666-670 North 1200 West in the Rose Park neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah

The Thomas H. Carr Home

The Thomas H. Carr home is a California Bungalow style built in 1910. The roof has a rectangular plan and wood shingled gable peaks. The façade composition is symmetrical. The long, pitched roof covers a porch which stretches the full width of the façade. The porch rests on four massive brick supports with wide ogee-shaped wood arches between them. Unique leaded windows laced with Mormon crickets adorn the transoms and upper lites which appear on the first story windows.

Thomas Carr was one of the founders of Rexall Drug Stores. Mr. Carr was a lifelong resident of Ogden. He operated the T. H. Carr Pharmacy, said to have been one of Ogden’s most prosperous drug stores. He also served as a member of the City Council and was a prominent Mason and member of the Weber Club. He was a very tall man, and had a special extra-long claw-foot tub delivered to the home, which is still in place.

After the death of Thomas Carr in 1919, Emma A. Carr continued to reside in the home until her death in 1926. Carr’s daughter Viola May Carr Hinley and her husband Herbert W. Hinley continued to reside in the home. Their daughter Lou Ann Nelson inherited the property upon the death of Mrs. Hinley and later sold it to Frank E. Hammond. The home was purchased by Bonneville Title and converted to office space in the early 1980’s. It was later restored by Charles & Tamara Anderson.

2520 Jefferson Avenue in the Jefferson Avenue Historic District and in Ogden’s Central Bench Historic District in Ogden, Utah

• mentioned in Jefferson Avenue Historic District:
  Thomas H. Carr (2520 Jefferson) was one of the founders of Rexall Drug Stores, and owned and operated a prosperous drug store on 25th Street.
  
  also,
  Beginning in 1906, the bungalow era arrived in the Jefferson District. The shift to the bungalow style of architecture in Utah was a reflection of the phenomenon sweeping the nation during this time: a trend toward efficient, affordable, and relatively simple homes. Bungalows replaced the Victorian cottage as the house for the middle class. Eight bungalows (2520 Jefferson, 2546 Jefferson, 2604 Jefferson, 2615-17 Jefferson, 2619 Jefferson, 2656 Jefferson, 2659-61 Jefferson, and 2687 Jefferson) were built between 1906 and 1915.

The Thomas A. Whalen Home

Built in 1889 for Thomas A. Whalen, this home is a Victorian Eclectic/Queen Anne architecture. The house consists of pedimented gables with Queen Anne shingling and half timbering, turned porch posts, one-story, full-width porch with gabled entry and a shingled second story bay. The house is a mirror twin of the house at 2540 Jefferson.

Thomas Whalen came to Utah in 1871 and became a conductor on a Central Pacific passenger train until 1888. Upon retiring from the railroad, he became involved with Commercial National Bank as a member of its executive committee. He sold the “mirror twin” of his home to Oscar E. Hill which was one of his earliest real estate trans- actions. The Whalen family lived in the home until 1918. They sold the home to Joseph L. Carlson, who purchased the home for his daughter, Alta, and her husband Solomon J. Kaplan. Kaplan was President and Manager of the Buchmiller-Kaplan Company, a men’s clothing store in downtown Ogden.

The home was purchased by William Edward in 1929 who resided there for the next 25 years. The home was then sold to Loren K. Mohler. James A. and LeeAnne McGee, and Allen J. and Marguerite Turner who held joint ownership. The property was converted to a four-unit rental property in 1978 and was restored as a single-family home by Dan & Suzy Dailey.

2532 Jefferson Avenue in the Jefferson Avenue Historic District and in Ogden’s Central Bench Historic District in Ogden, Utah.

• mentioned in Jefferson Avenue Historic District:
  Thomas A. Whalen (2532 Jefferson) served on the city council, and was also a member of the executive committee for Commercial National Bank.
  
  also,
  Thomas Whalen (2532 Jefferson) was an active real estate man. He was also involved with the executive committee of Commercial National Bank, served for two years on the Ogden City Council, and was a tax appraiser. He also built the house located at 2540 Jefferson as the mirror twin of his own and in which John Hoxer resided.

