This small black L house is merely the joining of two stone cabins, and except for the single story, conforms to house type 6 in Austin Fife's "Stone Houses of Northern Utah." As one would expect, there are three chimneys here. Notice the plain boxed cornices and wooden lintels. Of those who have written of the buildings of Utah, such as Richard Francaviglia, Austin Fife, and Peter Goss, most have mentioned the frugality and Mormon utilitarianism that characterize the early structures. And the buildings of Beaver are no exception.
Stone Buildings of Beaver City BY RICHARD C POULSEN
1855 and during 1856, the colonization and settlement of the Beaver River valley was begun; this initial work was undertaken mainly by residents of Parowan who were called to this duty by LDS church leaders. Situated west of the Tushar range, about two hundred miles south of Salt Lake City, Beaver City was solidly established in the ensuing years mainly by hardy Scots and English. The county and the town were named Beaver by the early settlers because of the abundance of this furbearer in and along the Beaver River and other streams. JLATE IN
