Feb 03, 1983
National Register of Historic Places - Santa Anna Casto House
Statement of Significant: The Santa Anna Casto house, built about 1870, is architecturally significant as one of ten identified buildings in Holladay which date to the community's original period of settlement. These buildings (see list below) were all constructed between 1860-75 and represent the earliest architecture found in this Salt Lake Valley area. Associated with the pioneering efforts of the Mormon people, these homes typify the vernacular designs popular in Utah. during this period. Of these extant examples, one, the Anders Hintze house, has been nominated to the National Register (as part of the Scandinavian Pair-house Thematic nomination), eight lack the integrity for nomination, and the Santa Anna Casto house nomination is presented here. The Casto house, a one-story square-cabin type with a rear lean-to extension, is important because it is one of two unaltered and well-maintained examples of the mid-nineteenth century vernacular tradition in Holladay. Once an isolated fanning community, Holladay is today a densely populated suburb of Salt Lake City. Santa Anna Casto was born May 7, 1850 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the son of William and Racheline Casto.^ The Casto family converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1839 and lived for several years at Nauvoo, Illinois before persecutions drove the group westward to Utah. William Casto served in the Mormon Battalion and named his son after the Mexican general, Santa Anna. The Casto name itself is probably French, being anglicized from "Cousteau." William Casto made several trips to the Salt Lake Valley with the advance companies in 1847 and 1848 before bringing his family west in summer of 1851. The Castos were one of the first families to settle the Holladay area, a farming community about 10 miles south of Salt Lake City. William Casto originally built a house within the first Holladay fort. As Santa Anna grew up, the population was slowly spreading out from its original nucleated town site and he took his new family to the southeast and established a residence on what would come to be called Casto Lane. Here Santa Anna built a new brick home around 1870 and entered into the fruit business. The Casto orchards became famous in the area and he is also remembered as a fine floriculturist. The Casto family name has become locally synonymous with ornamental flower gardens. Santa Anna Casto also took part in the establishment of the Big Cottonwood Upper Canal Company in 1877 and served as water master in the area for 16 years. He was bishop of the Big Cottonwood Ward from 1905 to 1911 and died in 1914. The present owner of the house is the granddaughter of Santa Anna Casto.
National Register of Historic Places - Santa Anna Casto House
Statement of Significant: The Santa Anna Casto house, built about 1870, is architecturally significant as one of ten identified buildings in Holladay which date to the community's original period of settlement. These buildings (see list below) were all constructed between 1860-75 and represent the earliest architecture found in this Salt Lake Valley area. Associated with the pioneering efforts of the Mormon people, these homes typify the vernacular designs popular in Utah. during this period. Of these extant examples, one, the Anders Hintze house, has been nominated to the National Register (as part of the Scandinavian Pair-house Thematic nomination), eight lack the integrity for nomination, and the Santa Anna Casto house nomination is presented here. The Casto house, a one-story square-cabin type with a rear lean-to extension, is important because it is one of two unaltered and well-maintained examples of the mid-nineteenth century vernacular tradition in Holladay. Once an isolated fanning community, Holladay is today a densely populated suburb of Salt Lake City. Santa Anna Casto was born May 7, 1850 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the son of William and Racheline Casto.^ The Casto family converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1839 and lived for several years at Nauvoo, Illinois before persecutions drove the group westward to Utah. William Casto served in the Mormon Battalion and named his son after the Mexican general, Santa Anna. The Casto name itself is probably French, being anglicized from "Cousteau." William Casto made several trips to the Salt Lake Valley with the advance companies in 1847 and 1848 before bringing his family west in summer of 1851. The Castos were one of the first families to settle the Holladay area, a farming community about 10 miles south of Salt Lake City. William Casto originally built a house within the first Holladay fort. As Santa Anna grew up, the population was slowly spreading out from its original nucleated town site and he took his new family to the southeast and established a residence on what would come to be called Casto Lane. Here Santa Anna built a new brick home around 1870 and entered into the fruit business. The Casto orchards became famous in the area and he is also remembered as a fine floriculturist. The Casto family name has become locally synonymous with ornamental flower gardens. Santa Anna Casto also took part in the establishment of the Big Cottonwood Upper Canal Company in 1877 and served as water master in the area for 16 years. He was bishop of the Big Cottonwood Ward from 1905 to 1911 and died in 1914. The present owner of the house is the granddaughter of Santa Anna Casto.
Feb 03, 1983
Posted Date
Jun 20, 2023
Historical Record Date
Feb 03, 1983
Source Name
National Register of Historic Places
