Kilbourn-Leak House

The cornerstones of this house may have started out bound for a temple. Ozias Kilbourn — an 1847 pioneer who'd been a bodyguard to Joseph Smith and among Centerville's first settlers in 1849 — raised the two-story rock house in the late 1860s with the Scottish stonemason Charles Duncan. The sandstone quoins that frame its corners, a Duncan signature, are thought to be offcuts discarded from the Salt Lake Temple's construction, hauled south and put to use. Kilbourn sold the place in 1891, and five families followed him through its rooms.

What the plaque says

Ozias Kilbourn built this two-story Classical style rock house with the help of the skilled Scottish stonemason Charles Duncan in the late 1860s. The sandstone quoins or cornerstones, characteristic of Duncan's work, are believed to have been salvaged from pieces discarded from the construction of the LDS Temple in Salt Lake City. Ozias married Electa Granteer in 1832 in Pennsylvania. Both joined the LDS church in Nauvoo, Illinois in 1843 where Ozias served as a bodyguard for Joseph Smith. The Kilbourns arrived in Salt Lake City in 1847 and were among the earliest settlers of Centerville in 1849. They had ten children. In 1874 Ozias married Rachel Bennet, and they had two children. In 1877 he married Angeline Cole with whom he had five children. The Kilbourns sold the property in 1891, after which five different owners occupied the house before Orval and Sally Leak, the current owners, purchased it in 1933 and raised four daughters here. The Leaks removed an enclosed one-story shed roof front porch, and rebuilt the windows in the 1940s. They were fruit growers and planted the orchard on the property. Orval was a custom home builder in Davis County. Marker placed in 1997 by Orval and Sally Leak Division of State History

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Lagoon Amusement Park — 4.7 mi
  A beloved family amusement park operating since 1886
• Ensign Peak — 8.9 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley
• Salt Lake City — 10 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.
• Temple Square — 10 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City

More markers nearby

• Stage Coach Station — steps away
• Bountiful Tabernacle — 2.1 mi
• Bountiful Lumber & Supply Company — 2.2 mi
• The Bamberger — 2.3 mi