Nearest city Torrey, Utah Architect Behunin, Elijah Cutler Address Torrey, UT 84775, USA Area 400 m² | Built 1883 NRHP Reference # 99001094 Opened 1883 Added to NRHP 13 September 1999 | |
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MPS Capitol Reef National Park MPS Similar Fruita Schoolhouse, Pioneer Register, Gifford Homestead, Goosenecks Overlook, Cathedral Valley Corral | ||
The Elijah Cutler Behunin Cabin was built to house Elijah Cutler Behunin's family in 1883-84 in what is now Capitol Reef National Park in Utah. The Behunins lived there for only a year, leaving for Fruita after a flood threatened the house and its fields. The one story sandstone structure measures 13 feet (4.0 m) by 16.5 feet (5.0 m), with a single room. The walls are sandstone covered with a plaster-cement wash. The roof structure is wood, covered with wood sheathing and bentonite clay. The cabin was renovated in the 1960s by the National Park Service and represents the most intact example of a settler cabin in Capitol Reef National Park.
The Behunin cabin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 13, 1999.
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