Benjamin and Olivia Meek House, Victorian house in Draper, Utah, United States
The Benjamin and Olivia Meek House at 12782 South Fort Street in Draper, Utah, is a 2+1⁄2-story central-block house built about 1898 in the Victorian style. Its National Register listing of November 29, 2001 covers two contributing buildings and one other contributing structure.
The house was built in 1898 and remains one of only four Victorian houses surviving in Draper today. It earned its National Register of Historic Places listing in 2001, recognizing its importance to the area's heritage.
The house is associated with the Nielson family, Olivia Meek's relatives, who were successful sheep and cattle raisers in Draper. Their livestock wealth paid for a central-block Victorian house of two and a half stories, one of only four such houses still standing on South Fort Street.
The site is located in Draper and can be accessed from Fort Street where the buildings making up the complex are visible. A visit gives a good sense of the layout and character of a well-preserved Victorian-era property.
The house is associated with the Nielson family, Olivia Meek's relatives, who were important and successful in sheep and cattle raising in Draper. The 2001 National Register nomination cites this ranching association alongside the house's Victorian style as reasons for its listing.
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