The Tuttle-Folsom House is a historic house in

Manti, Utah Manti ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Sanpete County, Utah, Sanpete County, Utah, United States. The population was 3,429 at the 2020 United States Census. Description Manti was the first community in Utah to be settled outside the Wasa ...

. It was built in 1850, and later acquired by Luther T. Tuttle, the mayor of Manti who was also " a leading merchant, banker, livestock raiser and served four terms as a territorial legislator." With From 1880 to 1890, it belonged to architect William Harrison Folsom, who designed the

Manti Utah Temple The Manti Utah Temple (formerly the Manti Temple) is the fifth constructed Temple (LDS Church), temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The temple construction was completed in 1888. Located in the city of Manti, Utah, it was ...

among many other buildings, followed by John C. Witbeck and John E. Metcalf. It has been listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

since July 21, 1977. It has an early stone

saltbox A saltbox house is a gable-roofed residential structure that is typically two stories in the front and one in the rear. It is a traditional New England style of home, originally timber framed, which takes its name from its resemblance to a wood ...

-type addition, with same cornice detail as in the original portion of the house. There is only a minor break in the roofline, but an obvious break in the stonework of the abutting walls, with just a few interlocking stones. It is located at 195 W. 300 North, at the southeast corner of N. 200 West. A large addition was added on the north side of the house in 2012.Google Satellite view copyright 2019 shows the house with addition; Google Streetview dated September 2012 shows the addition under construction, accessed October 2019

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National Register of Historic Places in Sanpete County, Utah Houses completed in 1850 1850 establishments in Utah Territory Saltbox architecture in Utah {{SanpeteCountyUT-NRHP-stub