John Patten House

The John Patten House is a historic two-story house in Manti, Utah. It was built with limestone in 1854 by John Patten, a native of Fairplay, Indiana who converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 1830s with his family and relocated to Utah in 1850.[3] Patten had two sons and three daughters with his first wife Candace Smith.[3] After she died, he married her sister Emily, and they had three sons and two daughters.[3] The house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since August 22, 1977.[2]

John Patten House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Northeast corner of W. 300 North and N. 100 West,[1] Manti, Utah
Coordinates	39.270034°N 111.638587°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1854
Built by	John Patten
Architectural style	Mormon vernacular
NRHP reference No.	77001315[2]
Added to NRHP	August 22, 1977

The house is primitive vernacular in style, and, in 1977 was being restored by the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers to serve as a pioneer museum.[3] It faces west, and a 1981 photo shows it with the Manti Temple in the background, to the northeast.[4]

Its NRHP nomination lists it at 95 W. 400 North St.; the house is found, however, at northeast corner of W. 300 North and N. 100 West, instead.[1]

References

1. The house shown in photos can be seen in Google Streetview, with image capture September 2012, accessed November 7, 2019.
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
3. Allen D. Roberts (January 26, 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: John Patten House". National Park Service. Retrieved October 27, 2019. With accompanying two photos from 1977
4. See photo caption in photos with NRHP document.