Dr. Hugh & Vern Rowe Home

This home is one of three houses built by David Eccles for three of his children as a wedding gift for marrying in the LDS Temple. Built in 1911-12 and designed by Leslie Hodgson, this house was intended for Mr. Eccles’ daughter, Veda Savage. She apparently lived there briefly before moving to Salt Lake City. The deed was transferred to Dr. Hugh Rowe in 1912. Dr. Rowe was born in Canada in 1868. He graduated in veterinary surgery and medicine, and first practiced in Iowa and Nebraska. He came to Ogden in 1900 as a quarantine inspector for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and soon launched a career as a civic and business organizer. He organized the Western Federal Livestock Co. and he was first President of the Ogden Chamber of Commerce, which he helped to organize. In 1917, he married Vern Tavey of Ogden. They were prominent in social, financial, and civic activities in Ogden and lived at this location for about 30 years. The ghost of Grace Spargo, who died in childbirth while living in the house briefly. is said to haunt the house.*

2555 Eccles Avenue in Eccles Avenue Historic District and in the Ogden’s Central Bench Historic District in Ogden, Utah