George Bradshaw House & Joshua Salisbury/George Bradshaw Barn
The George Bradshaw House, constructed in 1903, is a rare example of a vernacular Second Empire-style residence in a rural Utah community. Characterized most prominently by the mansard roof, the house also exhibits a decorative eclecticism that characterized much of Utah’s Victorian-era residences. Bradshaw moved to Utah in the 1860s and as a young man worked as a freighter, hauling supplies for mining camps and settlements in areas north of Cache Valley. His principal occupation later in life was farming and he kept several acres south of Wellsville. He sold the house in 1919 to Warren Oscar Christensen, who resided and also kept a doctor’s office here. Christensen served as mayor of Wellsville for three terms and was the only doctor in town.
The stone barn/carriage house on the property actually predates the house by several decades, having been constructed by George Bradshaw c.1875. Salisbury was a Mormon convert and immigrant who apprenticed as a stonemason in his native Wales. Although he did stonework on a number of buildings, including the Logan LDS Temple, Salisbury spent most of his time dry farming. The barn exhibits similarities to stone buildings of Wales and of other stone buildings in Utah constructed by Welsh masons.
73 South Center Street in Wellsville, Utah
