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Lewis & Isabel Gappmayer Homes Multi-Cache

Hidden : 5/12/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This cache takes you to a couple of homes that Lewis & Isabel Gappmayer lived in, the Gappmayer family is popular in Orem history.

At the posted coordinates you will see the home pictured below, get the address, a three digit number, you'll need it.

The Gappmayer house is a two-story, foursquare type building with a combination of Late-Victorian and Neoclassical Stylistic details. The house was built around 1907 and is a rare example in Orem of the two-story foursquare house. This type of house was popular in Utah from about 1900 until about 1915, when it fell out of favor. It is rare perhaps because its size made it prohibitively expensive for the farmers of modest means who made up most of the residents of the Provo Bench. Bartl and Mary Gappmayer were farmers who moved to the Provo Bench from Heber City, Utah. They built the house in 1907 and then sold the property in 1915. Their children later retained title to the property from their uncle. Lewis and Isabella Gappmayer later moved into the house with their four children.

The final cache is located at N 40° 16.AAA W 111° 41.BBB

For AAA take the house number and add 361.
For BBB take the house number and add 245.

You'll be next to the home pictured below,

The Lewis & Isabel Gappmayer house is one of few remaining farm houses on 1200 South. Built in 1921, a year after Lewis married Isabel Billings, this one story brick Craftsman-style bungalow originally was constructed on a larger parcel of land. The orchards surrounding the house are gone, but the house remains a reminder of the agricultural landscape of the early Provo Bench area. The house is still owned by descendents of Lewis and Isabel.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)