Samuel Singleton House

United States historic place


Samuel Singleton House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The house in 2009
39°05′02″N 111°07′57″W / 39.08389°N 111.13250°W / 39.08389; -111.13250 (Samuel Singleton House)
Area	3.6 acres (1.5 ha)
Built	1896 (1896)
Built by	Tom Jones, Will McKenzie
Architectural style	Stick/eastlake, Eastlake
NRHP reference No.	79002494^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 8, 1979

The Samuel Singleton House is a historic house in Ferron, Utah. It was built in 1896 for Thomas Singleton, a cattleman who went on to serve as the first mayor of Ferron in 1900.^[2] He became one of the largest landowners in Emery County, where he founded stores and a bank.^[3] He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a Republican, and the father of a son and four daughters; he died of pneumonia in 1929.^[3] The house was designed in the Stick-Eastlake style.^[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 8, 1979.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ ^a ^b A. Kent Powell (May 8, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Samuel Singleton House". National Park Service. Retrieved November 27, 2019. With accompanying pictures
^ ^a ^b "Pioneer of Emery Buried at Ferron. Samuel Singleton Was Active in Business, Farm, Civic Affairs". The Salt Lake Tribune. January 11, 1929. p. 12. Retrieved November 27, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.