George and Mary Powelson House
In the 1920s, George W. and Mary Powelson lived here. The address is listed as 371 North 300 West in the 1920 Polk City directory and as 381 North 300 West in the 1929 directory. The house follows a style book pattern sometimes referred to as a Sears style. The style books were readily available for those who wanted to build a home.
George was the principal of Franklin School in 1920 and a teacher at a junior high in 1929. In the 1930s William O. and Myrtle Clark lived in the home. William worked as a salesman. The longest owner was William L. and Minnie Kelsch who lived in the home in the 1940s through the 1980s. William worked first for his father’s shoe repair store, Louis and Sons Kelsch at 154 West Center. In the 1960s William and Minnie opened Foothill Shoe Repair at 438 North 900 East.
381 North 300 West in Provo, Utah
