Dr. William F. Beer Home
This two-story sandstone and brick house was constructed in 1899 for Dr. William Francis Beer, a Salt Lake City physician. The house was designed by the prominent Utah architect Richard K.A. Kletting. The carved wood was the work of William Asper.
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181 North B Street in The Avenues in Salt Lake City, Utah
Preservation Utah‘s “Kletting in the Avenues” Historic Homes Tour said:
As Victorianism evolved in Utah, it became common to combine features of various styles (Victorian as well as others), a practice known as “eclecticism.” With this house, Kletting incorporated Victorian elements – irregular composition, decorative leaded windows, and decorative railings – but tempered them somewhat with more stately (perhaps more dignified) entry porch with its Classical columns derived from the Colonial Revival style.
Dr. William Beer, a prominent Salt Lake physician, had commissioned Kletting to design this home. During World War I, Dr. Beer was in charge of medical care for German prisoners of war at Fort Douglas. In recognition of his achievement of caring for the prisoners though the 1918 influenza epidemic, he was awarded the Iron Cross by German president Paul von Hindenberg in the early 1930s. Although Dr. Beer passed away in 1943, the house remained in the family through the 1970s.