The Oscar E. Hill / John Hoxer House

While the home was originally built for Thomas Whalen as a mirror image of his next-door residence at 2532 Jefferson, the home was first occupied by Oscar E. Hill, a cashier at Commercial National Bank. The house consists of pedimented gables with Queen Anne shingling and half timbering, turned porch posts, one-story, full-width porch with a gabled entry and a shingled second story bay.

Hill sold the house in 1893 to Commercial National Bank, which rented out the property. In 1903 the house was rented by Henry Conant, a former vice president for Commercial National Bank. Conant sold the home to W. R. Scott who later sold it to Martin Cullen in 1905. Cullen, a retired foreman for Southern Pacific Railroad and former Ogden City Councilman, owned the home for more than a decade. In 1915 the home was sold to John Hoxer. Mr. Hoxer became the principal owner and was a resident from 1918 until his death in 1944. Hoxer was a prominent manufacturer and supplier of canvas products in the Ogden area. He ran Ogden Tent and Awning Co. until he was 91 years old. The home was owned by the Hoxer Family until 1945 when it was sold to Emma H. Kent, widow of Harry Kent, who was a resident until the mid-1960’s. The home was split up into three apartments, had numerous owners, and finally restored as a single family home by Matthew & Angela Choberka.

2540 Jefferson Avenue in the Jefferson Avenue Historic District and in Ogden’s Central Bench Historic District in Ogden, Utah

• mentioned in Jefferson Avenue Historic District:
  Abbott R. Heywood (2540 Jefferson) was a vice-president of Commercial National Bank.
  
  also,
  Abbott R. Heywood (2540 Jefferson) was the mayor of Ogden and also a vice-president of Commercial National Bank.
  
  also,
  John Hoxer (2540 Jefferson) manufactured and sold canvas products. He owned and operated Ogden Tent & Awning Company, a nationally known business in the canvas industry.
  
  also,
  Thomas Whalen (2532 Jefferson) was an active real estate man. He was also involved with the executive committee of Commercial National Bank, served for two years on the Ogden City Council, and was a tax appraiser. He also built the house located at 2540 Jefferson as the mirror twin of his own and in which John Hoxer resided.

The Fred M. Nye Cottage

Built in 1910, this cottage for Fred M. Nye was designed by architects P. Smith & L. Hodgsen and is one of only a few residences in the Jefferson District with original “out buildings” – a modest carriage house and horse stable. The home has remained as single-family and retains the imaginative character and charm of its original Bungalow stylings. Mr. & Mrs. Nye raised four boys who grew up in the family business, the Fred M. Nye Company.

Fred M. Nye was born in Eureka, Kansas in 1876, moving to Ogden with his parents in 1891. After college graduation in 1898, Fred opened a clothing store in Ogden, modestly announcing his intent to sell merchandise of the best quality in a manner to merit the confidence of his customers. Fred married Margaret Buchmiller on September 14, 1903.

Fred served on the Ogden City Board of Education for over 20 years, playing a leading role in the construction and completion of Ogden High School. He was treasurer of the First Presbyterian Church for 54 years and was chair of the building committee for the John E. Carver edifice at 28th and Quincy. He also helped draft Ogden City’s “council-manager” form of government in 1949, which continued until 1992.

The Fred M. Nye Store, at 2422 Washington Blvd. remained in business for 84 years, attaining notoriety as the “most attractive in its arrangement and in the line of goods carried,” and the business was synonymous with business integrity and enterprise in Weber County. Fred’s sons retired in 1982 and the building was later sold and then demolished.

Fred M. Nye died Oct 18, 1952. Ralph Nye lived in the home until 1966 when it was sold to the current owners. In its 108 year history, the home has seen only two family ownerships.

