The Ridd–Loutensock Residence, 3917 South 5600 West

3917 South 5600 West (enter through 3900 south)

Main Residence & Domestic Features

  • Hip roof bungalow residence (built 1922–23)

    • Full basement

    • Poured concrete foundation

    • Exterior: Banded stucco on lower quarter, red brick midsection, stucco upper half

    • Asphalt-shingle roof with corbelled fired-brick internal chimney

    • Enclosed front porch with paired four-pane fixed-sash windows

    • Chicago-style windows on the north wall

    • Vertical fixed-sash window next to porch door

    • Multiple double-hung windows (various sizes)

    • Small shed-roof rear addition with clapboard siding and wood-panel door

  • Concrete stoop with brick pier

  • Mature landscaping:

    • Large willow (SW corner)

    • Mature apricot tree (NW corner)

    • Mature juniper (north corner, front)

    • Mature fir (south corner, front)

    • Multiple deciduous trees south of house

    • Low ornamental trees and shrubs around yard

Agricultural / Outbuilding Structures

  • One-car novelty-sided garage (built 1924)

    • Swing-out doors with four-over-four fixed-sash windows

  • Concrete granary (9×12 ft, turn-of-the-century, predates house)

    • Poured mud concrete walls

    • Gable roof with asphalt shingles

    • South-wall entryway projecting from main structure

  • Three-car garage (out-of-period, non-contributing)

Irrigation & Yard Features

  • Rock-lined irrigation ditch (north-south along west side, east turn along south side)

  • Concrete and brick-lined ditch (east yard, connecting to rock-lined ditch)

  • Rock-lined ditch branch terminating at granary

Ownership History

  • 1907 – Property obtained via land patent from the State of Utah by James Newton Ridd

  • 1922–23 – Residence built under ownership of James N. Ridd

  • 1937 – Deeded by James & Phoebe Ridd to LaMar Loutensock

  • Post-1937 – Retained by Sarah Poulton Loutensock (first wife of LaMar) after their divorce

  • 1960 – Property formally transferred into Sarah Loutensock’s name

  • Present (at time of record) – Still owned by Sarah Loutensock

Property Inventory:

Main Residence & Domestic Structures

  • 1917 hip-roof brick bungalow (main house)

  • Three-car gable roof garage (1920s)

  • Small storage shed (6-by-6 ft)

  • Outside concrete-lined well (1920s)

Agricultural Buildings

  • Inside-out granary over concrete cellar (1920s)

  • Shed-roof equipment shed (1920s)

  • Small gable-roof tool shed

  • Milk barn / cow barn (ca. 1915, later converted from temporary residence)

Railroad Car Conversions

  • Railroad car granary (moved in 1930s)

  • Railroad car pigsty (moved in 1930s)

Animal Structures

  • Gable-roof pigsty (10-by-10 ft)

  • Plywood pigsty (ca. 1987, out-of-period)

Out-of-Period & Modern Additions

  • Large cinderblock garage (modern, out-of-period)

Miscellaneous Property Features

  • Concrete retaining wall (~99 ft long)

  • Rock-lined irrigation ditch with head gate

  • Earthen ditch along east property line

Vintage / Historic Items

  • Concrete granary (turn-of-the-century, predating house) with poured mud concrete walls

  • Board-and-siding gable ends on granary

  • Original hopper window with wood trim and flared metal drip on granary

  • Rock-lined irrigation ditches (hand-laid stone)

Circ 2025

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