Hattie Merrill Morrison Farmstead

The land that the Hattie Merrill Morrison Farmstead currently resides on was originally owned by Marriner Wood Merrill in 1882 and was possibly part of his South Farm. In 1898, the land was deeded to Marriner and Maria Loenza Kingsbury's oldest daughter, Hattie Loenza Merrill, who had recently devoiced. 

Hattie Loenza Merrill was born in Richmond in 1873 and was a school teacher for Richmond and Fairview, Utah with a teaching degree from Brigham Young College in Logan, Utah. She built the current farmstead in 1898 and a granary in 1900. In 1909, Hattie married Andrew Smart Morrison, a widower with five children. In 1913, the family sold the farmstead to a widow, Soren Hyrum Hansen. He lived in the home with his grown children who might have contributed to the construction of the barn and garage in 1915. The farmstead was then sold to Warren and Wanda Stanley in 1945, then to Lile and Sadie Fuller, then to George H. and Emma E. Bell in 1948. The current owners of the farmstead purchased it in 1988.1

In an interview with the Herald Journal, the owners said about restoring the home "I hate to see something thrown away, I always feel I can make something out of it." They have done an amazing job keeping the home in great shape by keeping the original floors, walls, stained glass windows, transoms, doors, etched glass, and bathtub.2

1. United States Department of the Interior. National Register of Historic Places (2004, July 15). National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Hattie Merrill Morrison Farmstead (Korral Broschinsky). National Archive Catalog. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71999235

2. (Sep 9, 2011). 100-Year-Old Homes Open to the Public This Weekend. The Herald Journal. https://www.hjnews.com/arts_entertainment/100-year-old-homes-open-to-the-public-this-weekend/article_91a7595e-dafc-11e0-8c9a-001cc4c03286.html