Nephi Clayton Home
140 East 2nd Avenue in the Avenues of Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Preservation Utah‘s “Kletting in the Avenues” Historic Homes Tour said:
In 1890, local entrepreneur Nephi Clayton hired Kletting to design this Queen Anne mansion for $12,000 (about $500,000 in current dollars). Perhaps the home’s eclectic style reflects Nephi’s diverse business interests. At various points, he was involved in salt mining, railroads, dairy farming, cattle ranching, and banking. With all that, he still found time to establish and promote Saltair Resort.
The prominent feature of the home is its bell-shaped dome, a signature of the Queen Anne style, as are the decorative woodwork in the small gable above the dormer and above the second-story windows in the turret and the stained glass in the first-floor windows. But the arched windows derive from the Romanesque style – popular for public buildings (e.g. the City and County Building) but less common in residential design. The heavy lintels above the windows on the first floor emphasize the massiveness typical of Romanesque architecture. Note the original two-story carriage house at the end of the driveway.
