Byron T. Mitchell Home

Byron Teancum Mitchell married Emmeline Janett Andersen in 1895. They first lived with Byron's mother in Kamas. In 1897, after their first child was born, Byron started building a new home in Francis. It was one of the first brick houses in the area, using bricks made by Byron's brother in City Canyon. Byron designed the house himself, and the National Register nomination calls it a notable example of local vernacular eclecticism. The design mixes a cross-wing layout with Gothic Revival, Second Empire, and Victorian styles, making it an ambitious and sophisticated home for rural Utah in the 1890s.

The Mitchell family owned the house for many years until it was vacated in the 1970s. In 1984, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a significant example of late 19th-century residential architecture in Summit County. Since then, the house has remained empty and has continued to deteriorate. The current out-of-state owner has not shared any plans or intentions for preserving the property.

Francis is a small town of about 1,500 people on the west side of Summit County in the Kamas Valley. It was settled in 1869 and became an incorporated town in 1939. The Byron T. Mitchell Home is the only property in Francis on the National Register and is one of the few remaining examples of 19th-century brick homes in the Kamas Valley.