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Nathan Tanner Porter Homes
This is an e-mail I sent by Roger Porter. Thought it should be posted on the site.
Hi Porter friends and cousins!
I visited this week the Nathan Porter homesite in Centerville and discovered
it has been purchased (saved) by a private family who wish to remain
anonymous.
They are in the process of restoring three buildings: the Eliza Ford home,
the Rebecca Cherry home, and the Granary to their pioneer condition where
possible. This is great news, as developers had plans to demo all these
buildings!
They are vigorous and sincere in restoring the original look, and are in
need of original photos taken inside and around the buildings in the 1800s
and early 1900s. Do you in your families have any idea where some of those
photos might be located, and could you contact me with that information and
I will forward it on to these benefactors of our heritage site.
Many thanks! If you have any other information to add to the Nathan or
Aaron Porter sites, please email me. We are back in Idaho from San Francisco
and retired now from CES so hope to get back in the genealogy and family
history groove!
Sincerely,
Cousins Roger and Earlene Porter
porterhouse88@cableone.net
My First Visit to the N.T.Porter Homes
We are delighted to report that the Nathan Tanner Porter homes at the corner of 400 West
& 400 South in Centerville has been purchased by the
Historic Porter Farm, LLC. The current
owners are excited to be in possession of the historic homestead and are making plans to restore
the buildings as far as possible to their original condition. The only building the corporation was
unable to purchase was the barn, which is still in possession of the former owner, Mr. Dunn. We
are hopeful that Mr. Dunn will decide to sell that building also, so the restoration can be
complete.
The current owners have read Nathan Porter's history on this website and plan to do all
they can to be as true to the style and structure of the original home and the outbuildings as possible.
They plan to restore the outside of the Rebecca Cherry house, which is currently gutted, and to
create two rooms within. When they have the Cherry house ready, they will live there while they
work on the extensive project of restoring the Victorian home. They have plans to take out a
staircase that was added in 1970 and to restore the original attic. They are also looking into the
possibility of removing a false ceiling that was added in 1930 and restoring the original high
ceilings to the main floor. They are as yet uncertain of their plans for the granary except that they
would like to restore the outside of that building. They have agreed to let us take pictures of the
home as it is now and during the process of restoration, and those pictures will be available on
this website.
We are indeed fortunate that people who are interested in historic preservation in general
and in the Nathan Porter home specifically have purchased this property and are treating it with
such respect. They have asked us to help them search for photographs of the original property,
and we hope all family members will search their files and records for anything you have in the
way of photographs or information that will help in this most worthwhile and monumental project.
If you have anything that will be helpful, e-mail Lynn Porter.(Sysop)
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