Utah Valley University seeking to move historic home to historic park

Utah Valley University seeking to move historic home to historic park

By Donald W. Meyers
The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 23, 2012 05:21PM MDT

Orem • For 120 years, the small, adobe-brick farmhouse stood on what once was the Provo Bench, overlooking Utah Lake.
The Bunnell home witnessed the introduction of Red Delicious apples to Utah Valley, and, as the orchards gave way to college buildings, it stood as a silent reminder of the area’s agricultural heritage.
Now, the house, which had been used as a campus eatery and a storage shed, is in the way of expansion at Utah Valley University.
But rather than consign the historic home to the w...

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