Jan 24, 2012

John Franklin and Elizabeth Fuller Brown House


109 South 200 West Street

This two-story house Victorian style frame house with eclectic trim was built around 1900 by John Franklin Brown.  He was 13 when his family moved to Kanab.  When first married, he opened a blacksmith shop, was a lawyer, sheriff and supervised the construction of the Kanab Creek Dam and many roads.  In 1901 he bought a sawmill at Jacob Lake, in 1912, the mill burned and the next year he bought a new sawmill and sawed lumber at Lefevre and Nail Canyons.  Present day owner is Barbara Kropf.