1 Ogden City Council Meeting: June 23, 2020

PROPOSED DESIGNATION OF THE STONE FARM AT 301 WEST 2ND STREET AS A HISTORIC RESOURCE ON THE OGDEN CITY REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

Set/not set public hearing for July 7, 2020

Approval of the designation (5-0)

Petitioners Anna and Michael Keogh are proposing the home and property located at 301 West 2nd Street, known as the Stone Farm, be listed as an historic resource on the Ogden City Register of Historic Places. The designation would require any significant changes proposed for the building, including demolition, to be approved by the Landmarks Commission through the approval of a Certificate of Historic Appropriateness. The designation would help ensure the preservation of the property and would help to ensure that any changes proposed would maintain the character and historicity of the home and property. The City’s Landmarks Commission has reviewed the proposed designation and has forwarded a recommendation of approval finding that the building meets both the historical and architectural criteria listed in the City’s code for local designation.

Under the City’s code (Title 17, Chapter 2), an historic resource, which

could include a site, building, interior space, district or natural feature, may be designated as an historic resource on the City’s local historic register if it has significant character, interest or value as part of the development, heritage or cultural significance of the city, state or nation. The resource must also fall into one or more of three categories: historical significance, architectural significance or neighborhood significance.

When a building is placed on the City’s local register as an historic

resource, higher standards apply to the maintenance, rehabilitation and/or remodel of the resource. Once designated on the local register, any changes that could potentially alter the historical or architectural significance of the resource must be reviewed and approved by the Landmarks Commission and the owner of the resource must be issued a Certificate of Historic Appropriateness for the changes. An historic

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resource, once designated, cannot be demolished without review and approval of the Landmarks Commission. The resource would also be subject to the City’s preservation and protection of historic resources standards, or more commonly referred to as the demolition by neglect provisions. The demolition by neglect provisions provide a way for the City to more fully investigate negligence in the maintenance of an historic resource and provide options for both the City and the owner to develop a plan for the preservation of the resource. The provisions also provide an appeals process for the owner in the case of undue economic hardship. The demolition by neglect provisions were approved by the Council in April 2013.

The process for designating an historic resource on the City’s local register requires a recommendation from the Landmarks Commission and a final determination by the City Council. Any person, group or association, or the Landmarks Commission itself, may nominate a potential resource for placement on the local historic register. It must be shown that the prospective resource meets the criteria as having historical, architectural, or neighborhood significance. Once a petition has been submitted for nomination, the owner of the resource is given notice. In this case, the owners have filed the petition for placement on the local register. The nomination petition is then considered by the Landmarks Commission, after which the Commission’s recommendation is forwarded to the Council for final determination. June 16, 2020 The Council reviewed the proposed designation at the June 16, 2020 work session.

The current proposal is to designate the Stone Farm property located at 301 West 2nd Street to the Ogden City Register of Historic Resources. The home and property meet several of the criteria listed in the City’s ordinance for nomination. The home was built by Chauncey Stone in 1925 and its architecture is a bungalow style typical of the period. The foundation of the home was built with cornerstones from the remains of the Bingham Fort Tithing House. The home and three accessory structures meet the requirements for historical and architectural significance.

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The proposed designation would designate the property and all eligible structures as historic resources on the local register. In addition to the home, the garage, chicken coop and the three-sided tractor shed are eligible for designation and all contribute to the significance of this property.

The Landmarks Commission reviewed the proposed designation at its February 27, 2020 meeting and forwarded a recommendation of approval to the Council with a vote of 5-0. The Commission’s recommendation was made with the finding that the property and buildings have important historical and architectural significance.

No public comment was included in the transmittal materials.

1. Transmittal 2. Ordinance 2020-28 3. Landmarks Commission Report

Administrative Contact: Greg Montgomery, AICP (801) 629-8931 Council Staff Contact: Glenn Symes, AICP (801) 629-8164

Ogden City Council Transmittal Submitted to CAO: 24 April 2020

Received by Council:

OGDEN CITY LANDMARKS COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION

TO PLACE THE PROPERTY AT 301 W. 2nd STREET ON THE

OGDEN CITY REGISTER OF HISTORIC RESOURCES

DEPARTMENT: DIRECTOR: Community and Economic Development Tom Christopulos

DIVISION: MANAGER: Planning Greg Montgomery

STAFF: CONTACT: Amber Corbridge, Planner 801-629-8933, ambercorbridge@ogdencity.com

REQUEST: Consideration to designate the property known as "Stone Farm" at 301 W. 2nd Street on the Local Register of Historic Resources.

