Hans C. Jensen House

The Hans C. Jensen House, at 263 E. 100 South in Ephraim, Utah, is a historic pair-house built around 1870. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

Hans C. Jensen House
Hans C. Jensen House is located in Utah
Hans C. Jensen House
Hans C. Jensen House is located in the United States
Hans C. Jensen House
Location263 E. 100 South, Ephraim, Utah
Coordinates39°21′31″N 111°34′46″W
Arealess than one acre
Builtc.1870
MPSScandinavian-American Pair-houses TR
NRHP reference No.83003188[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 1, 1983

It was deemed "significant as an example of Scandinavian vernacular architecture in Utah." It is a one-and-a-half-story limestone pair-house, of the subtype having a two-room deep plan. It has paired internal stove chimneys. A bungalow-style portico is a later addition.[2]

It was home of Hans C. Jensen, born in 1845 in Housenge, Denmark. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 1860s and immigrated to Utah in 1866, settling in Ephraim. He was a farmer who also "served on the city council, and was active in the local Danish ward meeting."[2]

The house is south-facing. By 2009, the western one of the pair of roof-piercing chimneys was no longer present.[3]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Tom Carter (1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hans C. Jensen House". National Park Service. Retrieved March 16, 2018. With photo from 1981.
  3. Per Google Streetview imagery, capture date September 2009, accessed November 7, 2019.


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