Pioneer Home

This adobe house went up in 1853–54 for Isaac Chase, who had reached the valley with the first pioneers in 1847. Its bricks were molded on the church farm; its small panes of window glass were hauled across the plains by wagon. Around 1859 Chase traded the house and his nearby mill to Brigham Young, and members of the Young family lived here. When Salt Lake City bought the grounds in 1881 to make Liberty Park, the house stayed; the Daughters of Utah Pioneers restored it in the 1960s. It still stands in the park.

What the plaque says

This home was erected 1853-1854 by Isaac Chase who with his wife Phebe and their family came to Utah in 1847. Originally it had eight rooms, including a large kitchen with a built-in dutch oven. The adobes were made on the church farm and the small glass window panes were freighted across the plains. Phares Wells, Sr. was chief carpenter. About 1859 the Chase property, including the home and mill was traded to Brigham Young. Then members of the Young Family lived in the residence. The entire area was purchased by Salt Lake City April 28, 1881, and the home occupied by park employees until 1964 when it was leased to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers and restored by them.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Liberty Park — steps away
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882
• Gilgal Sculpture Garden — 0.3 mi
  A surreal and eccentric sculpture garden hidden in a residential neighborhood
• Salt Lake City — 1.9 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.
• Temple Square — 2.0 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City

More markers nearby

• Liberty Park Veterans Memorial — steps away
• Chase Mill — steps away
• Liberty Park — 0.3 mi
• Herman L. Franks — 0.4 mi