Bluff Historic District

Historic district in Utah, United States

United States historic place


Bluff Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Navaho Twin Rocks and the Twin Rocks Trading Post
37°17′16″N 109°33′03″W / 37.28778°N 109.55083°W / 37.28778; -109.55083
Area	225 acres (91 ha)
Built	1880
Architectural style	Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	95001273^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 2, 1995

The Bluff Historic District, in Bluff, Utah, is a 225 acres (91 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. The district included 11 contributing buildings and six contributing sites.^[1]

The district is roughly bounded by Main St., U.S. Route 191, 2nd E. St., and the bluffs.^[2]

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The district includes a total of 11 or 16 contributing buildings^{[note 1]} and six contributing sites, including five properties already separately listed on the National Register. The contributing buildings are:

Joseph Frederick Adams House (1898), 37°17′04″N 109°33′00″W / 37.284376°N 109.550039°W / 37.284376; -109.550039 (Adams House)

separately NRHP-listed. Was deteriorated and vacant in 1995.^[2] Renovated since.

James Bean Decker House (1898), 37°17′07″N 109°33′27″W / 37.285291°N 109.557573°W / 37.285291; -109.557573 (Decker House), separately NRHP-listed
Jens Nielson House, on Black Locust Avenue, separately NRHP-listed
Lemuel H. Redd, Jr. House, separately NRHP-listed (photo #1)
John Albert Scorup House, on 7th East Street, separately NRHP-listed
the old IDS Tithing House/Powell Trading Post, the only contributing building constructed not as a residence (others have been converted)
Kumen Jones House ruin; the house burned in the 1970s^[2]
Barton Cabin on 5th East Street
Hall House
Richmond House
Willard Butt House, on Mulberry Avenue
Lyman House, on Mulberry Avenue

The six sites are:

Navajo Twin Rocks, a natural formation (37°17′16″N 109°32′52″W / 37.287824°N 109.547699°W / 37.287824; -109.547699 (Navajo Twin Rocks)
"The Ballroom", or Bluff Ballroom, an alcove in the cliffs, site of dances and other gatherings
Bluff Pioneer Cemetery, on a hill north of town, between town and the bluffs (37°17′16″N 109°33′17″W / 37.287738°N 109.554720°W / 37.287738; -109.554720 (Bluff Pioneer Cemetery)
Locomotive Rock, a natural formation
Calf Canyon, or at least its entrance
the bluffs north of town

^[2]

The district includes 30 non-contributing buildings.^[2]

The town's historic commercial and institutional buildings have all been demolished, including its school, church, and co-op store.^[2]

The Twin Rocks Trading Post, below the Navajo Twin Rocks, is outside of the district.^[2] The trading post is well known for Navajo basket and rug weaving, including those designed by artist Damian Jim.^[3]

Notes

^ The NRHP document states in one place that 11 contributing buildings plus six contributing sites are included, in another that there are 42 buildings in the district. Elsewhere it states that there are 16 contributing buildings amidst 46 total buildings in the district.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Roger Roper; Deborah Hestfall (May 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bluff Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved January 31, 2019. With accompanying 12 photos from 1994-95
^ "Traditional art made new in Utah Navajos' baskets". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved September 28, 2021.