WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PHOTO COLLECTION
Photo WCHS-03657
Photo of the interpretive plaque out in front of the Will & Juanita Brooks Home.
The text on the plaque reads:
QUICKSAND AND CACTUS - JUANITA LEAVITT BROOKS HOME
AUTHOR, MORMON HISTORIAN
THE ORIGINAL TWO-ROOM ROCK HOUSE WAS BUILT BY
GEORGE BROOKS, SR., 1877-1878, OF STONE CHIPS AND
IRREGULAR ROCKS FROM THE CLEANUP OF THE
TABERNACLE AND TEMPLE YARDS WHERE HE WORKED AS
A STONE MASON. THE LOCUST TREE IN THE FRONT WAS
PLANTED AS A SAPLING IN 1879 HONORING THE BIRTH OF
HIS FIRST SON, GEORGE JR. THE ADOBE KITCHEN WAS
ADDED IN 1887, THE BACK ROOMS IN 1949 AND THE
LIVING ROOM COMPLETED IN 1954. JUANITA MARRIED
GEORGE'S SECOND SON, WILLIAM, AND IT WAS HERE
WHERE JUANITA DID MUCH OF HER WRITING AND
RAISED THEIR FAMILY.
ST. GEORGE
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
Photo taken by George Cannon at 11:32 am on 4/21/2018 and contributed by him on 4/23/2018.
The camera is facing east.