“Its walnut bannisters and spindles, oak-grained woodwork and marble-grained plaster in the halls are extant, as are the fireplaces, casings, base and doors.

The original room configurations and tall ceilings are also intact.”[2]: 2 Eggertsen was born in Vestr, Skevhuset, Odense County, Fyen (a Danish island), on February 7, 1826.

Once in America, Eggertsen, along with a group of twenty four other people, traveled across 1300 miles through the Great Basin, and into Salt Lake City, arriving September 13, 1857.

Eggertsen took the money he had earned through his hard work as a farmer, and spent it to send his children to Brigham Young Academy (now university), and used the leftover funds to build his new home.

After the construction of the home, Simon Peter Eggertsen served another two years in Denmark as a missionary, and supported a large family.