Robert D. Covington House
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N 37° 08.047 W 113° 30.409
12S E 277326 N 4112692
This Utah Historical Marker is mounted on the wall of the front porch of the historic Covington Mansion in Washington.
Waymark Code: WMJQRT
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 12/19/2013
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Robert D. Covington House
This house was built c. 1859 for Robert D. Covington, leader of the Mormon colonizing group sent from Salt Lake City to establish a cotton industry in this warm region of the Utah Territory. The native sandstone building material was quarried 1/4 mile to the east. The twin brothers who built this structure also worked on other historic buildings in the area, including the Cotton Mill in Washington, Utah, and the fort at Pipe Springs, Arizona. Robert D. Covington lived to the ripe old age of 87, and died here in Washington in 1902.
Marker placed in 1988
Division of State History · N-180