William Stuart Seeley House

This adobe house, built around 1861, was reportedly the first raised outside the walls of the Mt. Pleasant fort — and, more famously, the place where the treaty ending the Black Hawk War was signed in September 1872. Its builder, William S. Seeley, was as central to the town as any man: LDS bishop here for nearly thirty years and mayor for seven, he lived in the house until his death in 1895. It is a well-kept example of the central-passage plan, common across pioneer Utah but uncommon in Mt. Pleasant.

What the plaque says

Built c, 1861, this house is significant as the reported site of the signing, in September 1872, of the final peace treaty that ended the Black Hawk War between Mormon settlers and Indians in the area. William S. Seeley was prominent in the establishment and subsequent growth of the City of Mt. Pleasant, serving for nearly thirty years as the LDS Bishop in the community and concurrently as mayor for a total of seven years. Seeley lived in this house, reportedly the first built outside the walls of the pioneer fort, until his death in 1895. The house is also significant as a well-preserved example of the central passage plan, a house type common in Utah from 1847 to 1900 but relatively rare in Mt. Pleasant. The rear additions were built c, 1880 and c, 1910. While the house has been covered with stucco, as was common with many adobe buildings, it is significant as one of the oldest and best preserved pioneer era structures in Mt. Pleasant.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Mount Pleasant — 0.2 mi
  A National Register Main Street and Utah's oldest boarding school
• Spring City — 4.8 mi
  An entire pioneer town preserved on the National Register
• Fairview — 5.9 mi
  The north gate of the Heritage Highway, home to a near-complete Ice Age mammoth
• Skyline Drive — 9.4 mi
  A hundred miles of dirt along the 10,000-foot crest of the Wasatch Plateau

More markers nearby

• Last Peace Treaty (Black Hawk Indian War) — steps away
• Last Peace Treaty — steps away
• Victory Bell Monument — steps away
• The Liberal Hall — steps away