Located at 569 West 400 North in the Fairpark Neighborhood in Salt Lake City, Utah.
From Preservation Utah‘s Fairpark Homes Tour:
This home was built in 1896 for English immigrants James and Elizabeth Hill Stephens Solomon. After joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the couple emigrated to Utah in 1861 and purchased the property a year later.
James and his brother Alfred founded Solomon Brothers, boot and shoe makers, operating a Main Street shop for many years. In 1898, they built a nearby factory that supplied footwear to merchants across Utah.
Beyond his business success, James was an avid gardener and livestock enthusiast. He raised prize-winning bulls, geese, game hens, and pigeons, earning awards at the Territorial and State Fair. He was also a member of the territorial militia, the “Nauvoo Legion.”
The Solomon’s brick cross-wing home features stone corner quoins, arched windows with carved stone lintels, and once had a large bay window and a decorative wooden porch. The design reflects the Picturesque Italianate style common in Salt Lake City during the 1880s- refined but modest, expressing the growing prosperity of middle-class families.
The Solomons’ story illustrates the upward mobility of immigrant families who, through shared enterprise, achieved financial stability and passed success to future generations. Later conversion of the home into multiple apartments reflects the neighborhood’s mid-20th-century shift toward denser, more transient housing.