This 1901 vernacular bungalow is similar to houses built in Salt Lake and adds to the character of the historic district. The owner, Ezra O. Taylor, was a dentist in Salt Lake City.
Ezra O. Taylor was a son of John Taylor, the third president of the Mormon Church. He was born in Salt Lake City on May 20, 1863. After attending schools in Salt Lake, he graduated from the University of Utah and went to the New York University School of Dentistry. Fie received a dental degree in 1892. Taylor was a dentist in Salt Lake for over fifty years. For awhile he practiced with J. A. Clawson and J. H. Taylor.
As a member of the Mormon Church, Taylor served a mission to the Southern States, worked in the Sunday School and was a temple ordinance worker.
He married Ida Whipple June 26, 1895. They had six sons and daughters.
He died in 1952.
This one story brick vernacular bungalow has an eyebrow window on the roof. Originally, there was a round columned porch and railways. The roof is hipped.
218 N. Canyon Road in Salt Lake City, Utah (Just outside Memory Grove)
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Preservation Utah‘s pamphlet from the 53rd Annual Historic Homes Tour of the City Creek Canyon Historic District on May 18, 2024 said this about the home:
The bungalow is perhaps the most popular house type in Utah architectural history. Its simplicity and ease of construction enhanced its popularity in the early 20th century as Salt Lake’s population boomed. This particular bungalow was built for Ezra and Ida Taylor who lived in the house until 1921 when their family of seven had probably outgrown it. It was then purchased by Elias and Luella Kimball, who moved in with their two daughters. In the early 1930s, the Kimballs converted the basement to an apartment, although family members continued to occupy the main floor until the early 1960s. Although it is a bungalow, its features are somewhat uncharacteristic of this house type. The porch, for example, extends along the east side of the house rather than along the front. Consequently, the house is distinctly asymmetrical-rather than symmetrical-with a projecting bay on the front. The columns along the porch are Classical reference, perhaps to provide an air of dignity. The house’s most distinctive feature is its “eyebrow” window, which brought light into the attic.