WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
DeMILLE ROCK HOUSE
Shunesburg, Utah
LOCATION
Shunesburg, Utah37° 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
TBDHISTORY
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 herePHOTOS
WCHS-00443 DeMille rock house in Shunesburg
 WCHS-00445 Karen Platt and the DeMille rock house |
 WCHS-00446 DeMille rock house |
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 Kingdomby Josh E. Probert and Craig K. Manscill
See the section on "Shonesburg and Spring Valley", pp. 76-77