Hans C. Jensen House Explained

Hans C. Jensen House
Coordinates:39.3586°N -111.5794°W
Built:c.1870
Added:February 1, 1983
Area:less than one acre
Mpsub:Scandinavian-American Pair-houses TR
Refnum:83003188

The Hans C. Jensen House, at 263 E. 100 South in Ephraim, Utah, is a historic pair-house built around 1870. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

It was deemed "significant as an example of Scandinavian vernacular architecture in Utah." It is a one-and-a-half-story limestone pair-house, of the subtype having a two-room deep plan. It has paired internal stove chimneys. A bungalow-style portico is a later addition.

It was home of Hans C. Jensen, born in 1845 in Housenge, Denmark. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 1860s and immigrated to Utah in 1866, settling in Ephraim. He was a farmer who also "served on the city council, and was active in the local Danish ward meeting."[1]

The house is south-facing. By 2009, the western one of the pair of roof-piercing chimneys was no longer present.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=83003188}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hans C. Jensen House ]. National Park Service. Tom Carter . 1981 . March 16, 2018. With .
  2. Per Google Streetview imagery, capture date September 2009, accessed November 7, 2019.