Spencer and Helen Isom "Home"

The quotation marks around "home" are earned. Built in 1915 by a carpenter named Maurice Hinton for the Thomas Isom family, this little building at the back of the lot was really a granary and storehouse — the family lived in a small house up front, and when the boys needed room, they simply moved into the storage building and slept there. It's a plain, honest specimen of how Hurricane built in those years, making do: a food cellar below, storage above, and children bedded down among the sacks and shelves.

What the plaque says

This "home," built in 1915, is typical of the construction of homes in Hurricane during that period of time. Maurice Hinton, a carpenter, built the home for the Thomas Isom family. The building was built on the back of the lot and used as a storage building and granary. A small home, which had been moved from the fields by Spencer, the son of Thomas Isom, was located on the front of the lot. Later, when more space was needed, the boys slept in the rear storage building. About 1945, the small house in the front was torn down and a brick home was built. Spencer moved some of the old kitchen cupboards into this house where they lived during the construction. When their new home was completed at the front of the lot, this building was again used for storage. A basement under this building was used for food storage and was an ideal place to hang a beef or pig when one was butchered. The foundation of this building was formed by pouring cement over and around river rock, making it very strong, probably earthquake proof. This building was moved from its former location and donated by the children of Spencer and Helen Isom to the Heritage Park Museum on July 18, 2007. (Photo caption) Thomas and Annie Hinton Isom Family Erving, Bernard, Spencer, Leslie, Orville, Kathleen L. Black, Regena I. Johnson, Genevieve I. Gardner, Eithel I. Sterling, Grace I. Lundell, Thomas and Annie Site Number 157 Hurricane Valley Chapter Dedicated: Peach Days September 4, 2010

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Hurricane Canal Trail — 0.4 mi
  The hand-dug canal that built Hurricane, now a walking trail blasted into the Virgin River gorge
• Grafton Ghost Town — 12 mi
  A photogenic ghost town used in the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
• Springdale — 16 mi
  Zion's south-entrance gateway town, wedged between the Watchman and the Virgin River
• Zion National Park — 17 mi
  Towering sandstone cliffs that glow like fire at sunset

More markers nearby

• Hurricane Pioneers — steps away
• Stanworth Home — 0.2 mi
• Sheltlar Wagon — 0.3 mi
• Birth of Hurricane — 0.4 mi