Albert and Martha Puzey House
This historic house was built in 1906 by Albert Puzey. Albert’s wife, Martha, was given a wedding gift of $500 by her father, Simon Beck, and the Puzey’s were able to save another $100 during the next 5 years for the lot and construction funds. The house was originally an adobe ‘T’-shaped cross-wing type home and in 1913 a rear addition was built. The rear addition was an adobe-filled frame with Dutch Cove siding, which has recently been restored. Albert worked as a farmer, a sheepherder, a clerk at the local mercantile, and also served as Spring City Marshal for several years. The Puzey’s raised 10 children in the small adobe home without having indoor plumbing or a kitchen. Straw tick bedding was put down and picked up each day for the 10 children. To wash the clothes, water was heated outside in a large, black caldron over a fire. The kitchen and bathroom, with running water, were installed after 1948, when Albert sold the home to his son Willard and daughter-in-law Bessey Christiansen Puzey. The house passed through many hands for the next several decades. The current owners, the Millers, have been restoring it over the past four years. The house is a contributing feature within the Spring City Historic District.
87 West 200 North in Spring City, Utah
This brick house was originally a “T” shape and had a small front porch on the east side. A wrap-around front porch and rear addition have been added while exterior aluminum siding has been removed.*
