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Feargus O'Connor Willden House
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National Register of Historic Places

Feargus O'Connor Willden House

Listed as “Willden, Feargus O'Connor, House”

On the National Register since 198343 years
Late VictorianListed 1983Beaver
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About Feargus O'Connor Willden House

Feargus O'Connor Willden House, at 120 E. 1st South, was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Nov 29, 1983. The Register lists it for its architecture, at the state level. It describes its style as Late Victorian, as it does for 188 other Utah listings. It was listed as part of Beaver MRA. 12 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isHouse in Beaver, Utah. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 10 MB · National Archives↗
Through the years

1884 to today

  1. 1884Built
  2. 1983Added to the National Register of Historic Places
  3. 2026On the Register for 43 years
Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes

120 E. 1st South, Beaver · about 0.3 miles on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Feargus O'Connor Willden HouseStart here
  2. 2Ephraim Orvel Puffer HouseLate Victorian · Built 1881 · next door
  3. 3Ancil Twitchell HouseGreek Revival · Built 1888 · next door
  4. 4Edward Bird HouseSecond Empire · Built 1893 · next door
  5. 5William Thompson HouseBuilding · next door
Around it

61 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BSamuel Jackson HouseVernacular · Built 18780.1 miBHorace A. Skinner HouseCottage0.2 miBSilas Cox HouseLate Victorian0.2 miBBeaver City LibraryColonial Revival · Built 19170.2 miBUS Post Office-Beaver MainModerne0.2 miBBeaver Opera HouseClassical Revival · Built 19090.2 miBBeaver Relief Society MeetinghouseTuff0.2 miBWilliam P. Smith HouseVernacular0.2 miBHouse at 325 S. Main St.Built 18800.3 miBCharles A. Dalten HouseGreek Revival · Built 18680.3 miBJohn Yardley HouseClassical · Built 18800.3 miBJoseph Huntington HouseBuilt 18780.3 miBCaleb Baldwin HouseVernacular0.3 miBWilliam Greenwood HouseBuilt 18780.3 miBJohn Ashworth HouseGreek Revival · Built 18750.3 miBJohn Ashworth HouseH-Plan · Built 18800.3 miBDr. George Fennemore HouseSecond Empire · Built 18980.3 miBJulia P. M. Farnsworth BarnVernacular · Built 18800.3 mi
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BJulia Farnsworth HouseVernacular0.3 miBSylvester H. Reeves HouseGreek Revival · Built 18850.3 miBLow HotelEarly Commercial · Built 19060.3 miBMansfield, Murdock and Co. StoreCommercial · Built 18930.3 miBAlmira Lott Murdock HouseBuilt 18900.3 miBOdd Fellows HallCommercial0.3 miBTolton, J. F., GroceryEarly Commercial · Built 18990.3 miBMary I. Thompson HouseBuilt 19010.3 miBMurdock, John Riggs and Wolfenden, Mary Ellen, HouseI House · Built 18800.3 miBDr. Warren Shepherd HouseBungalow · Built 19130.3 miBWilson G. Nowers HouseGreek Revival · Built 18830.3 miBAlma Crosby HouseT-Plan · Built 18670.3 miBJames Fennemore HouseSecond Empire · Built 18870.3 miBMeeting HallBuilding0.3 miBHarriet S. Shepherd HouseVernacular · Built 18760.3 miBElliot Willden HouseGreek Revival0.4 miBJohn Black HouseBuilt 19100.4 miBJoseph Bohn HouseVernacular · Built 18720.4 miBWilliam Burt HouseBuilding0.4 miBFrances A. Olcott HouseBuilding0.4 miBJohn Ruphard Lee HouseGreek Revival · Built 18800.4 miBWilliam Fotheringham HouseVernacular · Built 18730.4 miBAndrew James Morris HouseVernacular0.4 miStStructure at 490 E. 200 NorthStructure0.4 miBBeaver County CourthouseVictorian0.4 miBJames Boyter HouseBuilt 18830.4 miBJames Boyter ShopBuilt 19110.4 miBWilliam and Eliza Hawkins HouseBuilding0.4 miBSidney Tanner HouseAdobe0.4 miBWilliam Barton HouseBuilding0.4 miBEdward Fernley HouseGothic Revival · Built 18850.4 miBReinhard Maeser HouseQueen Anne · Built 18850.4 miBLouis W. Harris HouseBuilt 19050.4 miBSarah Eliza Harris HouseAdobe0.4 miBHouse at 110 S. 3rd WestLate Victorian0.5 miBWilliam Robinson HouseBuilt 18760.5 miBSeth W. Smith HouseQueen Anne0.5 miBErickson HouseBuilding0.5 miBGeorge Albert Bradshaw HouseBuilding0.5 miBMathew McEvan HouseBuilding0.5 miBDaniel Tyler HouseLate Victorian0.5 miBSamuel White HouseBuilt 18690.5 miBHenry M. Tanner HouseBuilding0.5 mi
More like it

Late Victorian style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Late Victorian.

Ephraim Orvel Puffer HouseBuilt 1881 · 0.1 mi away
Robert W. Stoney HouseBuilt 1895 · 0.7 mi away
William Fernley House1 mi away

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Questions about Feargus O'Connor Willden House

Is Feargus O'Connor Willden House on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Nov 29, 1983 (Register number 83003947).

Is Feargus O'Connor Willden House a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Utah has 12 National Historic Landmarks.

Can you visit Feargus O'Connor Willden House?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Feargus O'Connor Willden House?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 10 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 71999112 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.