Gottlieb & Louisa Buhler Home

115 North 400 West

Built sometime between 1892 and 1898, this two-story home features a traditional upright-and-wing design, with decorative cornice returns that hint at the Greek Revival architectural style.

Gottlieb Buhler was born in Bern, Switzerland, in 1868 to Ulrich and Anna Burgdorffer Buehler. In 1872, when Gottlieb was just four years old, the family immigrated to Utah and settled in Midway, where two of Ulrich's brothers had already made their homes.

Gottlieb and his wife, Louisa Krebs Buhler, raised a large family while making their home in Midway. Gottlieb also served two missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, first to Switzerland in 1895 and later to Germany in 1906. By the time he departed for his second mission, the couple had nine children, ranging in age from just one to sixteen years old.

In 1929, Gottlieb sold the home and its 10½ acres to Nephi Probst, and he and Louisa moved to Pleasant Grove, Utah. The property soon entered a new chapter under the Probst family.

Nephi was born in Midway to John Ulrich and Susanna Gertsch Probst. He met his future wife, Eliza Elizabeth “Beth” Beck, while they were both serving in the Northern States Mission. The couple married in Manti in 1923 and went on to raise ten children.

In 1932, Nephi made substantial additions to the Buhler home, expanding the original two-story upright-and-wing structure.

Nephi was also deeply involved in church and community life. He served as bishop of Midway's Second Ward from 1935 to 1937 and helped beautify the grounds of the Second Ward Chapel, planting grass, shrubs, and the pine trees that now surround the property. He later served for 21 years as a counselor in the stake presidency.

More than a century after it was built, the Buhler home reflects the lives of two Midway families whose histories were closely tied to the town's Swiss heritage and religious traditions. Its original architectural features and later additions tell the story of a home that evolved as the families living within its walls changed.