Preston Geddes House

Preston Geddes and Erma Loose Peterson lived in this home from 1911 to 1945 when Preston passed away. Preston was born in Preston, Idaho in 1884 and attended Utah State Agricultural College. He taught animal husbandry at BYU for a while. In 1909 he married Erma Loose, the daughter of Col. C. E. Loose. For most of Preston’s life he worked for mining businesses with his father-in-law and often served as secretary-treasurer. He was a member and chair of the Utah State Road Commission for eighteen years, serving under five governors. When he died in 1945 he was working as the manager of a high mine in Idaho. Erma continued to live in the home for a few years after Preston’s death. Then doctors John M. Bowen and Rex T. Thomas had their medical offices in the home and rented the basement. In 1967 Howard F. Hatch housed his Equitable Realty business here. He moved the business and in 1969 he operated Kiddie Kollege dry nursery from this home. During the 1970s and 1980s Dawn and Lawrence W. Newson lived and ran Lia ona Pre-School in this home.

418 East Center Street in Provo, Utah.