This two-story, Federal style frame house, was built in 1874
by James A. Allred, nephew of the town’s founder. It is a
central-passage plan, unusual in Spring City, and it has a
rear addition. The redwood lumber siding was freighted in
from California. Allred served as bishop from 1882 until
his death in 1904. He was also the first mayor of Spring
City. Two of Allred’s wives, Elizabeth Parkis and Mary Ann
Pollard raised six children in the house. Adjacent to the
residence is a stone root cellar and a wood frame “inside
out” granary both dating from the 1870s. The house was
purchased by William Osborne and is still in the Osborne
family.

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