Eighteen pioneer-era homes and buildings will be open to the public Saturday, Sept. 12, in the Farmington Historic Homes Tour. The tour is part of the city's centennial celebration.
Tour hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. except for one building, the Rock Chapel on Main Street, which will be open 1-5 p.m. Volunteers will be available at each site to lead the tours.Tickets are $5 each, available the day of the tour at each home or in advance at the city offices, 130 N. Main Street. The city offices will also be open during the tour.
Proceeds from the event will be used to help restore the old Tithing Office on Main Street.
Buildings on the tour were constructed between 1855 and 1921. Some of the buildings are on the National Historic Register.
Homes and buildings on the tour:
- Susan Leggett Clark home, 335 W. State Street, built in 1868.
- Joseph Smith Clark home, 340 W. State Street, built in 1895.
- Annie Clark Tanner home, 291 W. State Street, built in 1901. Boyhood home of O.C. Tanner, founder of O.C. Tanner Co.
- Hess home, 30 S. Main Street, a 1921-era prairie-style bungalow used as a home and physician's office.
- Oliver L. Robinson barn, 67 W. 100 North, built in 1872, used as a barn for 25 years and then converted to a home.
- Rock Barn, 56 N. Main Street, built in 1855 as a barn, now an art gallery.
- Tithing Office, 108 N. Main Street. Built in 1907 as LDS Church tithing office, has served as city offices, library, fire station and Lions Club. East bay now being restored and converted into a city museum.
- Hector C. Haight home, 208 N. Main Street. Built in 1857, served as the Union Hotel, listed on National Register of Historic Sites.
- Rock Chapel, 272 N. Main Street. The LDS Chapel construction was started in 1861, completed in 1862 at a cost of $15,000. The original chapel is still in use.
- Charles Penrose log cabin, 272 N. Main Street, in rear of Rock Chapel. Built in 1855 by early Farmington settler Charles Penrose. Originally built across the street, the cabin was dismantled and moved to its present site in 1956.
- John Preece home, 452 N. Main Street, built in 1862.
- John W. and Caroline Workman Hess home, 488 N. Main Street, built in 1882.
- John W. and Mary Ann Steed Hess home, 479 N. Main Street, built prior to 1866.
- Truman Leonard home, 94 E. 500 North, built in 1853-54.
- Franklin D. Richards home, 386 N. 100 East, built in 1860, listed on National Register.
- Schoolhouse, 192 N. 100 East, built in 1855 as the city's second school building. Converted to a home in 1948.
- John R. Walsh Sr. home, 392 S. 200 East, built in 1890.
- William Kelsey Rice home, 443 S. 200 East, built in 1857.