2546 Jefferson Avenue in the Jefferson Avenue Historic District and in Ogden’s Central Bench Historic District in Ogden, Utah

• mentioned in Jefferson Avenue Historic District:
  Fred M. Nye (2546 Jefferson) was a leading Ogden retail merchant. He also served on the Ogden City Board of Education for 20 years, and was a Trustee of Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University). He was elected to the Ogden City Charter Commission, where he aided in drafting the City’s council-manager form of government.
  
  also,
  Beginning in 1906, the bungalow era arrived in the Jefferson District. The shift to the bungalow style of architecture in Utah was a reflection of the phenomenon sweeping the nation during this time: a trend toward efficient, affordable, and relatively simple homes. Bungalows replaced the Victorian cottage as the house for the middle class. Eight bungalows (2520 Jefferson, 2546 Jefferson, 2604 Jefferson, 2615-17 Jefferson, 2619 Jefferson, 2656 Jefferson, 2659-61 Jefferson, and 2687 Jefferson) were built between 1906 and 1915.

2547 Jefferson Avenue in the Jefferson Avenue Historic District and in Ogden’s Central Bench Historic District in Ogden, Utah

• mentioned in Jefferson Avenue Historic District:
  Seven (17.5%) of the buildings that were built during the period of significance have been significantly altered. These include two houses (2529 and 2547 Jefferson) that had been modified with additions to the front of the buildings that obscure the historic fabric. The remaining five buildings have been so significantly altered, that the original stylistic features have been either completely removed, or covered over to the extent that the building no longer resembles its original style.
  
  also,
  Isadore Marks (2547 Jefferson) was an important member of the Ogden community and was representative of the non-Latter Day Saint Utahns who had moved to the intermountain west after the establishment of the railroad.9 He was also a vice-president of Commercial National Bank.
  
  also,
  Adam Patterson, Sr., (2547 Jefferson) was the organizer, president and general manager, of the Vineyard Land and Livestock Company. He was also a director of the Utah-Idaho Central marriage, theocratic rule, and Mormon-Gentile conflict. Upon his retirement from a judgeship, he moved to Ogden where he practiced law and engaged in real estate.

The Hiram Spencer/William H. Eccles Home

The house was built by Hiram Hupp Spencer in 1895: This Victorian home is a 21⁄2 story brick, frame and concrete structure, thought to be designed by Francis C. Woods. The mass of the building is asymmetrically designed in an eclectic or restrained Queen Anne style with five gabled bays. Windows of the main façade have leaded glass transoms. Other features of the home include patterned shingles and a gabled roof. The home is the largest and most visible home in the district, next to the Eccles Community Art Center.

Hirum Hupp Spencer was a prominent businessman, working for the Gibson Eccles and VanNoy Lumber Company. He also served as president of the Ogden Furniture Company, treasurer of Ogden Waterworks and Rapid Transit, and a one-term mayor of Ogden City.

In 1903, William H. Eccles and his wife Mary acquired the property, doing some remodeling before moving into the home. This may have been when the southern Colonial Greek Revival elements were added. William, brother of financier David Eccles was in the lumber business and was a stockholder of the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad, Amalgamated Sugar, and Goddard Packing. William’s daughter, Celia and her husband Walker Cheesman purchased the home in 1919. Cheesman operated a successful automobile sales business, selling Peerless, Buick and Dodge vehicles. They later lost the home in a foreclosure. It was vacant for a few years, and by 1938 it had been converted into seven apartments, then later to 14 apartments. Ogden City acquired the building in 2004 and removed the colonial pillars and restored the building to its original design. Its restoration was later completed by Steve and Nancy Jones.

