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This house was built about 1868 by William Morrow. Morrow was born about 1836 and was a “painter and pioneer of Utah”. Upon the death of his wife Mary about 1884 the house was sold to John W. Taylor. Taylor, son of John Taylor, president of the LDS Church was chosen as an Apostle the same year. Active in church affairs, he was excommunicated during the polygamy controversy but was reinstated in 1965.

‘May” appearing on a plaque on the front is the name of one of Taylor’s wives who lived here.

This important Victorian home alludes to the Italianate style in its design. It
is a two story home of rectangular plan, with hipped roof. A fine, wide moulded cornice and elaborately corbelled chimneys are exhibited. Double hung sash windows with segmental relieving arches were used. The fixed transoms conform to the shape of the relieving arch.

A flat roofed entrance porch shelters the entrance. Double doors share a segmentally curved transom. Porch ornament is classically derived of an Italianate-Mannerist nature. A one story flat-roofed, rectangular bay is located to the south of the entrance porch.

Frame extensions in the rear include a porch and lean-to. A detached, one story frame and ship lap, hipped roof structure is located to the northeast of the house and may have been the summer kitchen.

Located at 390 Quince Street in the Capitol Hill Historic District in Salt Lake City, Utah

Following is a list of the 11 documented extant examples of the Italianate Box house in Utah and the status of each house with regard to listing in the National Register.

Of eight documented extant examples of the Italianate, two story box type house in Utah, the Meyer House is one of the oldest, and is the most architecturally distinctive, a fact borne out by its recording in 1968 by the Historic American Building Survey. It is one of three such Italianate houses which is eligible for nomination to the National Register. The William Morrow House, 390 Quince Street, the oldest example of the type, was listed in the National Register in 1982 as part of the Capitol Hill Historic District, Salt Lake City. Other Utah examples of the Italianate style listed in the National Register include: the Charles R. Savage House, 80 D Street (cross-wing type), and the Howe C. Wallace House, 474 Second Avenue (cottage type), in the Avenues Historic District, Salt Lake City; the Lewis S. Hills House, 126 South 200 West (cross-wing type), Salt Lake City; and the David McDonald House, 4659 Highland Drive (cross-wing type), Salt Lake City.

(county records)