This one-and-one-half-story Arts & Crafts bungalow was designed and built by local contractor Ralph C. Holsclaw in 1915, probably using ideas from Craftsman pattern books of the period. Constructed of wood shingles and clinker brick, it is in excellent condition. Although the house has been modified over the years, it retains enough historic material and integrity to be a contributing historic resource of the neighborhood surrounding Westminster College and of Salt Lake City.
The house is also significant for its association with the development of Westminster College in the first half of the twentieth century. The construction and subsequent use of the house as a residence by four college presidents coincides with significant changes in the college’s policies and its relationship to the greater Utah community. During the historic period of the house, Westminster College grew from a small, financially insecure Presbyterian academy to a fully functioning, independent four-year college. Much of the credit for the progress is due to Herbert W. Reherd, the home’s first occupant, and his successor, Robert D. Steele.
This house was constructed c.1925 for Joseph Fielding Smith and his second wife Ethel G. Reynolds. Dedicated to studying and gaining an understanding of LDS principles, Smith was ranked among the leading LDS church scholars. He began work in the Church Historian’s office in 1901 and was eventually named to the position of Church Historian in 1921. Smith was also chosen to fill a vacancy in the Quorum of Twelve in 1921. Thirty years later, he became president of the Council of Twelve and was later appointed the tenth LDS church president in 1970. Following the death of his wife Ethel, Smith married Jessie Evans in 1937. Jessie was most noted for her singing abilities as soloist with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and her participation in many church and public events. The Smiths continued to live in this home until 1954.
This two-story brick house is an example of the Colonial Revival style popular in Utah during the early twentieth century. The design includes a centered main entry that incorporates side lights within a symmetrical façade. The hipped roof and multiple lights in the upper sashes of the windows also are typical design elements of the Colonial Revival style.
mentioned in Gilmer Park Historic District: LDS Church leaders also made their home in Gilmer Park Historic District. Richard L. Evans lived at 1032 Douglas Street between 1936-71 and was best known as the radio announcer for the nationally broadcast radio program, “Music and the Spoken Word.” Sterling W. Sill who resided at 1264 Yale Avenue from 1935 through the 1980s was bishop of the Garden Park Ward and a member of the Quorum of the Seventy. Adam S. Bennion was a member of the Council of the Twelve and a United States Senate candidate who lived at 1183 Herbert Avenue between 1918-58. Joseph Fielding Smith (998 Douglas Street, 1926-53) was the tenth LDS Church president.
also, Smith, Joseph Fielding – 998 Douglas St. (1926-53); Tenth L.D.S. Church President
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Constructed in 1889, this two-story central-block-with-projecting- bays-type house is an example of Victorian Eclectic architecture that was popular in Utah from 1885 to 1910. The house was constructed for Frank B. Hurlbut and his wife, Mattie. A druggist by profession, Mr. Hurlbut operated the F.B. Hurlbut pharmacy out of the Broom Hotel that was located on Washington Boulevard. The Hurlbuts lived in the home through the 1890s.
The second, and perhaps most famous, owner was Jacob S. Boreman and his wife, Mary, who purchased the home in 1900. Jacob was an Ogden attorney and had been a prominent and influential federal judge over the Utah Territory. He was instrumental in asserting federal authority over Utah’s Mormon leaders with regard to such issues as plural marriage, theocratic rule, and Mormon-Gentile conflict. The Boremans owned the house until Jacob’s death in 1913. There have been several subsequent owners since, including a wholesale/retail merchant, a manufacturer, and a stenographer.
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.
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.
