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Landmark & Historic Sites 2nd Edition, Revised 2011 Informational Guide of Historical Sites within the City of St. George CITY OF ST. GEORGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT St. George City Council S Daniel D. McArthur, Mayor Gil Almquist, Member MENT G Gail Bunker, Member Benjamin Nickle, Member LED W Jon Pike, Member NO Gloria Shakespeare, Member K C Gary S. Esplin, City Manager A Historic Preservation Commission Kim Campbell, Chairman Brooks Pace, Member Peggy Childs, Member Lynne Cobb, Member Ramona Larsen, Member Karl Brooks, Member Gail Bunker, Council Member Planning Department Bob Nicholson, AICP, Community Development Coordinator Wes Jenkins, Development Services Manager Ray Snyder, Planner II Craig J. Harvey, ASLA, Planner I Special Thanks Linda Brooks, Planning Secretary Susan Crook, ASLA - Utah Heritage Foundation; The Utah Heritage Project Staff Foundation; The Mark & Barbara Greene Family Estate; Marc Mortensen, Craig J. Harvey, ASLA Assistant City Manager; George Cannon and the Washington County Bob Nicholson, AICP Historical Society (WCHS); Utah State History; The United States Tiana Larsen, Intern (2009) Department of the Interior and the National Park Service. Landmark Sites Viewing Etiquette Many of the buildings shown in this book are not open to the public. Please follow these simple rules when viewing historic sites: - Never enter a property without the permission of the owner. - Never enter a building. - Please take pictures from the street. CITY OF ST. GEORGE For more information regarding Landmark Sites COMMUNITY or to learn about the requirements to get your DEVELOPMENT property listed as a Landmark site contact: Bob Nicholson, AICP - Community Development Coordinator City of St. George, Utah Community Development Dept. [email protected] 175 East 200 North Craig J. Harvey, ASLA - Planner I St. George, UT 84770 (435) 627-4206 [email protected] Fax: (435) 627-4430 www.sgcity.org/comdev Unless otherwise noted all images are from the Planning Department Image Library. The City of St. George will make efforts This publication has been funded with the assistance of a matching grant-in-aid from the UTAH to provide reasonable accommodations STATE HISTORY and the NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. Regulations of the U. S. Department of the to disabled members of the public in accessing City programs. Please contact Interior strictly prohibit unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, the City Human Resources office, (435) sex, age, disability, and sexual orientation. Any person who believes he or she has been discriminated 627-4617, at least 24 hours in advance against in any program, activity, or facility operated by a recipient of Federal assistance should write i if you have special needs. to: Office of Equal Opportunity, National Park Service, 1849 C Street, NW, Washington D.C. 20240 Table of Contents S T Introduction ..............................................................................................................................................................2 . G A Brief History of St. George ................................................................................................................................2 EORGE The Pioneer Plat ......................................................................................................................................................3 Landmarks Location Map.......................................................................................................................................5 Caspar Bryner Home - 298 South 300 West Street ..............................................................................................7 L Wallace B. Mathis (John Mathis) Home - 210 South 300 West Street .................................................................9 ANDMARK William F. Butler Home - 190 South 300 West Street .........................................................................................11 Heinrich Gubler Home - 162 South 300 West Street ...........................................................................................13 Thomas J. Thurston Home - 270 West 200 North Street .....................................................................................15 Aunt Addies (Addie Price) Home - 185 West Diagonal Street .............................................................................17 & H George Brooks Home - 346 North Main Street .....................................................................................................19 Julia Graff Home - 252 North Main Street ............................................................................................................20 ISTORIC St. George Opera House - 212 North Main Street ................................................................................................21 The Painted Lady (Gates-McQuarrie Home) - 85 West Diagonal Street .............................................................23 George F. Whitehead Home - 241 North 100 West Street....................................................................................25 S Woolley-Foster Home (Seven Wives Inn) - 217 North 100 West Street ..............................................................27 ITES Erastus “Ras” Goddard Whitehead Home - 278 North 100 West Street .............................................................31 William Thompson (Floyd C. Stevens) Home - 212 North 100 West Street .......................................................33 Dr. Israel Ivins Home - 187 North 100 West Street ..............................................................................................35 Anthony W. Ivins Home - 165 North 100 West Street .........................................................................................36 Moses Andrus Home - 139 North 100 West Street ...............................................................................................37 Brigham Young’s Winter Home / Office - 67 West 200 North Street ..................................................................39 Joe “Jode” Burgess Home - 172 North 100 West Street.........................................................................................45 Ancestor Square - NW Block on Main Street & St. George Boulevard ................................................................47 - The Sandstone Building (The Old Sheriff’s Office) ...........................................................................................47 - The Old Jailhouse (Sheriff Hardy’s Jail) .............................................................................................................47 - Dr. W. R. Pike Home - 189 North Main Street ...............................................................................................48 - Samuel Miles Jr. Home - 173 North Main Street .............................................................................................49 - Morris-Grundy Home - 151 North Main Street ...............................................................................................50 - Augustus P. Hardy Home - 46 West St. George Boulevard ...............................................................................51 - Gardener’s Club Hall - 50 West St. George Boulevard ......................................................................................52 Mary Ann Gardner Home - 158 North Main Street .............................................................................................53 McQuarrie Memorial Hall - 143 North 100 East Street ......................................................................................55 Old Pioneer Courthouse - 97 East St. George Boulevard .....................................................................................56 Benjamin F. Pendleton Home - 60 North 100 West Street ..................................................................................57 Joseph Judd Home - 94 West Tabernacle Street ......................................................................................................58 Green Gate Village - 76 West Tabernacle Street ....................................................................................................59 - Thomas Judd’s General Store Co. .....................................................................................................................59 - William Oscar Bentley (Joseph Bentley) Home .................................................................................................61 - Richard A. Morris, Orpha Morris Home ..........................................................................................................63 - Orson Pratt / Richard Bentley Home ...............................................................................................................65 - George E. Miles / Thomas Judd Home (Green Hedge Manor) .........................................................................67 - Thomas Judd’s Carriage House & Granary .......................................................................................................69 - The Christmas Cottage .....................................................................................................................................70 St. George Cooperative Mercantile Building - 75 North Main Street ..................................................................71 The Bishop’s Storehouse - 17 North Main Street ...................................................................................................71 George Worthen