Former Presidents' Home (FPH)

In 1909, Brigham Young University faculty member Henry Peterson built a home on Temple Hill. In 1923 this home came into the possession of Brigham Young University and in 1927 the Brigham Young University Board of Trustees decided that it was an ideal location for the home of the university’s president. Franklin S. Harris became the first university president to occupy the home. It quickly became known as the President’s Residence and served every president from Harris through Jeffrey R. Holland. In 1990 the residence became the location of the University Visitor’s Center and served this function until 2008 when it became the home of the Office of Graduate Studies.