Hans C. Jensen House

Hans C. Jensen House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Hans C. Jensen House in 1998
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Location	263 E. 100 South Ephraim, Utah
Coordinates	39°21′31″N111°34′46″W / 39.35861°N 111.57944°W / 39.35861; -111.57944
Area	less than one acre
Built	c.1870
MPS	Scandinavian-American Pair-houses TR
NRHP reference No.	83003188 [1]
Added to NRHP	February 1, 1983

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. ^[1]

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. ^[2]

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." ^[2]

The house is south-facing. By 2009, the western one of the pair of roof-piercing chimneys was no longer present. ^[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Tom Carter (1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hans C. Jensen House". National Park Service . Retrieved March 16, 2018. With photo from 1981.
3. Per Google Streetview imagery, capture date September 2009, accessed November 7, 2019.