• Built in Centerville, Utah early-1850's

• Replicated in 1983

Charles C. Rich built this three-room house in Centerville for two of his wives, Eliza Ann Graves and Sarah Jane Peck. Each had a private bedroom with an outside entrance, with shared cooking and work space in the middle. These women ran the 61-acre farm that surrounded the home. They also earned outside income for themselves and their children. Eliza Ann was an expert tailor while Sarah raised poultry, sold the eggs, and was an accomplished knitter.

Did you know? In 1846, Charles C. Rich helped to organize the exodus of Mormons from Nauvoo. Religious persecution is only one of the reasons the Mormons decided to leave Illinois.