Elijah Cutler Behunin Cabin

Behunin, Elijah Cutler, Cabin
Nearest city Torrey, Utah
Coordinates 38°16′56″N 111°10′12″W / 38.28222°N 111.17000°W / 38.28222; -111.17000Coordinates: 38°16′56″N 111°10′12″W / 38.28222°N 111.17000°W / 38.28222; -111.17000
Area 0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built 1883
Architect Behunin, Elijah Cutler
MPS Capitol Reef National Park MPS
NRHP Reference #

99001094

[1]
Added to NRHP September 13, 1999

The Elijah Cutler Behunin Cabin was built to house Elijah Cutler Behunin's family in 1883-84 in what is now Capitol Reef National Park in Utah. The Behunins lived there for only a year, leaving for Fruita after a flood threatened the house and its fields. The one story sandstone structure measures 13 feet (4.0 m) by 16.5 feet (5.0 m), with a single room. Elijah and his wife and their 13 children all lived within the home. The walls are sandstone covered with a plaster-cement wash. The roof structure is wood, covered with wood sheathing and bentonite clay. The cabin was renovated in the 1960s by the National Park Service and represents the most intact example of a settler cabin in Capitol Reef National Park.[2]uu

The Behunin cabin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 13, 1999.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Brower, Benjamin (1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Elijah Cutler Behunin Cabin" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 5 July 2011.


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