My great-great grandfather, William Lampard Watkins, was born in Islington, London, England, in February of 1827. He joined the Mormon church in 1841 and immigrated to the United States in 1842 and settled in Nauvoo, Illinois. William and his wife, Mary Almina Hammond Watkins, crossed the plains and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in 1852. They stayed there until 1861, when Lorenzo Snow asked him to move to Brigham City and teach school. William became a prominent figure in the town as well as in the church. He died in 1911 in Brigham City.
This is the house William and his family lived in.
A while ago, I found online the registration form to put this house on the National Register of Historic Places. The description below is from Section No. 8 Page 1:
"The Watkins House is architecturally significant under criterion C as the only example of a Gothic Revival-style cross-wing residence in the city and also as an example that has received very little alteration from its original construction. The Watkins House is also one of the largest historic residences in the city."
For more information about the house and the life of William L. Watkins click this link:
(Scroll down several pages for description and biography.)
