Located at 372 North Marion Street in the Fairpark Neighborhood in Salt Lake City, Utah.
From Preservation Utah‘s Fairpark Homes Tour:
This house first appears in the 1907 city directory, suggesting it was built around 1906–1907 as a brick duplex with two mirror-image units, each containing a front room, middle room, kitchen, and bath. Built as a rental, it has housed many tenants over the years.
The first occupants were John H. and Jennie Freeman Williams, a young couple newly married in 1906. John worked as an iron molder, and their first son was born here in 1907 before they moved to another nearby home. Subsequent tenants were mostly blue-collar workers – electricians, painters, warehousemen,
drivers, and carpenters—many employed by local businesses like the Mollerup Moving Co. Some women also worked, including at the American Linen Co. Like the Williamses, most families stayed in the home only a few years.
Architecturally the house is a rather simple square building with a lean-to on the back. It has little decoration, except for the fish-scale shingles in the peak of the roof. Its beauty lies in the warmth of the brick, the tall Victorian massing with its steep roof. The house has served many generations of people who needed a place to live until other opportunities came. It is typical of the many duplexes in the neighborhood, except that it transitioned to a single family home. It is also an example of how an older home in poor condition can regain its historic charm and become a peaceful home and an elegant contribution to the neighborhood.
