Rock Schoolhouse, First West & First South Streets, Fillmore

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This is the last remaining of three small school "buildings erected in the first buildings financed by the taxpayers of Fillmore. PART I. HISTORICAL INFORMATION A. Physical History: 1. Original and subsequent owners: Fillmore School District City of Fillmore 2. Date of erection: 3. Architect: Unknown h. Builders: Chandler Holbrook, Dellie Webb, Ova Peterson. B. Historical Events and Persons Associated with the Building: The town of Fillmore was settled as a fort in Before the close of the first year the pioneers had erected a log school room inside the fort. In an adobe church was built which also served as a school. In Fillmore was divided into three school districts and three small school buildings were erected; the first buildings financed by the taxpayers of the town.

This one, located on the southwest corner of the town square on which also stands Utah's first Territorial Capitol building, is the only one of the remain- ing original three. It is a one-story, one-room building built of red sandstone quarried from the hills east of Fillmore. It was built under the direction of Chandler Holbrook. Contractors were Dellie Webb and Ova Peterson. HOCK SCHOOLHOUSE HABS No. U-32 (Page 2) Stone masons were Horace Ovens, James Owens, Nat Baldwin, Lewis Tarbucfc, John Ashman, James and Balph Rowley. Car- penters were Hans Christian Hanson and John Powell. Ed- ward Partridge and Francis M. Lyman were school trustees, and Eddie Webb was the first teacher. Forty students could be accommodated. The "building housed all grades of readers up to "Fifth Readers'!.

After the fifth reader was mastered the pupils were promoted to another school. The building was restored by the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, but is in danger of being removed to make way for a new elementary school to be built on this site in the near future. C. Sources of Information 1. Primary and unpublished sources: Sanborn Map of Fillmore, Utah, Sanborn Map Co. at offices of Utah Fire Rating Bureau, Boston Salt Lake City, Utah. 2.

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Carter, Kate B. , Heart Throbs of the West, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, Carter, Kate B., Treasures of Pioneer History, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, Deseret News, January, Milestones of Millard, Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, Prepared by John L. Giusti, AIA September 5, PART II. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION A. General Statement: 1. Architectural interest: One of the oldest schools in Utah. It epitomizes the vanishing one-room school. 2. Condition of fabric: Excellent. B. Description of Exterior: 1. Over-all dimensions: The building Is a simple, one- story, gabled rectangle 25' 11 x 36' 2". 2. Foundations: Red sandstone. ROCK SCHOOLHOUSE HABS No. U-32 (Page 3) 3. Wall construction: Red sandstone coursed rubble. k. Structural system, framing: Masonry "bearing wall - wood framed roof. 5.

Stoops: Only one of the two front doors now has a stoop, a single red sandstone block - IT" x U9" x 6". 6, Chimney: At either end of gable - red brick with ornamental brick cap - probably replaced earlier stone chimney or ehomneys - only the one at the east shows on the interior as a thickened part of the upper wall. 7. Openings: Flat stone lintels span the heads of all doors and windows. Doors have two nearly equal panels and 3-light transoms. Ten double hung windows six- over-six. 8, Roof: a. Shape, covering: Gable covered with wood shingles b. Cornice: Cornice has interesting turned quarter round mould (astragal). C. Description of Interior: 1. Floor plans: One simple rectangular room with two doors at the west end, two windows at the east and four windows in each side. 2.

Flooring: Modern concrete floor and base. 3. Wall and ceiling finish: Sand finish plaster. h. Doorways and window openings are splayed and paneled on the interior. 5. Decorative features and trim: The ceiling is an ellip- tical vault. Cornices on long sides of the room have two turned quarter round mouldings (astragals). 6. Lighting: Two modern electrified wagon wheels repre- sent a questionable approach to restoration. 7. Heating: A stove at the east end. ROCK SCHOOLHOUSE HABS No. U-32 (Page k) D. Site: 1. Orientation: The school faces First West Street H31 10 to the west. First South Street is to the south. 2. Landscaping: The honey locusts south of the building were set out in Prepared "by Paul Goeldner, AIA Supervisory Architect Utah Project July 16, PART III.

PROJECT INFORMATION This record is part of a Utah Survey conducted in the summers of and under joint sponsorship of the Historic American Buildings Survey of the Office of Archeology and Historic Preser- vation of the National Park Service and the Utah Heritage Founda- tion. Field work, historic research and record drawings were done under the direction of Project Supervisor Paul Goeldner, AIA (Texas Tech University) assisted by Project Historian John Giusti, AIA (Univer- # sity of Utah). Photographs were made by P. Kent Fairbanks of Salt Lake City. Student Assistant Architects on the team were Robert M. Swan- son and Charles W. Barrow, (University of Texas) and Kenneth L. Lambert and Keith Sorenson, (University of Utah). Student Assistant Architects were Keith Sorenson, Charles D.

Harker and Robert Schriever, (University of Utah) and Donald G. Prycer (Texas A. & M. University).