The Moyle House and Indian Tower is a historic residence and

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, that is listed on the

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Description

The house is located at 606 East 770 North, on the northeast side of the Moyle Historical Park. The house was expanded in 1859-1860 from a c.1858 dugout house. The tower, built during 1860–1866, was built as a private fort for defense against Indians of the

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of 1865–1868, and is the only such tower known to have been built for protection of a single household in Utah. These stone structures were built by English-born mason and Mormon, John Rowe Moyle. His son Joseph Moyle expanded the house in 1917, adding

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elements. A dugout/food cellar also was built during c.1858–60. These three structures are included in the NRHP listing. John Moyle also built a home for a second wife in a nearby property, not part of the NRHP listing. See also

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and

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, also NRHP-listed, also private forts. and The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places December 23, 1992. The listing included two

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and one

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