Cox-Shoemaker-Parry House

The Cox-Shoemaker-Parry House is a historic two-story house in Manti, Utah. It was built in 1858 by Orville Southerland 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]

Cox-Shoemaker-Parry House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	50 North 100 West, Manti, Utah
Coordinates	39.266373°N 111.638700°W / 39.266373; -111.638700
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1858; 1880
Built by	Oliver Southerland Cox; Edward L. Parry
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	82004157[1]
Added to NRHP	August 4, 1982

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]