Andrew Barentsen House
The Andrew Barentsen House, located at 195 W. 200 South in Fountain Green in Sanpete County, Utah, was built in 1874. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
Andrew Barentsen House | |
| Location | 195 W. 200 South, Fountain Green, Utah |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 39°37′28″N 111°38′22″W / 39.62444°N 111.63944°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1874 |
| MPS | Scandinavian-American Pair-houses TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 83003185[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 1, 1983 |
It is a one-and-a-half-story brick house with a three-room pair-house plan. It has paired internal chimneys which have decorative corbelling on the ridge of the house's roof. Its windows have smooth stone pediments. A stone over the front door indicates "1874". It has a one-story rear extension which seems to be original.[2]
Andrew Marcus Barentsen, born in 1833 in Bovsthoue, Ribe, Grimstrup Parish, Denmark, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 1850s and immigrated to Utah in 1863. He was a farmer and cattleman, and had two wives: Gertrude H. Ericksen who lived in this brick house with him, and Petrea Jorgensen who lived in a small frame house on the property.[2]
The house had been used for hay storage in the 1970s, and in 1981 it was vacant and was in deteriorated condition.[2]
The house still existed, and appeared vacant, in 2007, at the southeast corner of W. 200 S. St. and S. 200 W. St. in Fountain Green.[3] It no longer appears to exist at that location in 2018.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Utah State Historical Society Site/Structure Information: Andrew Barentsen House". National Park Service. 1981. Retrieved March 16, 2018. With photo from 1982.
- ^ Per Google Streetview image from October 2007, accessed March 16, 2017
- ^ Google Satellite view dated 2018, accessed March 16, 2017.