Tour the Inside of the Payson Home
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Parlor
This is the room guests would be invited into and where they would be entertained.
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Organ
This organ is original to the home. The date is unknown when it was procured. Sarah Van Wagoner Fairbanks always encouraged arts and culture in her home. The organ is actually located in the parlor.
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Bedroom This room was originally the kitchen. The first phase of the home consisted of two rooms downstairs and two rooms upstairs with a chimney in each room. When the second phase of the house was completed and a larger kitchen area was added, this room became another bedroom. The bed is original to the home.
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Kitchen This kitchen was added in the second construction phase of the home. It created a lot more space for a growing family. John Boylston and his wife Sarah Van Wagoner Fairbanks had eleven children, nine of whom at one time or another lived in the Payson home. Included in the kitchen was a stove and another fireplace.
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Washbasin This washbasin, original to the home, was used to collect the leftover food from meals. A hole in the bottom of the basin drained the leftovers into a bucket beneath, which was then used to feed farm animals. In pioneer days, food was never wasted.
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Stairway from Second Floor going Down The stairway upstairs is steep and narrow, possibly a reason the two upstairs rooms are closed to the general public.
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South Upstairs Bedroom The south upstairs bedroom was known as "Brigham Young's room" and in it, history reveals, a prayer circle was held on July 22, 1860, and a School of the Prophets was organized in the upstairs rooms in September 1868.
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North Upstairs Room
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Floor Plan of House
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Lot Plan of home in Payson
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