The Hines Mansion was designated to the Provo City Historic Landmarks Registry on March 7, 1996.

[2] R. Spencer Hines was a businessman who gained money from several avenues, namely real estate, business, and mining.

At this time in Utah's history, liquor could technically only be sold for "medicinal purposes only" at drugstores.

Hine was brought to court twice in a decade to contend about the amount of alcohol purchased from his store.

Their daughter Maude married a Benjamin Frank Roper, and the house passed to them for 34 years.