REQUESTED TIMELINE: As soon as possible

RECOMMENDATION: The Landmarks Commission reviewed this application on February 27, 2020. A motion was made to recommend the nomination of 301 W. 2nd Street to the Ogden City Register of Historic Resources based on the findings that it has important historical and architectural significance, which should be preserved by considering placing the property on the local register. A motion was made to approve this request.

LANDMARKS COMMISSIONERS VOTE Schade ... ..................... ....................................... ................ ..... ........... .

Yes X

MacKay............ .............................. .................................... ................. X McMillen................................. .. .. ................................ .. .. ......... ............ X Wilkerson............ ...... ................................................................... .. .. ... X Wilson......... .... .. ...................................................... ............................. X

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

Staff stated the owners, Anna and Michael Keogh, have nominated their property for acceptance on

the local register of historic resources. The home is part of an original homestead on West 2nd Street.

The building's architecture is typical of the bungalow style and placed on a unique foundation which

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was original within the historic Fort Bingham. The structures on the property, including the bungalow

home, garage, chicken coop, tractor shed, and workshop, tell a history of farming in Ogden which

makes the property eligible for nomination. Staff reviewed both historic, architectural and

neighborhood significance and recommended its nomination be approved.

Staff explained the importance of the property, including all the structures which are included, and reviewed standards required to nominate a building on the local historic register. The Commission asked about the rear addition and existing conditions of the window material. The applicant and owner of the property responded while storm windows were added, the existing wood windows are still in place. The Commission stated that this property has strong historic significance and reflects a rural lifestyle that is disappearing from the community.

ATTACHMENTS: • Proposed Ordinance • Landmarks Commission Staff Report

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ORDINANCE NO.

AN ORDINANCE OF OGDEN CITY, UTAH, DESIGNATING THE STONE FARMHOUSE, LOCATED AT 301 WEST 2ND STREET, AS A HISTORIC RESOURCE; AND PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON POSTING AFTER FINAL PASSAGE.

WHEREAS, the building commonly known as the Stone Farmhouse, located at 301 West 2nd Street has been nominated by the Ogden City Landmarks Commission as a historic resource pursuant to Chapter 2, Title 17, Ogden Municipal Code;

WHEREAS, the Ogden City Landmarks Commission has reviewed the nomination in accordance with the requirements of City ordinance;

WHEREAS, the Landmarks Commission has found the building to have historical significance based on the following criteria:

A. The building has historic significance in that it was constructed in approximately 1925, by Chauncey Stone on a unique foundation where remains of the Bingham Fort Tithing House were used for cornerstones. It is located in the Bingham's Fort area which was the largest fort in the Weber County area and has multiple accessory structures which have historical significance and tells a story of how the property was used as a farmstead.

B. The one story bungalow home, constructed with a gabled roof bearing arts and crafts elements with a half-timbered design of wood and plaster, is an easily identifiable visual feature of its neighborhood and contributes to the distinctive identity of the neighborhood.

WHEREAS, the Landmarks Commission has recommended that the City Council designate the Stone Farmhouse as a historic resource and that it be placed on the Ogden City Register of Historic Resources; and

WHEREAS, the Ogden City Council, after notice and public hearing as required by Title 17 of the Ogden Municipal Code, has determined that the designation should be approved.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of Ogden City hereby ordains:

SECTION 1. The Stone Farmhouse, located at 301 West Second Street, Ogden

City, Weber County, State of Utah, and more particularly described in Section 2 below,

including all structures on the property, is hereby designated a historic resource

pursuant to Chapter 2, Title 17 of the Ogden Municipal Code and placed on the Ogden

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City Register of Historic Resources.

SECTION 2. The property subject to the designation in Section 1 above,

is described as follows:

PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 1 WEST, SALT LAKE MERIDIAN, U.S. SURVEY: BEGINNING AT A POINT 18.35 CHAINS NORTH AND 632.4 FEET EAST OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID QUARTER SECTION; RUNNING THENCE EAST 120 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 3.83 CHAINS; THENCE WEST 120 FEET; THENCE NORTH 3.83 CHAINS TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. MINUS 0.07 ACRE OF STATE HIGHWAY (168-259).