2555 Jefferson Avenue in the Jefferson Avenue Historic District and in Ogden’s Central Bench Historic District in Ogden, Utah

• mentioned in Jefferson Avenue Historic District:
  William Eccles (2555 Jefferson) was the brother of the influential businessman, David Eccles. William was affluent in his own right as the president of W.H. Eccles Lumber Company.
  
  also,
  Hiram H. Spencer (2555 Jefferson) was the mayor of Ogden and also the manager of the Eccles Lumber Company. He was the president of the Ogden Rapid Transit, and a vice-president of Amalgamated Sugar.

The John G. Tyler Home

Built between 1888-1891, the residence is a premier example of the Queen Anne style. It features the steeply pitched cross-gable roof and pediments, window bays on the second story and a wide veranda and porte cochere. Fish-scale shingles adorn the main front gable and side gable along with pressed metal decoration, wooden shingles and clapboard siding. The building is a 2 1/2 story frame structure on a sandstone foundation.

John G. Tyler conducted a “profitable hotel enterprise” in connection with the Beardsley Hotel from 1875-1887. He was then appointed Ogden City Postmaster, a position he held until 1890 when he was elected to the office of the Weber County Recorder. He later became an office employee of the Utah Construction Company.

In 1907, Charles F. Osgood acquired the home. Dr. Osgood was a physician and surgeon who had offices in the First National Bank Building and the Eccles Building in Ogden. Osgood lived here until 1916 when he was tragically murdered by a mentally disturbed former patient who shot the physician in his car as he was preparing to return home from the Eccles Building. Alexander Rankin McIntyre lived in the home from 1918 until 1924. McIntyre was president of McIntyre Drug Company which had two stores in downtown Ogden. Walter Nelson Cleveland owned the property from 1924 until his death in 1925.

Robert H. Hinckley owned the home from 1928 until 1960. Hinckley was one of Ogden’s most prominent citizens. He was director of the Chamber of Commerce, president of the Rotary Club and vice-president of the Utah Pacific Airways, helping to develop the Ogden Airport. Hinckley and Ed Noble teamed up to purchase and reorganize a network that would later be known as the American Broadcasting Company. ABC merged with United Paramount Theaters where Hinckley served as Vice President until his retirement in the 1960’s.

Hinckley’s wife Abrelia Clarissa Seely Hinckley was the founder and member of the First Board of Directors of the Ogden YWCA and a member of the Ogden Soroptimist Club, a women’s business organization. She was also the first president of the Utah Wool Growers Association Women’s Auxiliary and was a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and the Altruist Club.

It is one of the few homes on the Jefferson block that was not split up into apartments.

2560 Jefferson Avenue in the Jefferson Avenue Historic District and in Ogden’s Central Bench Historic District in Ogden, Utah

• mentioned in Jefferson Avenue Historic District:
  Robert H. Hinckley (2560 Jefferson) was one of Ogden’s most prominent citizens who was recognized for local, state, and national achievement. He established the Hinckley Dodge automobile dealership in Ogden, was a director of the Chamber of Commerce, president of the Rotary Club, and helped develop the Ogden Airport and was a vice-president of Utah Pacific Airways. With his political success, he was asked to join the Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce and the Director of Contracts Settlement. He established the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah. He and Ed Noble worked together to purchase the RCA network and reorganize it as the American Broadcasting Company (ABC).
  
  also,
  Abrelia Clarissa Seely Hinckley (2560 Jefferson) was also a contributing person in Ogden. She was a founder of the first Board of Directors of the Ogden YWCA, and also the first president of the
  Utah Wool Growers Association Women’s Auxiliary.

John G. Tyler Home

John G. Tyler, who was at various times a postmaster, manager of the Broom Hotel, County Recorder and Purchasing Agent for the Utah Construction Company, had this home built in 1898, and it is located in the heart of the Jefferson District.

The home is a premier example of the Queen Anne architectural style, which highlights wooden decoration and massive scale. The style of the architecture, the scale of the building and its massiveness clearly put this home within the context of the surrounding properties which contribute to the overall ambiance of the Jefferson District.