Oberg-Metcalf House

Gunnison, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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Heritage registerNational Register of Historic Places↗

The Oberg-Metcalf House, erected around 1880 in Gunnison, Utah, exemplifies the architectural aspirations of the late nineteenth-century Sanpete Valley settlement period. Built of local oolitic limestone by Johan Oberg, this one-and-one-half-story cross-wing residence combines Neoclassical and Victorian elements. Its original hall and parlor plan displays symmetrical facades, simple cornices, and raised mortar joints in coursed ashlar stonework—hallmarks of Classical restraint. A Victorian brick ell added in the 1890s marks a shift toward accessibility of pattern-book designs and manufactured materials as rural Utah became less isolated. The house later became home to Anthony and Sylvia Metcalf; Anthony, an Irish immigrant, had operated a flour mill in the region. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997, it stands among only ten remaining pre-1900 classically detailed stone residences in Gunnison.