Knight-Allen House
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Knight Allen House
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Knight Allen House
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| Location | 390 East Center Street Provo, Utah |
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| Coordinates | 40°14′0″N 111°39′4″W / 40.23333°N 111.65111°WCoordinates: 40°14′0″N 111°39′4″W / 40.23333°N 111.65111°W |
| Area | 0.25 acre |
| Built | 1899 |
| Architect | Richard C. Watkins |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Romanesque, Victorian Eclecticism, Other |
| MPS | Entreprenurial Residences of Turn-of-the-Century Provo TR |
| NRHP reference # | 82004175 |
| Added to NRHP | July 23, 1982 |
The Knight Allen House is a historic house located in Provo, Utah. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Knight-Allen home was constructed in 1888 in the Victorian style. Containing a Moorish tin scalloped roof, an Italianate turret, distinctive lintels, Romanesque porch tiers, and several ornate window shapes, it is an excellent example of a Victorian Eclectic home. The Knight-Allen House was designated to the Provo City Historic Landmarks Registry on June 19, 1996.
Perhaps the wealthiest man in Provo at the time, Jesse Knight was born in 1845 in Nauvoo, Illinois. Jessie’s family migrated west, and reached Utah Territory in 1857. Twelve years later Jessie married Amanda McEwan, and began a ranch near Payson. Following an impression that he had, Jessie began a mining operation in the Eureka area and became rich. He subsequently bought other mines, founded a bank, purchased real estate in Provo, bought the Provo Woolen Mills, and started farming and cattle interests in Canada. Throughout all of these efforts Jessie remained an active supporter of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his mines were called the "cleanest mining camps in the west (Utah State Historical Society p. 2)." Jessie Knight died in 1921, designating much of his amassed fortune to Brigham Young University and various other institutions. After his death, the house was occupied by Jessie's daughter, Inez Knight Allen, and her husband.
Built between the years 1893 and 1908 in Provo, Utah, this group of Victorian mansions are historically significant and represent not only fine architecture but some of the most successful men of the city and state at the time. These mansions include the Charles E. Loose House, the William H. Ray House, the Knight-Allen House, the John R. Twelves House, the Jesse Knight House, the Knight-Mangum House, and the Thomas N. Taylor House. All of these homes derive from the high style: Eastlake, Shingle, Craftsman, Italianate, Classical, Moorish, Colonial, and Romanesque Revivals. Made primarily of brick, these homes exhibit the finest architecture and most ornate detailing to be found in the city of Provo.
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