WOOLEY HOME IN CENTERVILLE

Two homes in _ Davis
County were listed on the
Century Register of Utah
Historic Homes. They are the
William Henry Streeper home
and the Rich-Wooley home
both of Centerville.

WILLIAM Henry Streeper
Home, 1020 North Main
Street, Centerville. This rock
home, which has been al-
tered, was built in 1875 by
William Henry Sftreeper. Mr.
Streeper came to Utah in 1851
at the age of 16. He rode for
the Pony Express between
Salt Lake and Carson City.

About 1868 he moved to
Centerville where he devoted
his talents to farming and
running a general store. At
the time of lis death, October
4, 1930, he vas the last living
Pony Expess rider. Mr.
'Streeper let the home to his
youngest daughter, Erma
Smith, who sold it to Gerald
Sain in 18…7.

RICH-\oolley Home, 100
yards north of Porter Lane on
400 West, Centerville. The
Rich-Woolley home was cons-
tructed n the mid 1850’s for
two of Charles C. Rich’s
wives, Eliza Rich and Sarah
Peck Rich.

Charles C. Rich was an
apostle, in the Presidency of
the European Mission and a
colonizer of San Bernardino,
California. When he moved
his family to Bear Lake in
1864 the home was sold to
John W. Woolley, a pioneer of
1848. The home served as a
haven for church officials
during the polygamy hunts of
the 1880’s.

REPORTEDLY John
Taylor, while staying in the
home, experienced a visita-
tion from Joseph Smith and a
revelation from God that the
doctrine of plural marriage
was eternal and would not be
terminated. The home is
presently under the control of
Calvin C. Woolley for the
Lorin C. Woolley Estate.