Land Serial No. 12-075-0045

SECTION 3. The City Recorder is hereby directed to record a copy of this

Ordinance in the Weber County Recorder's Office.

SECTION 4. Effective date. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately

upon posting after final passage.

PASSED, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED by the Council of Ogden

City, Utah this __ day of ____ , 2020.

CHAIR

ATTEST:

CITY RECORDER

Transmitted to the Mayor on _____ _

Mayor's Action: D Approved D Vetoed

MAYOR

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ATTEST:

CITY RECORDER

Posting date: _________ _

Effective date: -----------

Approved as to Form: !..!-M:..:....H=S:...__ ___ 4-'-'-/=33=/=20=2=0 Legal Date

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MEMO

TO: FROM: DATE: RE:

LANDMARKS COMMISSION AMBER CORBRIDGE, LANDMARKS STAFF February 27, 2020 NOMINATION OF 301 W. 2nd STREET, TO THE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.

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The property is part of a historically significant farmstead, known as "Stone Farm", and is known for its association with agriculture in Ogden and Weber County during the agriculturally productive era from 1920 to the mid-1950s. The parcel at 301 W 2nd Street is% -acre and part of the original Bingham Fort site. The property is on the national register, and this application is requesting the house at 301 W. 2nd Street, including four farm structures on the parcel, to be placed on the local register.

CHARACTER DEFINING FEATURES The home constructed in 1925 was built on a unique foundation where the

remaining rocks of a fort house were used for the cornerstones. The brick walls were laid by mason Michael Burton with bricks from Ogden Pressed Brick and Tile company. The property has four accessory structures which have historical significance and help tell the story of how the property was used as a farm, including a garage, chicken coop, three-sided tractor shed and workshop.

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APPLICABLE STANDARDS A. Historical significance

According to the statement made with the application, the Stone farmhouse and 4 additional buildings at 301 W 2nd Street were built in the 1920s and 30s. The farm became a first-rate dairy farm with 40 cows that sold milk to Weber Central Dairy for 23 years. In trend with diversified farming, the Stones also raised sugar beets, hay and wheat. During the 1920s and 30s the farm slowly transitioned from horses to tractors and other mechanized machines, and the surrounding buildings on this property help to tell that story.

From 1912 to 1925 the Chauncey Stone family lived in the Bingham log cabin. In 1925 they moved into this modern, new bungalow. After building the house, Chauncey built the car garage pictured below on the left in the late 1920s. In the 1930s Chauncey built the three-sided tractor shed for tractor maintenance and repair work. In 1935 Chauncey Stone had 5 working horses, one tractor and one car. There is still a 1948 Ford tractor on the farm.

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1920s car garage on left and late 1930s tractor shed on right. Presently the 1920s garage is used for storage and the 1930s tractor shed is used as a garage.

Rear of 1930s tractor shed

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Rear of 1920s car garage

In the 1930s Chauncey built a workshop behind the garage and tractor shed. It is pictured below on the right; it had three long interior worktables where most anything could be built or repaired. The mechanical maintenance work for the machines was done here in the shed and the workshop near the home. The chickens and cows were located on another parcel further west so that the smells of the barnyard did not come into the house. In the 1980s siding was added to the exterior walls of the workshop and new windows were installed. In 2017 the building was enlarged and is presently called "the studio". This building no longer retains its historic integrity.

The workshop/studio is behind the garage and tractor shed.

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In 1933 Chauncey built the chicken-coop pictured below for his wife to keep some chickens near the house for her use. At one time Chauncey had 50 chickens at another location for commercial use. In the 1940s Chauncey converted the chicken coop to a storage unit for large drums of gasoline for the many machines on the farm . Thereafter, the chicken-coop became known as the "gas house". It was restored in 2012 and retains its historic integrity.

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~i.-The chicken-coop/gas house is presently used for garden storage.

Also running through the property is the 1851 Bingham Fort Ditch, now known as the Lower Lynne Ditch.

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B. Architectural Significance 1. It embodies the distinctive visible characteristics or an architectural style, period or a method of construction; or 2. It is an outstanding work of designer or builder; or 3. It contains elements of extraordinary or unusual architectural 4. It portrays the environment of a group of people in an era of history characterized by a distinctive architectural style.

