Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 79002506 Added to NRHP 26 September 1979 | Built 1854 (1854) Opened 1854 | |
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Location 564 W. 400 North, Salt Lake City, Utah | ||
Nelson wheeler whipple house top 5 facts
The Nelson Wheeler Whipple House is an adobe house in Salt Lake City, Utah, built in 1854. Whipple was born in Sanford, New York in 1818, converting to Mormonism in 1844 and moving to Nauvoo, Illinois. After fleeing Nauvoo in 1846, Whipple lived in Garden Grove, Iowa until 1850, when he and his family moved to Salt Lake City. There he acquired two more wives and 17 children, providing wood shingles for the Mormon Tabernacle and keeping a diary that has become an important historical resource.
The Whipple House measures about 28 feet (8.5 m) by 35 feet (11 m) and two stories high, containing twelve rooms. The adobe is covered by stucco, with a Federal-style entrance and a gabled roof. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 26, 1979.