Architectural Drawing of the Babylon House

WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY     (Washington County, Utah)

BABYLON HOUSE   (JOHN VOUGHT HOME)

Babylon, Utah

LOCATION

On the site of the old Stormont Mill

Babylon, Utah

37° 11' 33.16" North Latitude,   113° 21' 9.50" West Longitude
37.1925° Latitude,   -113.3526° Longitude
2,862 feet (872 meters) MSL


HISTORY

John Vought was an official in the U.S. State Department. He met and married Geraldine Ruth George who was
the first female diplomat from southern Utah. They had three children, all sons.

John & Geraldine Vought had planned to return southern Utah and build a retirement home in the Leeds area
where Geraldine had grown up. Unfortunately, Geraldine died before they were able to do so. However,
John proceeded with the plan.

Vought bought the old Stormont Mill property and engaged St. George architect, Mary Ann Kozlowski.
John put $250,000 into the building of what he called the "Babylon House". However, after the home caught fire
and burned down to the foundations, he abandoned the project.

Today only the ruins remain along the north side of the Virgin River.


BIOGRAPHY

John Raymond & Geraldine Ruth George Vought   click here.


PHOTOS

Architectural Drawing of the Babylon House
Architectural Drawing of the Babylon House

Current remains of the garage
WCHS-00662     Current remains of the garage
        Current remains of the front entrance
        WCHS-00664     Current remains of the front entrance

Current remains of the back of the house
WCHS-00669     Current remains of the back of the house
        Current remains of the back of the house
        WCHS-00668     Current remains of the back of the house

Other WCHS photos:
WCHS-00663     Photo of the remains of the garage
WCHS-00665     Photo of the remains of the front entrance
WCHS-00666     Photo of the remains of the front entrance
WCHS-00667     Photo of the remains of a rock wall and door
WCHS-00670     Photo of the remains of the upper floor foundation
WCHS-00671     Photo of the remains of the upper floor foundation


REFERENCES

Paul Dean Proctor and Morris A. Shirts, "Silver, Sinners & Saints: A History of Old Silver Reef, Utah".
pp. 156-157, Palmer, Inc., 1991.

In The Desert article on the Stormont Mill Site