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Born at Parowan, Utah, Butt was one of the original Bluff settlers. He opened a
sawpit near Verdure in 1881, and the first steampowered sawmill in the county in
1891. It is likely for this reason that his house is of lumber rather stone.
Butt served as the first sheriff of San Juan County.
It is a two story Victorian eclectic central block house with a projecting
three-sided bay. The main roof is a mansard style. Two red brick chimneys project
through the roof and both are located on the eastern side of the house. The
original exterior walls are finished with horizontal bevel wood siding, and the
gables with a fish scale design. The lower story windows are uniformly placed
around the walls, and are basic rectanglar double-hung windows. The upper story
has projecting shed dormers, spaced at varying intervals across the walls.
A major addition to the house was the restoration of the exterior porch. The porch
was a later addition to the home, but the date it was originally built is unknown.
The porch was taken down and rebuilt in 1990, in a Victorian style that is
consistent with the original architecture of the house. The porch consists of
sawn wood elements in a scrolled pattern comprising the verticals of the rails,
and turned spindles along the eaves, supported by S-shaped consoles. The most
recent owner purchased the house in 1999. The extensive, ongoing Victorian style
interior renovation includes maple tongue and grove flooring from a turn-of-the-
century school.
Source:
Bluff History Tour
