It is a two-story red brick house with a stone foundation designed by architect William Allen. It was deemed "significant as one of a very limited number of houses designed by the Kaysville architect William Alien, that is virtually unaltered. William Alien was the only architect in Davis County at the time that the Layton house was designed by, and he continued to be the leading architect in the county until the 1920s. The Layton house also documents the use of pattern book house types in the late nineteenth century, and it is the same pattern that Allen used in the John Henry Layton house in West Layton, and possibly in the Joseph Adams house in East Layton. Of the three houses, the George W. Layton house received the most ornate program of ornament, and thereby records one extreme of the stylistic possibilities of pattern book design. The complexity of the brick and wood ornamentation, and its unaltered and well preserved condition make the George W. Layton house one of the most distinctive Victorian pattern book houses in Utah. In addition, Layton, who is credited with the resident's actual construction, served in a number of capacities within the community."[2]
It is Late Victorian in style and is located at 2767 W. Gentile St.[2]
Its pattern book design has an "impressive program of East lake and Queen Anne ornamentation. The pattern Alien chose for this house is almost exactly the same as the one he used for the John Henry Layton house which is several miles east on West Gentile Street. The John H. Layton house has longer proportions, but in general massing it is the mirror image of the George W. Layton house."[2]
In 2019 it was billed as The Grand Victorian and is available for weddings and receptions, having apparently served as a wedding venue since 2002.[3][4] The venue includes a waterfall and bridge,[4] despite the flat terrain.
^ abcDeborah R. Temme; Fred Aegerter (Fall 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: George W. Layton House". National Park Service. Retrieved October 26, 2019. With accompanying photo from 1981
^Google Streetview dated June 2019 shows The Grand Victorian signage, accessed October 2019
^ ab"Grand Victorian Reception Center". Salt Lake Bride. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
January 01, 1970
george, layton, house, davis, county, utah, near, layton, utah, built, around, 1897, listed, national, register, historic, places, 1982, national, register, historic, placesshow, utahshow, united, statesnearest, citylayton, utahcoordinates41, 059768, 017996, 0. The George W Layton House in Davis County Utah near Layton Utah was built around 1897 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 1 George W Layton HouseU S National Register of Historic PlacesShow map of UtahShow map of the United StatesNearest cityLayton UtahCoordinates41 03 35 N 112 01 05 W 41 059768 N 112 017996 W 41 059768 112 017996Arealess than one acreBuiltc 1897Built byGeorge W LaytonArchitectWilliam AllenArchitectural styleLate VictorianNRHP reference No 82004122 1 Added to NRHPJuly 23 1982 It is a two story red brick house with a stone foundation designed by architect William Allen It was deemed significant as one of a very limited number of houses designed by the Kaysville architect William Alien that is virtually unaltered William Alien was the only architect in Davis County at the time that the Layton house was designed by and he continued to be the leading architect in the county until the 1920s The Layton house also documents the use of pattern book house types in the late nineteenth century and it is the same pattern that Allen used in the John Henry Layton house in West Layton and possibly in the Joseph Adams house in East Layton Of the three houses the George W Layton house received the most ornate program of ornament and thereby records one extreme of the stylistic possibilities of pattern book design The complexity of the brick and wood ornamentation and its unaltered and well preserved condition make the George W Layton house one of the most distinctive Victorian pattern book houses in Utah In addition Layton who is credited with the resident s actual construction served in a number of capacities within the community 2 It is Late Victorian in style and is located at 2767 W Gentile St 2 Its pattern book design has an impressive program of East lake and Queen Anne ornamentation The pattern Alien chose for this house is almost exactly the same as the one he used for the John Henry Layton house which is several miles east on West Gentile Street The John H Layton house has longer proportions but in general massing it is the mirror image of the George W Layton house 2 In 2019 it was billed as The Grand Victorian and is available for weddings and receptions having apparently served as a wedding venue since 2002 3 4 The venue includes a waterfall and bridge 4 despite the flat terrain References edit a b National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service November 2 2013 a b c Deborah R Temme Fred Aegerter Fall 1980 National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination George W Layton House National Park Service Retrieved October 26 2019 With accompanying photo from 1981 Google Streetview dated June 2019 shows The Grand Victorian signage accessed October 2019 a b Grand Victorian Reception Center Salt Lake Bride Retrieved October 26 2019 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George W Layton House amp oldid 1185382744, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
