Gibson-Sowards House
National Register of Historic Places

Gibson-Sowards House

Vernal, Uintah County, Utah
Listed
November 24, 1997
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
97001465

About this property

The Gibson–Sowards House, at 3110 N 250 W in Vernal, Utah, was built in 1891. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The listing included four contributing buildings and four contributing structures. It is a wood frame one-and-a-half-story house built on a sandstone foundation, with the sandstone taken from a hill just to its north. It is Victorian Eclectic in style, with an irregular plan, an asymmetrical facade, and decorative porches. It includes restrained Queen Anne elements such as lathe-turned columns, decorative brackets, and scroll-cut patterned railings on its west and south porches. Seven other contributing resources are: a log shed, a round metal granary, ruins of a rock house built around the 1880s, a 1925 garage, a c.1900 hay-derrick, a plank shed, and assorted corral fencing and water and feed troughs. It is located about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north of Vernal in Ashley Valley, a rural area in the Unitah Basin.

Location

3110 N 250 W
Vernal, Uintah County, Utah
40.50142, -109.53366

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Gibson-Sowards House listed on the National Register?

Gibson-Sowards House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 24, 1997.

What type of historic resource is Gibson-Sowards House?

Gibson-Sowards House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Gibson-Sowards House?

The period of significance for Gibson-Sowards House is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1891.

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