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Show Hist . Society Studies Salt Lake Mansion The Utah State Historical Society is conducting historic archaeological excavations at :Salt Lake's Devereaux House 334 .West South Temple, to retrieve data which will be useful in the development project .planned for the mansion and its grounds. "The information we are finding will-be invaluable in creating an accurate historical histori-cal picture of the way people lived in the mansion and the dimensions of the original mansion ; and its outbuildings," outbuild-ings," said Bruce Hawkins, the Society's historic archaeologist archae-ologist who is directing the excavation. The' Society's findings will be reported to the project architect, Burtch W.Beall.Jr. . ...... , ,'. :K, - -V;' , ;" " ' i': ' v '' : '''-''' ' .'''': . . , s :..: t. i, The historic archaeology , investigation is serving to define the dimensions of the original structure, a kitchen addition; laundry, and porch which are no longer standing stand-ing Artifacts such as dishes, bottles, and building hardware hard-ware illustrate goods used by the occupants. Society archaeologists arch-aeologists and students in Highland High School's Experienced Ex-perienced Based Career Ed-, Ed-, ucation program will be working at the mansion site through the end of September.. Septem-ber.. ; Partial funding for the historic archaeology project is being provided by a federal grant-in-aid from the Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service of the , Department of the Interior. The grant is administered by the preservation office of the Utah State Historical Society. Soci-ety. The Devereaux House was originally built for William Staines in 1856-57 and was known as Utah's first mansion. man-sion. Staines, a- native of England and horticulturist by trade, was Brigham Young's gardner in addition to maintaining his own extensive orchards and garden. gar-den. The house was acquired in 1867 by William Jennings who added the west wing 1 and rebuilt a matching east wing in 1 875. The Victorian style adobe house , was -covered with cement plaster scored to look like stonework. stone-work. Jennings landscaped the property with formal ornamental gardens, and named the residence Dever- : eaux House after the estate at Yardley, near Birmingham, Birming-ham, England, where he was born. William Jennings was one of early Utah's most important merchants. His house reflected his status in this business community and remains as one of the . most architecturally significant structures in the state. |