the point that they are no longer secured. The intake structure is also in bad shape. Besides crumbling concrete, the concrete shed is listing and the shed made of wood is badly weathered. In spite of the dam's compromised material condition, the dam still retains enough material integrity to reflect its original design and function. The Lavina Creek Dam, although deteriorated, still retains integrity of design, materials, workmanship, location, setting, feeling, and association. It contributes to a historic district. NPS Form 10-900a (Rev. 8-86) Utah Word Processor Format (02741) Approved 10/87 OKS No. 1024-0018 United states Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 7 Page 10 Snake Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District, vac. Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah 11. Snake Creek Dam Like the Lavina Creek Dam, the Snake Creel< Dam was also bu i lt in 1914. The structure is located on Snake Creek appro x imately one quarter mile northwest of Lavina Creek Dam. Water from Sna~e Creek Dam is diverted into a pipeline which carries the water to the Lavina Creek Dam. Snake Creek Dam is a small dam about 8 ft. tall and 25 ft. across. Part of the dam consists of a reinforced concrete diversion/intake s tructure on the east side of the creek. This part of the dam i ncludes intake screens and hand-operated gates and e handoperated sluice gate. A second portion of the dam consists of a c oncrete spillway and apron, which carries the overflow of Snake Creek. The third part of the dam, located along the west ban k of the creek, consists of an abutment and a wing wall e xtending downstream. ~ aterially and structurally, Snake Creek Dam is i n better condition tl,an the Lav ina Creek Dam. Sna ke Cree k Dam retains i ntegrity of design, materials, workmanship, location , setting, feeling, and association. It contributes to the histor i c j ;strict. 12. Conduit Ex iting the concrete intake structures of both Lavina Creek and Snake Creek dams are lengths of welded steel pipeline several feet i n diameter that run down Snake Creek Canyon and along the north s ide of the canyon for approximately one and one-half miles. One section of the pipe, much of it underground, runs between Snake Creek Dam and Lavina Creek Dam. The second section of pipeline lies between Lavina Creek Dam and the penstock. The welded steel pipeline is of modern construction (less than fifty years old). Originally, water for the Snake Creek plant was carried through a \vood stave pipeline held together by metal hoops and resting on steel or iron cradles. Piecemeal, Utah Power and Light has replaced the original wood stave pipeline with sections of steel pipe welded together. Crumpled remains of the original conduit lie adjacent to the steel pipeline. About two-thirds of a mile NPS Form 10-900a (Rev. 8-86) Utah Word Processor Format (02741) Approved 10/87 OKS No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number ____7____ Page _ _1_1__ Snake Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District, vac. Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah abo ve the pewe rh o use, the Snaf<. e Creek canyon widens . At th is po in t, on a ridge overlooking Snake Creek, Wasatch State Park, the golf courses, and the Snake Creek Plant, the steel pipeline heads downward approximately 20 ft. until it connects with the penstock. There is no surge tank at this point. Should the penstock suddenly be closed at the power house, resulting pressure on the penstock and pipeline (caused by water violently backing up into the penstock and pipeline) is relieved through valves situated on the welded steel pipeline. Because the original conduit has been replaced outside the period of significance, it is a noncontributing feature. Therefore it has been left out of the historic district. 13. Penstocl~ The penstock, original to the Snake Cree~ facility, is a riveted metal structure made of either steel or wrought iron. About 4,000 ft. in length, the penstock runs straight down the side of the canyon. In the bottom of the canyon the penstock is buried e xcept for where it crosses Snake Creek. Portions of the penstock on the side of the canyon are also underground. When the penstock reaches the Snake Creek Plant grounds, approximately underneath the old transformer house, it divides into a wye. Each branch of the wye leads to a turbine inside the powerhouse. The very top of the west branch of the penstock wye is visible above ground for about 1 ft. before it enters the powerhouse. The 4,000 ft. pen s tock gives the Snake Creek plant a total head of approximately 700 ft. Of original construction, the penstock retains its historic integrity of location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. However, most of the penstock is buried. It is not an important visual element to the Snake Creek facility overall. For instance, the penstock is not visible from the powerhouse site. Because most of the penstock is buried, and because of the difficulties involved in determining the proper boundaries for a buried structure not necessarily meant to be seen from the surface of the ground, the penstock is excluded from the historic district. 