Charles C. Crismon purchased this property from Franklin R. Snow in Spring of 1905. He had his home built the fall of that year and took up residency there in 1906. Franklin Snow was a Salt Lake contractor and it is possible that he built the Crismon home. Charles was born in 1875. He attended the University of Utah and the University of Geneva in Switzerland.
After graduation free the latter he returned to Utah to start the firm of Crismon & Nichols. The assaying firm was one of the first established in Salt Lake and was Important in certifying many of Utah’s major ore discoveries. Charles was married in 1905 to Gertrude Mayer of Silver City, Idaho.
In 1929 Gertrude sold the home to Mable J. Paul.
The gambrel roof of this two and one half story home has its broad side facing the street. A large shingled dormer is centered on the roof of the main façade. Applied wood pilasters divide the windows here. Classically derived square posts marked the indented front porch which also displays a low plain balustrade and dentiled cornice. Side gable ends are shingled and have oriel windows.
Located at 53 East 200 North in the Capitol Hill Historic District in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Charles & Gertrude Crismon House
This two-and-one-half story Colonial Revival style house was built in 1905 for Charles Crismon and his wife Gertrude Mayer. The son of a successful mining developer, Crismon established a prominent assay firm in Salt Lake City and was important in certifying many of Utah’s major ore discoveries. The gambrel roof form, shingled gables, bay windows, wood detailing, and double hung windows with multiple lights in the top sash are characteristic of the Colonial Revival style which was popular in Utah from about 1890 to 1940.