WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
ERASTUS & JOSEPHINE WHITEHEAD HOME
St. George, Utah
LOCATION
278 North 100 West (at Diagonal)St. George, UT 84770
HISTORY
This home was built in the early 1880s by George Whitehead for his brother "Ras" Whitehead. It sits on a lava rock foundation and is built of adobe blocks handmade with straw, clay, and horsehair. Beams and wood structures are nailed with handmade square head nails.Erastus & Josephine Whitehead raised seven children here.
This was the bed-and-breakfast, An Olde Penny Farthing Inn.
It is now the bed-and-breakfast, Ava House Inn & Spa.
BIOGRAPHY
Erastus "Ras" Goddard & Josephine Nixon Whitehead raised seven children. Erastus and his father owned the the A. R. Whitehead and Son Mercantile store on Tabernacle Street which was a very successful business. Erastus died in 1906 at the age of 34.PHOTOS
TBDREFERENCES
Landmark and Historic Sites: City of St. GeorgeFirst Edition, January 2, 2009, pp. 10-1 through 10-4
Compiled by the St. George Community Development Department
Landmark and Historic Sites: Informational Guide of Historical Sites within the City of St. George
Second Edition, Revised 2011, pp. 31-32
Compiled by the St. George Community Development Department