8. statement of Significance official has considered the significance of this property in relation to other properties: ____nationally __ x __statewide ____ locally Cer~ifying Applicable National Register Criteria ____A _x ___B __ x __C ____0 Criteria Considerations (Exceptions) ____A ____B ____C ____0 Areas of Significance (enter categories from instructions) Industry Engineering ____E ____F ____G Period of Significance Significant Dates 1909-1936 1909-1910. 1914. 1920, 1923, 1936. Cultural Affiliation n/a Significant Person Knight. Jesse Architect/Builder Allen, James E./unknown State significance of property, and justify criteria, criteria considerations. and areas and periods of significance noted above. (see continuation sheet) __ x__See continuation sheet NPS Form 10-900a (Rev. 8-86) Utah Word Processor Format (02741) Approved 10/87 OKS No. 1024-0018 United states Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 2 Snake Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District, vac. Heber City, Wasatch County. Utah The Snake Creek Power Plant District is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion B within a statewide context and Criterion C within a local context. Although somewhat compromised by the loss of an operator's cottage, the site is significant under Criterion C because it embodies the distinctive characteristics of an early twentieth-century, highhead hydroelectric power station. Situated in the Snake Creek canyon of the Wasatch Range, the Snake Creek Power Plant's engineering features were ideally suited to its mountainous setting. Power companies built numerous high-head plants in Utah during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They were the most efficient type of hydroelectric technology for generation power on Utah's relatively small mountain streams. Constructed by the Snake Creek Power Company, which was controlled by Jesse Knight, the plant has statewide historic significance under Criterion B because of its association with Knight. A prominent Utah entrepreneur, Knight was very influential in the development of Utah agriculture, mining and power. Knight Consolidated Power Company, of which Snake Creek Power was a part, b8came a major contributor in the formation of Utah Power and Light in 1913. The Snake Creek Power Company supplied needed, inexpensive power to Knight's mining properties in Park City, a major silver mining district, allowing for expansion of Knight's mining operations. Local residents of Heber City, Utah first recognized the potential for hydroelectric power from Snake Creek waters in 1907. In that year, Joseph R. Murdock acquired water rights from the Wasatch Development Company with the idea of erecting a plant to supply electricity to Heber City. As the site lay roughly halfway NPS Form 10-900a OKS No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 8-86) Utah Word Processor Format (02741) Approved 10/87 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number ____ 8___ Page 3 Snake Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District, vac. Heber city, Wasatch County, Utah between Heber City and Park City, then a thriv i ng silver mining district, the project gained the notice of Jesse ~night. ~night, president of Knight Investment Company, owned promising mining property in Park City and he realized the advantage of bringing cheap power to his mining activities. Apparently, Knight gave some financial backing to the Heber City residents' project. In the panic of 1907-8, however, the local venture failed due to lack of finances. After considering the advantages of the site, Knight stepped in and obtained control of the Snake Creek Project. In 1909, the Snake Creek Power Company was incorporated with Jesse Knight, president and Joseph Murdock, vice-president. Several of Knight's relatives, among others, also served as directors, such as, his son-in-laws, R.E. Allen and W. Lester Mangum and his son, J. William Knight. Jesse Knight retained control over the operation by owning the majority of the shares issued. Construction of the facility began the same year. A small diver-sion dam directed water from the confluence of Snake and Lavina Creeks into a two-mile wood-stave pipeline. At the plant site, obtained from Bishop Jacob Probst, the sompany erected a two-unit powerhouse, a transformer house and an operator's residence. The architect for the project was a Provo, Utah man, James E. Allen. The son of a self-taught architect and carpenter from Coalville, Allen moved to Provo in 1909. Hired in that year by the Snake Creek Power Company, Allen designed a small,but unusual powerhouse incorporating elements of the Italian Renaissance s tyle. It is possible that Allen also designed the operator's residence, a simple cottage with craftsman detailing. Allen remained in Provo until his death in 1956. During his career, he designed numerous church and business structures, including the Provo Congregational and Community Church--which exhibited a "Meditteranean style"--the Western Utah Stake House, and the Richfield National Guard Armory. In 1910, construction of the Snake Creek plant was complete. Two generators, rated at 1180 kilowatt, produced 6600 volts of 60 cycle alternating current, which a 11,000 volt transmission line carried over the mountains to Park City. Virtually ali electricity produced went to the mines near Park City, such as the UPS Form 10-900a (Rev. 8-86) Utah Word Processor Format (02741) Approved 10/87 OKS No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page __~4~__ Snake Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District, vac. Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah Daily Judge Mine and Mill, to pewer machinery. 8y this time, Heber City had erected its own power plant and no longer needed Snake Creek electricity. Although the Snake Creek Power Company existed as a separate corporation, in fact it was only a component of the vast Knight Investment Company controlled by Jesse Knight. One of Utah's early capitalist, Knight was influential in the development of the state's agriculture, industry and finance. Although he gained the most recognition for his mining ventures, Knight was also involved in irrigated farming in both Utah and Canada, sugar factories and mills, banking, and woolen production. While ranching near Payson, Knight had discovered the lucrative mining district at Tintic. To develop his mining claims, Knight and members of his family organized the Knight Investment Company in 1906. The articles of incorporation provided for not only mining and agricultural ventures but also for acquiring water rights for hydroelectric power and the construction of power plants and electric light distribution systems. Apparently tnight initially c onsidered power development only in relation to his mining o perations. However, by 1912, he controlled one of Utah's largest power companies which was a major predecessor to the Utah Power and Light Company. Th e Investmel1t Company intensively developed its thirty-two mining cl aims in the Tintic District which required electrification. In 1 9 08, the firm constructed a smelter at Silver City and contracted with Utah Ccunty Light and Power Company of American Fork to fUrtlish electricity. Another contract with the Telluride Power Company of Provo guaranteed that the smelter would have uninterrupted generation. Soon, however, Knight realized that ~ hese power sources were inadequate and began investigating sites for his own plant. In 1909, the Investment Company began construction of a power station in the Santaquin Canyon and a transmission line connecting it with the Tintic district. Upon completion in 1910, Knight declared that the Santaquin plant was meant solely for his own enterprises and would not compete with other electric companies. When the Investment Company moved to improve its mining properties at Park City in 1908, it faced the same problem of gaining access NPS Form 10-900a (Rev. 8-86) Utah Word Processor Format (02741) Approved 10/87 OMS No. 1024-0018 United states Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page 5 Snake Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District, vac. Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah to inexpensive power. This motive impelled the firm to develop the Snake Creek power station. But, as at Tintic, the Snake Creek p 1ant fa; 1edt 0 me e t ~~ n i g h t 's nee d sin Par k C; t y . r n 1 9 1 0, the company began construction of a site on the Provo River to augment Snake Creek generation which was named the Murdock plant. As work at Murdock proceeded throughout 1910, the Knight Investment Company became interested in the holdings of the Mill Creek Power Company. Organized in 1906, this firm had acquired water rights on Mill Creek, east of Salt Lake City, and commenced construction of the Upper Mill Creek plant in 1907. Power from the station was sold almost exclusively to the Salt Lake Pressed Brick Company. In 1910, Mill Creek Power began a second plant-the Lower Mill Creek station--to supply the U.S. Smelter at Midvale, but before its completion, the company passed control of its power holdings to Jesse Knight. While these transactions were occurring, Knight and his associates moved to segregate their power holdings, including the Snake Creek Power Company, from the Knight Investment Company. With the addition of the Mill Creek Power Company, a new company was formed in 1910 called the ~night Power Company with Jesse Knight as Dresident. By that time, Knight had clearly moved be yond developing power solely for his own use and was becoming a major competitor in the electric power field. Power from the Snake Creek, Murdock, Santaquin, Upper and Lower Mill Creek supplied not only hnight mines and smelters but also other smelting and industrial ventures in Tintic, Park City and Salt Lake City. Excess electricity was sold to the Progress Company of Murray, an electric utility. The Knight Power Company entered domestic electrification in 1912 through yet another consolidation when it merged with the Utah County Light and Power Company. This firm operated three hydroelectric plants--two in American Fork Canyon and one at Alpine--which provided power to the communities of Lehi, American Fork and Pleasant Grove, a large pumping plant near Lehi, the Tintic mining district, and had entered Midvale and Murray. Jesse Knight retained control of the new Knight Consolidated Power Company. NPS Form 10-900a (Rev. 8-86) Utah Word Processor Format (02741) Approved 10/87 United states Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page _---...6_ _ Snake Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District, vac. Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah with this merger, the ~ni9ht power interests and the~r eight power stations became the third largest power company in Utah. Their 44,000 volt transmission line which connected a widespread system of plants and industrial and domestic c~stomers, was the second largest in the state. Knight Consolidated's nearest competitor was the Telluride Power Company, also of Provo, and a bitter rivalry existed between the presidents of the two companies--Jesse Knight and L.L. Nunn. However, the competition did not last long. In 1913, Utah Power and Light Company combined the largest electricity producers in Utah, including both Knight Consolidated and Telluride, to effectively dominate the state's power industry until the present day. Although the Snake Creek station was only a component of this larger transaction, the merger affected the physical appearance of the site. In an effort to increase efficiency, Utah Power and Light made improvements to its power facilities. At Snake Creek, i t added two operators' cottages, one in 1917 and the o ther in 1920. These wood-frame, hip roofed dwellings differed s omewhat from the residence designed by Allen but were similar to houses the company constructed at other camps. In 1923, a barn was erected which sheltered the horses used to patrol the pi peline. The firm also probably built the four other sheds s ometime before or around 1936. The add i tions to the Snake Creek fac ility did not change the overall characteristics of the plant, j ut they were important because they reflected the efforts of Utah G~ wer and Light tc upgrade its facilities in the interests of c reating an efficient network of power plants. Therefore, the period of significance of the Snake Creek Hydroelectric Plant Hi storic Distr~ct is extended beyond the period outlined in the rn u 1tip 1e property nom; nat i on. Today, the Snake Creek power station, virtually unaltered since its period of significance, clearly provides an excellent example of a small, eariy twentieth-century, hydroelectric plant. 9. Major Bibliographical References Previous documentation on file (NPS): ----preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested ----previously listed in the National Register ----previously determined eligible by the National Register ____designated a National Historic Landmark ___recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # ___recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # __ x__ See conti.nuation sheet Primary location of additional data: __x__State Historic preservation office ____Other State agency ___Federal agency ____Local government ____University _x_Other Specify repository: Utah Power and Lisht COlnpany 10. Geographical Data Acreage of property ~1~.~7~4~a~c~r~e~s~______________________________________________________ UTM References A 1/2 4/5/7/4/2/0 Easting Zone C 1/2 4/5/5/11010 4/4/8/8/1/9/0 B Northing 4/4/8/919/4/0 D 112 4/5/5/3/8/0 4/4/8/9/8/8/0 Zone Easting Northing 1 1 1 III III III ____See continuation sheet Verbal Boundary Description __ x_See continuation sheet Boundary Justification __x_See continuation sheet 11. Form Prepared By name/title Mark Fiege/Janet Ore, Consulting Historians organization for Utah Power and Light Co. street & number city or town 144 South 900 East #10 Salt Lake City date November 1988 telephone [phone] state ~U~t~a~h~___ zip code ~8~4~1~0~2_____ OMS No. 1024-0018 NPS Form 10-900a (Rev. 8-86) utah Word Processor Format (02741) Approved 10/87 United states Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 9 Page 2 Snake Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District, vac. Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah Cole, Brad, and Johnson, Mike. U~ah State Historic Preservation Office, Structure/Site Information From. "Snal'.e Creel<, Power Site." N.D. Dastrup, Boyd L. "Electrification of Utatl, 188(1-1915." thesis, Utah State University, 1976. M./l,. Desert News, 14 March 1921 (Jesse I<night obituary). Salt Lake Tribune, 8 June 1937 (Inez Knight Allen obituary); 22 November 1956 (James Allen obituary). Engineering and Mining Journal, 4 June 1910, 14 May 1910. Utah Power and Light Company. Engineering Files Department. Drawings No. UB-20209, dated March 1936 and No. UC-2056, no date. --------Cadastral Department. Project. File 12318, Snake Creek - - ------.. The !