October 29, 2008
Article taken from the Vernal Express at www.vernal.com
This cabin, one of three located on the old Hullinger homestead, between Naples and Jensen at highway marker 152, has been donated to the Uintah County Historic Preservation Commission. The commission needs to raise $12,000 before Nov. 1 to move the cabin.
Volunteers with the Uintah County Historic Preservation Commission have dismantled and are moving two of the three cabins on the Hullinger homestead. Tick marks number each log, and are used to distinguish the order of each log during reassembly. The commission is trying to raise $12,000 to move a third cabin, which is too large to be dismantled and must be moved intact.
Harvey Coe Hullinger, one of the first physicians in the Uintah Basin, practiced medicine in the area until his death in 1926 at the age of 101.
Hullinger, who went by “Doc,” believed in the power of community and immersed himself not only in helping but also in educating those in the Basin area. He financed and built one of the first schools in the Basin in 1885, then hired and paid a school teacher out of his own pocket for the first year.
Members of the Uintah County Historic Preservation Commission are hoping this strong sense of community exists in the area today and are asking community members to help preserve the rich history left behind by Doc Hullinger.
Descendants of Hullinger have sold the family property, located between Naples and Jensen, at highway marker 152. They’ve donated three log cabins, one of which is the aforementioned school house, to Uintah County. The County is unable to accept the donation, however, but the Uintah County Historic Preservation Commission has offered to move the cabins and store them until a permanent home can be found for them.
According to commission members, the cabins hold historical value not just because of the Hullinger legacy, but they are an “outstanding example in both size and quality of the fine log home construction of a Uinta Basin homestead.”
Volunteers are dismantling and moving two of the smaller cabins, but the third one is too big, and must be moved intact. Because new owners take possession of the property Nov. 1, the cabins must be moved immediately. The commission has received bids from professionals who can move the last cabin before the deadline, but it carries a price tag of $12,000.
Commission members are asking for the community’s help to save the third cabin, which, if not removed on time, will be demolished.
Cash donations are being solicited to pay for moving expenses.
To make donation and help save the cabin, call Marjorie Goodman at 435-781-1504, or Ellen Kiever at 435-789-0091 ext.20.
Hullinger, who went by “Doc,” believed in the power of community and immersed himself not only in helping but also in educating those in the Basin area. He financed and built one of the first schools in the Basin in 1885, then hired and paid a school teacher out of his own pocket for the first year.
Members of the Uintah County Historic Preservation Commission are hoping this strong sense of community exists in the area today and are asking community members to help preserve the rich history left behind by Doc Hullinger.
Descendants of Hullinger have sold the family property, located between Naples and Jensen, at highway marker 152. They’ve donated three log cabins, one of which is the aforementioned school house, to Uintah County. The County is unable to accept the donation, however, but the Uintah County Historic Preservation Commission has offered to move the cabins and store them until a permanent home can be found for them.
According to commission members, the cabins hold historical value not just because of the Hullinger legacy, but they are an “outstanding example in both size and quality of the fine log home construction of a Uinta Basin homestead.”
Volunteers are dismantling and moving two of the smaller cabins, but the third one is too big, and must be moved intact. Because new owners take possession of the property Nov. 1, the cabins must be moved immediately. The commission has received bids from professionals who can move the last cabin before the deadline, but it carries a price tag of $12,000.
Commission members are asking for the community’s help to save the third cabin, which, if not removed on time, will be demolished.
Cash donations are being solicited to pay for moving expenses.
To make donation and help save the cabin, call Marjorie Goodman at 435-781-1504, or Ellen Kiever at 435-789-0091 ext.20.
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