Dresbach-Hunt-Boyer House

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The Dresbach-Hunt-Boyer House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a Historical Building in 1976 (Building #76000540). One of the oldest surviving buildings in Davis, the house is also a Davis city 'Landmark' on the city list of designated historic resources (1984) The 12 room, 3500 square foot main house and 340 square foot tank house (water tower) were built between 1871 and 1875 by William Fredrich Dresbach, a Prussian immigrant and Davisville's first postmaster. Mr. Dresbach is credited with naming the town after rancher Jerome C. Davis. The land on which the mansion sits is likely some of the first residential land purchased (1870 & 1871) in Davisville. (The house itself sits on Lots 9 & 10 of Block 1, Range D of the original Davisville plat; Dresbach later acquired the adjacent lot to the south, Lot 11; the final piece of the quarter block property, Lot 12 was added in 1884 by the Enos family.)