Utah Centennial Studies
Home Sweet Home Packet A
Lot 2 Block 29 | |
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Marie Anderson | 1872 from Ephraim City Mayor |
Annie Olsen | 1894 (2 months) |
Andrew Anderson | 1894 |
A. Larsen | 1895 |
Marie S. Dorius | 1897, September 10 |
L.M. Olsen | 1904, December |
Andrew Anderson | 1905, January |
L.M. Olsen | 1911. April 10 |
G.S. Bastion | 1911 , April 14 |
First mortgage, | 1911 for $2,350 Lot in front owned by wife, Maria. Lot behind owned by John and wife. |
Bank of Ephraim | 1912-1913 |
A.J. Nielsen | 1918 |
Francis J. and LaVerde Scorup Gurney | 1936 |
Leon P. Olsen | 1957 |
Earl Walker | 1981, December 4 |
Leon Olsen | 1984, March 29 |
Gary Phelps | 1984, April 6 |
DORIUS HOUSE TITLE SEARCH - TIMELINE EXPANDED
1896 - Construction started as Utah became a state.
1897 - Construction completed by John Dorius Jr., owner and builder. The house was the first one in Ephraim to have central plumbing and heating. According to a Dorius Family legend, when John Dorius Jr. and his wife held an open house for the townspeople, some of the citizens refused to enter because they were afraid the furnace would blow up!
1904 - House was sold to L.M. Olsen local mercantile shop keeper. Mr. Olsen had one of the largest private book collections in Ephraim. He opened the collection to the public on occasion so the house was the first library in Ephraim. When he died all of his books were donated to start a public library.
1918 - House was sold to Dr. A.J. Nielsen, physician. He used the house as Ephraim's first hospital and surgery. Grade school children had their tonsils taken out and their appendix removed there. One of the upstairs bedrooms was used as the recovery room.
1936 - Sold to Francis Gurney and was used for many years as the home for the President of Snow College.
1957 - Sold to Leon Olsen who lived and raised his family there for twenty years.
1984 - Sold to Gary Phelps who started the restoration and began the research of the history of the house for the National Historic Register.
1985 - Used as a female dormitory for students going to Snow College.
1990 - Sold to Mark and Susie Nilsson who finished the restoration of the house and the grounds.
2005 - Sold to Paul and Jacquelyn Richardson.