Marker #4

Home of George Patten

Continue north on Main Street, turn right on 300 North heading east. The grey stucco mansion with large white pillars is located at 47 East 300 North.

This home was built in 1876 by George Patten. He was in the cattle business and had large land holdings also. This home was turned into Payson’s first hospital in 1901.  The doctor was Parley Pratt Musser. His nurses were his wife, Jennie Patten, and a Miss Provstgaard. The parlor was his office.  The kitchen was used as a kitchen and an operating room. The two front bedrooms upstairs each had two hospital beds.  The hospital closed around 1913.