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Source: Standard-Examiner, Ogden, UtahSept.自存倉 05--CACHE VALLEY -- A house that belonged to a horse thief, one that was built by a polygamist, and another that started as an elementary school, are all part of the Cache Valley Historic Home Tour.The tour, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, showcases seven buildings in Logan and Providence."Most of the homes this year were built in the 1800s, so we will not only see the skills and resourcefulness of these early builders, but we will also enjoy the innovation, ingenuity and hard work of the current residents who have made the home convenient for our time while maintaining many of their unique historic features," said committee chairwoman Bernice McCowin, in a news release about the event.Buildings open for the tour:--492 W. 200 South, Logan. Built in 1872 by John Nelson, a Scottish immigrant with 13 children, the house was named "Estelle." Blackjack Nelson, John's son, was a stagecoach robber and horse thief, and was hanged for his crimes. The home is also said to have been a brothel in the early 1900s.--109 N. 200 West, Logan. Built in 1862, by polygamist George L. Farrell, the house is made of local Swan Peak quartzite. The house had separate living spaces to accommodate two wives.--341 E. 300 North, Logan. This Victorian house, buil迷你倉新蒲崗 in 1899, was made of local brick and signed by the mason.--496 E. 100 South, Logan. This was the Franklin School, open by 1884 and closed in 1911.--105 E. 200 North, Providence. This home was built in 1890, and is lived in by the great-granddaughter of the original owner. It still has the original floor plan, and trees planted by pioneer ancestors in the yard.--495 S. Main St., Providence. Dating to 1906-07, the house was added onto in 1916. The original kitchen cupboards, wainscoting, and door and window casings as still in place.--123 S. Main St., Logan. The Mountain Place Apartments were built in 1895 as a hotel. Lighting, decor, antiques and, true to the time, an old telephone booth can be seen, too. There is no elevator.Tickets cost $10, and can be picked up at Macey's Food & Drug in Providence, Lee's Marketplace in Logan and Smithfield, and at the Cache Valley Visitors Bureau, 199 N. Main St.The tour is a fundraiser for scholarships to help Utah State University students study local history, and to bus schoolchildren to the American West Heritage Center.For more information, call the Visitors Bureau at 435-755-1890.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Standard-Examiner (Ogden, Utah) Visit the Standard-Examiner (Ogden, Utah) at .standard.net Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉出租