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655: 51: 1315: 374: 93: 68: 1326: 261: 827: 324: 100: 75: 336:, the building was known as the Johnson Hotel and was one of three hotels in Springville. Two significant railroads, as well as the later mass production of automobiles, connected the town to the rest of the county, which created a need for accommodations for visitors. Springville's success in agricultural processing also increased the need for temporary lodging. 339:
William Henry Kearns and Loretta Chase Kearns bought it in the early 1900s for $ 1,000, and added onto it, sometime between 1908 and 1925, the two-story rear wing and a utility porch. Since the completed of these two additions, the structure has not been substantially altered. Loretta and her son
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The hotel was originally built in 1892 by Moses (Mose) and Anna (Annie) Kearns Johnson. Construction required a $ 600 mortgage (equivalent to $ 20,347 in 2023) and eight years to complete. Moses was a prominent actor and the youngest surviving son of the founder of Springville, Aaron
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Throughout the following decades, it would be run as an inn under the names of Kearns House, Manitou Hotel, Valley Tavern Hotel, and Valley Hotel, amongst others. It was listed on the NRHP January 5, 1998. In the early 2000s, most of the major systems were updated and it was then run as a
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for several years. Finally in 2021, extensive renovations were started and then finished in 2022 to turn it into what can be seen today, with eleven private suites available for occupancy.
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east of one Springville's two former railroad depots (which was at the west end of West 200 South and was owned by what eventually became the
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were artists and while living at the hotel, they painted multiple pieces of art, now under the care of the
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The hotel is located at 94 West 200 South on the western edge of the city's
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Additional images of the Johnson–Kearns Hotel at jacobbarlow.com
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Johnson–Kearns Hotel is located in Utah
Johnson–Kearns Hotel is located in the United States
Springville
Utah
40°9′52″N 111°36′40″W / 40.16444°N 111.61111°W / 40.16444; -111.61111
Late Victorian
MPS
Springville MPS
97001571
Springville
Utah
National Register of Historic Places

downtown commercial district
blocks
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Springville Historic District
Late Victorian

turn of the century
Howard
Springville Museum of Art
George Edward Anderson
bed and breakfast
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Utah County, Utah

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