Page Ranch House
The Page Ranch House was designed by its original owners, Daniel Richey
Page and Sophia Geary Page. Construction began in 1898 and was completed
in 1900. The builders were Jack and Harvey Fabian of St. George, who made
and fired the brick on the site using clay found immediately west of the building
location. The house was home for the Page family for 34 years. Under the
notice "We keep travel," the house served as an informal hotel for travelers and
as a boarding house for men working at the nearby iron ore mines. The Page
Ranch was an important stopping point along what was once a major freighting
and travel route through southern Utah. The ranch was originally settled in
1858 by Robert Richey, grandfather of Dan Page and an Indian missionary
in the Jacob Hamblin group sent to southern Utah by Brigham Young in 1854.
The ranch was owned by the Richey and Page families from 1858 to 1934.
Architecturally, this house is a good example of the double cross-wing, a relatively
uncommon house type in Utah.
Marker placed in 1985
Division of State History - - N-863