The Franklin and Arletta Cox Tuttle House, a 1½-story brick house built circa 1886 in Manti, Sanpete County, is locally significant under Criterion C in the area of Architecture as an excellent example of a hybrid house representing a transition from the vernacular stone houses common in Manti in the mid-to-late nineteenth century to the Victorian Eclectic pattern-book houses that were constructed after the railroad came to the isolated agricultural outpost in 1880. The Tuttle House combines a classically symmetric central passage house with the variety of materials of the Victorian Eclectic style. The house is particularly significant as the best example of extant Eastlake-style ornamentation in Manti. Although not a full Eastlake-style house, the ornamentation of the front porch is very prominent and possesses high artistic value. The porch is an exceptionally good example of the three-dimensionality of Eastlake-style woodwork. The period of significance is circa 1886, the estimated year of construction. The Tuttle House stands out in its northwest Manti neighborhood for its variety or materials, decorative elements and its undivided original 1.06-acre lot. The house was recently rehabilitated using Utah state historic tax credits for residential buildings. The property retains exceptionally good integrity for the period of significance.
