Jan 24, 2012

Israel Hoyt and Ella Woolley Chamberlain Home


197 West 100 North Street

Israel Hoyt, son of Thomas Chamberlain, had this one-story, brick, craftsman bungalow with hip roof home built in 1919.  It originally had carbide lighting.  In 1925 when electricity came to Kanab it was converted to electric lights.  Israel was a cattleman and rancher.  In 1906, he with others, using pick, shovel and team, built the waterline from Cottonwood Canyon to Fredonia.  He also helped build many roads in this area and the trail from the North Rim to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. 
The dormers on this house was started by Edward Wiken in 1980 and finished by Howard Curtis.  Howard using his plaster skills, made the addition look like brick. 
The present owners are Howard and Elizabeth Curtis