\ n i ght Conso 1 i dated PoV,'e r Com;)any." Unpub 1 i shed report prepared in connection with Federa l Fower Commission Request Or der dated ~ay 11, 1937. - -------Property Accounting Department. Expenditure Requisition History File, Snake Creek Plant. --------"Snake Creek Power Company." Unpublished report prepared in connection with Federal Power Commission Request Order dated May 11, 1937. ---------"Wasatch Development Company." Unpublished repor~ prepared in connection with Federal Power Commission Request Order dated May 11, 1937. NPS Form 10-900a (Rev. 8-86) Utah Word Processor Format (02741) Approved 10/87 OMS No. 1024-0018 United states Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 10 Page __~2____ Snake Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District. vac. Heber city. Wasatch County. Utah Verbal Boundary Oescription: The Snahe Creek Hydroelectric Plant Historic District powerhouse and operators' camp components are located in the west ha~f of section 21, T3S, R4E, on USGS Quad labelled Brighton, Utah. The Lavina Dam component is located on the west edge of section 17, T3S, R4E, and the Snake Creek Dam component in the east half of section 18, T3S, R4E. \ The historic district boundary at the powerhouse site begins 10 ft. directly W from the SW corner of the guest cottage (no. 4 on map). The boundary then proceeds SW 79 ft., then takes a rightangle to proceed 360 ft. SE (following a line 10 ft. behind the garage) to the fence line 50 ft. SE from the operator's cottage (no. 3 on map), then the boundary takes a right angle and proceeds NE 175 ft. to the south edge of State Highway 220. The boundary then follows the south edge of the highway for 375 ft., then takes a right angle and proceeds SW towards the guest cottage 100 ft . t~ the Point of Beginning, 10 ft. from the cottage's SW corner. Total acreage is 1.65 acres. The historic district boundar y around the Sna ~ e Creek Dam 'no . ~ 1 on map) generally follows the FERC oroject boundary lines (s ee map). Beginning at a point 6.25 ft. directly N of the northernmost projection of the dam. From that point proceed 62.5 ft. SE, then make a right-angle and proceed 37.5 ft. SW. After a right-angle turn, proceed 62.5 ft. NW, make a right-angle turn NE a nd proceed 37 ft. to Point of Beginning. Total acreage is .054 acres. The historic district boundary around the Lavina Creek Dam (no. 10 on map) also follows portions of the FERC project boundary lines (see map). Beginning at a point 10 ft. N from the NW corner of the dam, proceed E 12 ft., then make a right-angle and proceed S 31.25 ft. The boundary makes a jog W 6 ft. then proceeds 6 ft. SE. After another right-angle turn, the boundary proceeds W for 25 ft. to the intersection of the dam and pipeline. The boundaries then proceed 6 ft. N, then 6 ft. Wand then turn 90 degrees and travel 37.5 ft. After another 90 degree angle, the boundary proceeds E for 25 ft. to the point of beginning. Tota: NPS Form 10-900a (Rev. 8-86) Utah Word Processor Format (02741) Approved 10/87 OKS No. 1024-0018 United states Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number ____1_0__ acreage totais • ") '"J U ...J':'" Page ___3___ Snake Creek Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District, vac. Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah acres. Boundary Justification: The boundary of the Snake Creek Hydroelectric Plant Historic District encompasses those historic, intact, and visually prominent structures associated with the operation of the facility. The conduit and the penstock for the plant was excluded from the district because it either lacks integrity, is not historic, or ;s mostly underground. Thus the district includes three discontiguous components, two dams and the powerhouse site. A discontiguous district is justified in this case because visual continuity is not a factor in historic significance, the dams and the powerhouse site are geographically separated, and the intervening space lacks significance. The boundaries for the Snake Creek and lavina Creek dams were chosen because they encompass the general setting of each dam as it spans its respective waterway. The boundary for the powerhouse site was chosen because it ecompasses the cleared area upon which the powerhouse and associated buildings sit. This cleared area, planted in grass, is distinguishable from the surrounding woods, fields, and golf courses. llicument #01760 112' o· "·0.0. 8!.1'\. "'~I ••, . . . . . . . . . . .'C ~ . eD" . . . ... 00. !.. ru .. -"1 ..... k.·... ,.... I 3 ,; \ , '. .- ,; - \ "\ 5"'A"~ CQ~~" ~"~LOOU~N'T G~NeQA.L UAO O~ FLOW LIN~ UTAH POWEQ 6< Lt&HT CO. !tA ... T LA"e en .. . 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Lavina Creek Dam (no. 10), 6, northe~sl. to north. 7, lett to right), view to view to northwest. 9. Snake Creek Dam (no. 11), view to northwest; photograph by Jim Burruss, November 1988. Sulser, John and Mary, House 187 North 400 West, Midway, Wasatch County Sulser, John and Mary, House 187 North 400 West, Midway, Wasatch County Sulser, John and Mary, House 187 North 400 West, Midway, Wasatch County Sulser, John and Mary, House 187 North 400 West, Midway, Wasatch County Sulser, John and Mary, House 187 North 400 West, Midway, Wasatch County Sulser, John and Mary, House 187 North 400 West, Midway, Wasatch County Facing W. 4/2011 Facing NW Sulser, John and Mary, House 187 North 400 West, Midway, Wasatch County Facing NW 4/2011 Facing N Sulser, John and Mary, House 187 North 400 West, Midway, Wasatch County Facing NE 4/2011 Facing SE Sulser, John and Mary, House 187 North 400 West, Midway, Wasatch County _---...t-- 4/2011 Facing SW