Frank & Laura Cameron House
974 E. South Temple
1908, Ware & Treganza, SLC
Like the Ladies Literary Club, the Cameron House is a Prairie style design of Ware & Treganza. The house features little ornamentation aside from the band of square stucco inserts that runs through the second story. A variety of masonry patterns, however, add texture and visual interest to the building. Note the vertical brick beltcourse between the first and second stories and the regular rows of recessed bricks on the front porch piers and wall.
The house was built for Frank Cameron, president of the Cameron Coal Company and director of the Utah Savings and Trust Company. In 1929, heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey purchased the house for his mother, Cecilia Dempsey. Jack Dempsey lived and trained in Salt Lake City during the early part of his famous career. The Haven, a substance abuse residential treatment program, has operated in this house since 1969.
(from Preservation Utah’s walking tour)
Located at 974 East South Temple in the South Temple Historic District in Salt Lake City, Utah.
