Billings-Hougaard House

The Billings-Hougaard House, at 75 E. 300 North, off U.S. Route 89 in Manti, Utah, was built around 1855. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

Billings-Hougaard House
Location75 E. 300 North, Manti, Utah
Coordinates39.270034°N 111.635426°W / 39.270034; -111.635426
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1855
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Utah folk/vernacular
NRHP reference No.80003948[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 14, 1980

It is a one-and-a-half-story folk/vernacular hall and parlor plan house, about 30 by 18 feet (9.1 m × 5.5 m) in plan. It has a rear T-extension. The house is built of high quality adobe bricks laid in common bond. It has Greek Revival style characteristics, in its proportions, its shallow pitch of roof, its half-height upper windows, and its cornice returns at gable ends.[2]

It was deemed significant as "significant as an excellent example of Utah folk/vernacular design and because it is one of the best surviving unsheathed adobe homes in the state."[2]

It was built by Alfred Billings and was bought in 1863 by Rasmus Hougaard (1806-1875), a wealthy arriving immigrant farmer from Virkel, Falster, Denmark.[2]

It is located on the northwest corner of E. 300 North and N. 100 East.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Tom Carter (April 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Billings-Hougaard House / Hougaard House". National Park Service. Retrieved August 12, 2019. With accompanying three photos from 1980
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