The Alma Staker House, at 81 E. 300 South in Mount Pleasant, Utah, was built around 1870 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

Alma Staker House
Alma Staker House is located in Utah
Alma Staker House
Location81 E. 300 South, Mount Pleasant, Utah
Coordinates39°32′33″N 111°27′14″W / 39.542626°N 111.453814°W / 39.542626; -111.453814
Arealess than one acre
Builtc.1870
Architectural styleGreek Revival, vernacular
NRHP reference No.79002509[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 9, 1979

It illustrates "syncretism", i.e. the synthesis of Eastern style, with Western materials. It is an adobe house with vernacular Greek Revival style. It has a "temple-form" or "up-right and wing" house plan, i.e. a one-and-a-half-story gabled central unit, one room wide and two deep, flanked by smaller one-story wings.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Tom Carter; John S. H. Smith (October 24, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Alma Staker House". National Park Service. Retrieved August 14, 2019. With accompanying three photos from 1979