The house on the property at 301 West 2nd Street is a one-story bungalow constructed with a gabled roof. There are two gables on the north fac;ade, where one is part of the protruding porch and the other part of the main body of the house. The gabled ends include arts and crafts elements with half-timbered design of wood and plaster. The door and windows on the main level are original. The rear of the home contains an original, enclosed frame porch which was altered in the 1980s with new windows and new wood siding.

OLD PHOTOS OF 301 WEST 2ND STREET

1925 Chauncey Stone painting trim.

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About 1929.

1930s-1940s, two views of the back porch.

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-Transition from horses to tractors.

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1983 -gas drums removed from gas house

1983 -workshop on the right

C. Neighborhood Significance: Because of its prominent spatial location, contrasts of siding, age or scale, it is an easily identifiable visual feature of its

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neighborhood or the city and contributes to the distinctive quality or identity of its neighborhood or the city.

The home is located on 2nd Street and is very visible along that corridor.

FINDINGS OF FACT The Commission will need to determine that the home has important

historical and architectural significance which should be preserved by considering nomination to the local register.

STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the following: 1. Approval of the requested nomination of the home at 301 W. 2nd

Street.

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Ogden City Development SeJVice Center 2549 Washington Blvd. Suite 240

Ogden,Utah 84401 (801) 629-8985

This form is used to nominate individual properties, structures, interior spaces, districts or natural features to the Ogden City Register of Historic Places. ·

Applicant Name: Michael & Anna Keogh Phone: 801-395-4482

Address: 301 W 2nd Street

Cit~·. 0 den Sto.te·. UT Z.ip·. 84404

Email address: askeogh@yahoo.com

Historic property name: Stone Farmhouse

Other names/site number:

Property address: 301 W 2nd Street Zip: 84404

County Parcel number(s): 12-075-0045

Property Owner's name: Michael & Anna Keogh, Liam Keogh

Owner's phone: 801-395-4482

Email: askeogh@yahoo.com

Property Classification (check all that apply):

Building fZf Natural Feature 0 District 0 Structure 0 Site 0 Interior Space 0

Historic Fu?ctions (or use): Farm house, domestic, single dwelling

Current Functions (or use): Domestic, single dwelling

Architectural Classification: bungalow/craftsman

Materials

Foundation Walls Roof Other

stone, concrete brick shingle

Describe present and historic physical appearance, including dates of change, if known: (attach another sheet, if necessaiJI)

The house was completed in December 1925. It is a one-story bung low house type with a gabled roof.

There are two gables at its facade - one is part of a protruding porch and the other is part of the main body of

the house. An Arts and Crafts element of both gabled ends is a half-timbered design of wood and

plaster. The front door and windows are original.

r have been re-

The rear of the house contains a frame porch flanked by two double-hung windows. A set of double-hung

venilatlion windows is above the porch in the gable end. The porch, which is half the width of the house, has

an off-center original door. In 1985, the porch was altered by Installing a beaded wood siding over the original

boards. Aluminum sliding windows replaced the originals.

All interior details are intact. The mouldings, single-panel wood doors and built-in cubboards have

have not been altered. THey are made of douglas fir. The floors are oak.

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE of STONE FARMHOUSE

The Stone Fannstead is historically significant under criterion A for its association with agriculture in Ogden and Weber County. Even though this county is the second smallest in the state, it was one of the most agriculturally productive per acre from 1920 to the mid-1950s.1 The importance of farming in Ogden has been overshadowed by the history of the railroad and the notorious 25th Street.2 The 40-acre Stone farmstead was originally an 1850 pioneer farm and fort site.3 No pre-1900 buildings are left on the farm except for an 1860 granary. Most of the Stone farm buildings were constructed between the first and second world wars. By about 1925, the farm had become a first-rate dairy and crop farm. The nomination covers the history of the farm when it was rented by the Stones in 1909 (and subsequently purchased by them in 1913) through the construction of the second farm house in 1953. From 1997 to 2008, three farms surrounding the Stones have been subdivided for moderate-income housing and the Heritage School. The Stone farm is the only one left in Ogden.4 Until the farm was placed in a conservation easement with the State of Utah in 2004, there was pressure for them to subdivide.

The Stone Farm is significant under criterion C because it is a complete farmstead. It has 40 acres ofland, 16 work buildings and 2 residences. The sheds and barns are a visual record of the expansion of the farm and illustrate the variety of structures necessary to run a small farm. They were built from 1905 to 1940. Twelve of them have retained their historic integrity. The primary residence was built in 1925, and the other was built in 1953. Both houses are typical styles for their time periods and have maintained historic appearance. 5

In 1908 Chauncey Stone married Edna Kent. They lived in the Bingham cabin for 15 years while Chauncey built agriculture buildings and ran the dairy farm. In 1923, Chauncey began building a new home about 80 feet east of the cabin. The site was at 301 W 2nd Street.

