Timeline of the Anson Call house

1855 - Original Construction begins

Anson Call began construction of the original one room stone cabin in 1855. The original cabin contained a cobblestone fireplace, a pantry and a porch facing west.

The main celebration for the dedication of the Bountiful Tabernacle was held at the Anson Call House.

At the celebration Anson hosted many notable guests such as Brigham Young, Wilford Woodruff, John Taylor and many more. Overall around 150 people attended the celebration.

Anson Call passed away in his home on August 31st, 1890. He was survived by his wife Mary Flint Call and several children who the house was passed down to.

Henry and Edith Allred purchased the home in 1915. One year later, Henry would open the “Bountiful Milk Diet Sanitarium” in an added wing on the south side of the property.

Lawrence Sardoni

In 1920, the Allreds would sell the home to Elizabeth Sardoni and her son Lawrence.

Both Elizabeth and Lawrence were music teachers and would host music lessons in the home.

Lawrence would go on to become a notable professor of music at BYU and would found the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra.

Dean and Annie Mecham would begin modernizing the house, adding the first automated furnace.

In 1970, after the house had gone through several owners, the interior would now be split into two different apartments in a duplex style.

J. O. Kingston would purchase the property and then pass the home to his son Joseph Kingston. Who lived there with his wife Luana and their children.

In July of 1997, a suspected gas-leak caused an explosion in the basement of the home. The fire from the explosion would spread quickly through the first floor of the house on the North Side and would destroy about half of the first floor.

Joseph and Luana would be displaced by the fire and would retain ownership, while not living in the home.

Restoring the home would be nigh impossible for Joe, although he had always respected its historic nature. Joe had always tried to save as much of the original workmanship as possible when making changes in the home, he would retain original window seals, crown molding, brickwork and foundations.

Unfortunately, Joe would pass away in 2020 before he could do much with the property. However, close friends remember him mentioning the house often, and how he wanted to make sure the history was not lost.

Due to holes in the roof cut by the fire department in 1997, the home would sustain years of water and weather damage. Vandals would frequent the spot and rumors of supernatural activity would only heighten the dilapidation of the home.

However, in 2024 the North Canyon Heritage Foundation would purchase the home with a goal to enhance community awareness of the history of the Anson Call House and dedicate the restoration of the home to the history of Bountiful.