Karrick / Leary House
Mrs. Sarah E. Karrick likely had this house built for herself and her children just after her husband’s death in 1905. Her husband, Lewis C. Karrick, was prominent in banking, mining and real estate enterprises in Utah. Sarah was highly involved in the public school system serving as a teacher and many years as supervisor of art and handiwork in the Salt Lake City schools. She was also appointed to the board of the Institute of Fine Arts in Utah. She lived in this house until 1919, then moved to the Maryland Apartments on South Temple. That same year, William H. Leary moved into the house and remained there until his death in 1957. William had come to Utah in 1908 to practice law and in 1914 he joined the faculty of the law school at the University of Utah. He continued there for the next forty-three years serving as Dean of the College of Law until his retirement in 1948, then remained as temporary Dean for several years afterwards. In 1937, he was named to head the State Advisory Council on Unemployment Compensation and was appointed Director of the Utah Institute of Fine Arts. Active in Catholic Church affairs, he was one of the founders of the Knights of Columbus in Salt Lake City. In 1943, he was appointed to the 28-member Regional War Labor Board and later served as chairman of the regional committee of the Pacific Coast Institute of Law and Administrative Justice.
150 South 1300 East in Salt Lake City, Utah.
