DeMille Rock House

WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY     (Washington County, Utah)

DeMILLE ROCK HOUSE

Shunesburg, Utah

LOCATION

Shunesburg, Utah

37° 9' 29.08" North Latitude,   112° 58' 39.66" West Longitude
37.1581° North Latitude,   112.9777° West Longitude
3,975 feet (1,212 meters) MSL


DESCRIPTION

TBD


HISTORY

This house was built by Alma Millet with the help of his father Artemus Millet on Alma's land which was "The North east quarter of the northeast quarter of section nine and the north half of the North west quarter and the south east quarter, of the Northwest quarter of Section ten in the township forty two south of range ten west of Salt Lake Meridian in Utah Territory," See Homeland Certificate No. 1896. This is an exact quote from Book D Pages 399 & 400, recorded in Kane County.

A quote from the book "Artemus Millet - The Temple Builder":
"Before Alma left to heed the call (Brigham Young called him to go to Escalante), he gave his large stone house to the Oliver De Milles, a family who had married many times into the Millett and Beal families, causing it to be known as the "DeMille House" from that time on."

Owners:
Alma Millett
Oliver DeMille
Springdale Fruit Company
Private Individual


BIOGRAPHY

Oliver DeMille click here


PHOTOS

DeMille rock house at Shunesburg
WCHS-00443 DeMille rock house in Shunesburg

Karen Platt and the DeMille rock house
WCHS-00445 Karen Platt and the DeMille rock house
        DeMille rock house
        WCHS-00446 DeMille rock house

DeMille rock house and ruins
Demille Rock House and ruins of foundations and walls

Other WCHS photos:
WCHS-00444     Photo of the DeMille rock house at Shunesburg
WCHS-00447     Photo of the end of the DeMille rock house at Shunesburg
WCHS-00448     Photo of the exterior of the DeMille rock house at Shunesburg
WCHS-00449     Photo of the exterior of the DeMille rock house at Shunesburg
WCHS-00450     Photo of the exterior of the DeMille rock house at Shunesburg
WCHS-00451     Photo of the exterior of the DeMille rock house at Shunesburg
WCHS-00452     Photo of the exterior of the DeMille rock house at Shunesburg
WCHS-00453     Photo of the roof and chimney of the DeMille rock house at Shunesburg
WCHS-00454     Photo of a fireplace and interior of the DeMille rock house at Shunesburg
WCHS-00455     Photo of a fireplace and interior of the DeMille rock house at Shunesburg
WCHS-00456     Photo of the interior of the DeMille rock house at Shunesburg
WCHS-00457     Photo of the interior of the DeMille rock house at Shunesburg
WCHS-00458     Photo of the interior of the DeMille rock house at Shunesburg
WCHS-00459     Photo of the interior of the DeMille rock house at Shunesburg
WCHS-00460     Photo of the threshold of the DeMille rock house in Shunesburg
WCHS-00461     Photo of ruins of the DeMille rock house in Shunesburg
WCHS-00462     Photo of ruins of the DeMille rock house in Shunesburg

Other photos on the web:
Photo of the family of the Oliver DeMille stone house with tin lined corn crib in the foreground


REFERENCES

Artemus Millet: Builder of the Kingdom
by Josh E. Probert and Craig K. Manscill
See the section on "Shonesburg and Spring Valley", pp. 76-77