Chauncey dug the foundation hole with a horse and scraper, and he mixed and poured the concrete basement. During the excavation he uncovered the rock foundation of a pioneer structure. The Standard Examiner wrote an article about a "Lost Fort Discovery".6 Perry Bingham in Riverdale identified the rock foundation as the remains of the Bingham Fort Tithing

1 Richard C. Roberts and Richard W. Sadler, A History of Weber County,_Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1997, pp. 251-253.

2 Richard Roberts, "Ogden", Utah's History Encyclopedia, ed Kent Powell, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1994,pp.399,400. 3 Isaac Newton Goodale, "The Isaac Newton Journal1850-1857", unpublished journal, p. 80. 4 James Barnhill, Utah State University Agricultural Extension Agent, letter dated January 13, 2004. The only large tracts of land left are a maximum of 10-acre parcels which are used to pasture and grow feed for horses and some cows. 5 National Register of Historic Places Registration of Stone Farm 2004, p. 9. 6 Interview with Warren Stone, son of Chauncey Stone, in June 1994, by his daughter Anna Stone Keogh.

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House that had burned down. These large rocks were used as cornerstones for the new house. Smaller foundation rocks were utilized in the west basement wall. 7

Chauncey's house was completed two years later. The brick walls were laid by mason Michael Burton with bricks from nearby Ogden Pressed Brick and Tile Company. The inside walls were plastered by Charles Gustav Price, a Swedish immigrant who lived a few blocks east. The simple bungalow house was finished by Christmas 1925, and the family moved from the cramped Bingham cabin into this modern home.8

December 1925,301 wznd Street.

After the Stones moved into their bungalow, Chauncey constructed work buildings in back of his new home. A frame garage with a small storage shed was built around 1926. It was located at the end ofthe gravel driveway. A gas pump installed near the garage was used during the 1930s and 1940s. An open-fa~tade building to house tractors was built directly behind the house in the late 1920s, as well as a frame workshop behind the tractor shed. A chicken house was built southwest of the house in 1933. These buildings are still standing.

Chauncey was a mainstream Utah farmer. " .. the average farmer received his principal income from sugar beets, with milk and dairy products second and potatoes and truck crops third."9

Diversified farming was typical throughout the state and helped stabilize income. Chauncey's main cash crops were sugar beets, potatoes and wheat. He grew feed for his milk-producing cows and cultivated other row crops. In 1935 Chauncey had 40 dairy cows, which were

7 Edna K Stone, {unpublished notebook of information), notebook in possession of Anna Stone Keogh. 8 National Register of Historic Places Registration of Stone Farm, pp. 13, 14. 9 Richard D Poll, Thomas G. Alexander, Eugene E. Campbell, David E. Miller, Utah's History, Logan Utah: Utah State University Press, 1989), p. 433.

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considered a laxge herd. He also had 50 chickens for egg production and 5 large workhorses for plowing. 10

Chauncey was active in the daily business through 1947. For 23 years he sold milk to Weber Central Dairy. They picked up five-gallon cans of milk from the farm and returned the empty ones.

Fazm life was hard work, m1d Edna did he1· shaz-e. She made cheese and sweet cre8l11 butter in the 1920s and then drove around Lynne in a buggy selling the products. At harvest Edna cooked for the thrashers, rising before dawn to make bread, cake, meat, pies and vegetables on a Majestic stove. Before her maniage she worked in a millinery shop and continued to use those skills to weave straw hats. Edna was a religious instructor for women in the Lynne Ward of the Mmmon Church. She also joined a local chapter of The Daughters ofthe Utah Pioneers and worked to preserve the histmy of the family and of Bingham Fmi.11

Stone Farmhouse, 301 W 2nd Street, 2019

Information exce1pted from National Register of Historic Places Registration of Stone Farm, 2004, pp.

9, 14, 15. Prepared by Larry Douglass, Director of Brigham City Museum.

10 Underground Water Claim, State of Utah, filed by Chauncey Stone Oct. 31, 1935. 11 Clelles Stone Petereson, "Biography of Edna Stone", (unpublished manuscript, 1974).

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