George Carter Whitmore Mansion - Nephi, Utah
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Lord Mot
N 39° 42.409 W 111° 50.183
12S E 428301 N 4395551
Located on the West side od Main Street in Nephi, Utah. ** Home is currently for sale **
Waymark Code: WMBJ60
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 05/25/2011
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The George Carter Whitmore Mansion was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 (#78002663).
This three story (basement and full attic) home is done in
Eas'tlake/Queen Anne style with all the ornamentation, shingles, finials, moldings, latices, carved panels, friezes, balusters, that characterize the style. The building replaced an older adobe building and intruded upon the commercial district.
The home was built o.i a foundation made of red sandstone quarried
from nearby Andrews Canyon. This sandstone was also used around some windows and dcxra: frames. The tanned colored brick was shipped in from the east. The mortar is red to match the sandstone.
The home is asyraetrical in composition. There is a domed turret
topped by a tin finial. Tin finials also top a gabeled end and the side porch.
This side porch is rounded and articulated with round posts and a bracketed cornice. The front porch also has rounded posts and a projecting pediment which has carved wood ornamentation. The front steps are flanked with two sandstone projecting sair walls on which the words "Colonial" "Villa" are chiseled.
The north side porch also has a projecting, carved pediment.
On the second floor above the front porch is a spindle and spoollike
baluster in front of double doors.
Both the front and the north side doors have glass ovals. The
north side door also has a carved wood ornamentation.
The first floor windows are done with leaded glass in the
upper sashes. Several of the windows on the first and second floors have curved glass panels.
The interior of the home is dominated on the first floor by the
central staircase of carved, massive oak. The floors are also of oak. Oak is used in the four matching sets of sliding doors. The oak mantels are intact on the fireplaces in the reception room and the parlor. The parlor also has a rounded chamber decorated with oak filigree work.
(Per NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM Aug 15, 1978)http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/78002663.pdf
Public/Private: Private Home
Tours Available?: no
Year Built: 1898-1900
Web Address: [Web Link]
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