Orval Hafen Home

WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY     (Washington County, Utah)

ORVAL HAFEN HOME

St. George, Utah

LOCATION

350 North Main
St. George, Utah
Telephone 183                         in the 1954 telephone book     (Orval Hafen)
Telephone ORchard 3-3393     in the 1958 telephone book     (Orval Hafen)
Telephone ORchard 3-3393     in the 1961 telephone book     (Orval Hafen)

[What were the circumstances of this address change?]

307 North Main
St. George, Utah
Telephone 673-3132                 in the 1972 telephone book     (Mrs Orval Hafen)


DESCRIPTION

TBD


HISTORY

This home was built for Orval & Ruth Hafen in 1952. The architect was L. Robert Gardner of Gardner Partnership Architects (Project Number 52-002).

After the death of Orval, Ruth continued to live in the house until 1985.

Owners:
Orval & Ruth Hafen
Roene B. DiFiore Center for Arts and Education


BIOGRAPHY

Orval & Ruth Hafen   click here


PHOTOS

Front of the Orval Hafen Home
WCHS-02266   Front of the Orval Hafen Home
        Back of the Orval Hafen Home
        WCHS-02270   Back? of the Orval Hafen Home
 
Other WCHS photos"
WCHS-02267     Photo of the Orval Hafen home in St. George
WCHS-02268     Photo of the Orval Hafen home in St. George
WCHS-02269     Photo of the Orval Hafen home in St. George
WCHS-02271     Photo of the Orval Hafen home in St. George


REFERENCES

Article on the Hafen Home restoration project

Article about dedication of the Orval Hafen home as the new DiFiore Center
by Mori Kessler
St. George News,  June 26, 2012

Article about the sale of the DiFiore Center
by Nichole Osinski
Southern Utah Weekly Spotlight (The Spectrum),   November 29, 2015