Larkin/Eccles Home

In 1911, LeRoy Eccles built the large white Greek Revival Style home designed by Leslie Hodgson. The three homes (Howe, Larkin, and Morrell) were originally built for three of the children of David Eccles. LeRoy Eccles was General Manager of the Amalgamated Sugar Company and was a major financial speculator. Mr. Eccles wanted to build a larger house so he sold this residence to a close family friend, Fred G. Taylor. The home was then sold to Elijah A. and Rosella V. Larkin 1925. Elijah A. “Lige” Larkin was born in Ogden in 1876. He attended Weber Academy in 1889 (the first year of the Institution) and the U.S. School of Embalming at Denver. He was manager and reporter for Deseret News in Ogden. Lige Larkin was President of the Utah Funeral Directors, President of the Sons of the Utah Pioneers, and an active member of the Ogden Kiwanis Club for 35 years. He died in 1962. He married Rosella Ferrin, who was born in Eden. She served in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers and was active in numerous other civic positions for many years until her death in 1967.*

2545 Eccles Avenue in Eccles Avenue Historic District and in the Ogden’s Central Bench Historic District in Ogden, Utah