Cox-Shoemaker-Parry House
Cox-Shoemaker-Parry House is located in Utah
Cox-Shoemaker-Parry House
Cox-Shoemaker-Parry House is located in the United States
Cox-Shoemaker-Parry House
Location50 North 100 West, Manti, Utah
Coordinates39°15′59″N 111°38′19″W / 39.266373°N 111.638700°W / 39.266373; -111.638700
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1858; 1880
Built byOliver Sutherland Cox; Edward L. Parry
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.82004157[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 4, 1982

The Cox-Shoemaker-Parry House is a historic two-story house in Manti, Utah. It was built in 1858 by Orville Sutherland Cox, who converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Illinois, where he was baptized by Joseph Smith in 1839.[2] Cox later served as the bishop of Bountiful, Utah, and he settled in Sanpete County in 1849.[2] He became a counselor to Bishop John Lowery, Sr., in Manti, and he lived in this house with his three wives: Elvira Mills, Mary Allen, and Eliza J. Losee.[2]

The house, designed by Cox, is constructed of coursed ashlar cream-colored limestone. It has a plain entablature, and, on the west front of the house it has pedimented returns, which are suggestive of Greek Revival Style.[2]

The house was later purchased by Jezreel Shoemaker, a convert to the LDS Church who served as the mayor of Manti.[2] It was later acquired by Edward L. Parry, a stonemason and immigrant from Wales who converted to the LDS Church and helped build the Salt Lake Temple, the St. George Tabernacle, and the Manti Utah Temple.[2] Parry remodeled and expanded the house around 1880. The house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since August 4, 1982.[1]

The house displayed a Maple Leaf flag along with a U.S. one, in September 2012.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tom Carter (March 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cox-Shoemaker-Parry House". National Park Service. Retrieved October 26, 2019. With accompanying photo from 1981
  3. ↑ Google Streetview imagery dated September 2012, accessed October 2019.


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