Rider-Pugh House | |
![]() The house in 2013 | |
Location in
Utah | |
Location | 17 West 100 South, Kanab, Utah |
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Coordinates | 37°02′49″N 112°31′42″W / 37.04694°N 112.52833°W |
Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
Built | 1892 |
Built by | John and Frank Rider |
Architectural style | Late Victorian, Central block projecting bay |
MPS | Kanab, Utah MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 01000316 [1] |
Added to NRHP | April 6, 2001 |
The Rider-Pugh House is a historic house in Kanab, Utah. It was built in 1892-1894 by John Rider, an immigrant from Ireland who converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1855 and settled in Utah in 1886. He was assisted by his son, Frank Rider. [2] Rider initially lived near Salt Lake City with his wife, née Mary McDonald, and their two children. [2] He moved to a fort in Kanab in 1870, and he purchased the plot of land upon which this house was built in 1889. [2] The house designed in the Late Victorian style. [2] Underneath the foyer, there is a " polygamy pit". [2] In 1895, the house was acquired by Edward Pugh, an immigrant from England who also converted to the LDS Church and arrived in the United States in 1844. [2] Pugh had two wives, Mary Ann Rock Williams and Elizabeth Kelly, although his first wife lived in Salt Lake City. [2] The house was deeded to their daughter, Pearl Edna Pugh Brown, in 1914. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 6, 2001. [1]