Area less than one acre Built by Smith,Lauritz Added to NRHP 24 June 1983 | Built c.1865 NRHP Reference # 83003179 | |
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Location 1350 E. 12400 South, Draper, Utah Architectural style Colonial Revival architecture Similar Lone Peak, Traverse Mountains, Loveland Living Planet Aq | ||
The Lauritz Smith House, at 1350 E. 12400 South in Draper, Utah, was built in c.1865. It includes Colonial Revival and Saltbox architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
It is "architecturally important because it represents a rare example of the New England "Saltbox" house in Utah." Saltbox architecture is relatively common in the U.S. northeast where Mormonism began, but is rare in Utah. The only other known examples at the time of NRHP nomination were the Joseph Beesley House in Provo, the William Skeen House in Plain City, and Hampton's Ford Stage Station in Bear River.
According to the NRHP nomination, "The true saltbox house in New England is characterized by a massive central chimney as well as the shed-like outshut extending out to the rear from the two-story front section. As the type moved into the Midwest and then to Utah it gradually lost the central fireplace in favor of a central-hall and two gable-end chimneys. 2 The Lauritz Smith house in Draper, Utah, built in c.1865, is an example of this "modified" Saltbox type."
See also the Lauritz H. and Emma Smith House, also NRHP-listed in Draper.