Canse/Weeks Home

The Canse/Weeks Home is a highly stylized American Foursquare built in 1910. The original owner of this house was J.M. Canse, who came to Ogden to be manager for the Eccles Lumber Company. The home was purchased from Mr. Canse in 1919 by Otis Weeks, who came to Ogden from Denver with his family. Otis Weeks graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1895 with a degree in civil Engineering, and later became the Engineer for the Salt Lake Division of the Southern Pacific Railroad (from 1913 until his retirement in 1940). Mrs. Weeks was extensively involved in community activities and was instrumental in establishing the Ogden YWCA. She also had an intense love of nature and beauty, which she expressed in her painting and weaving. Mrs. Weeks lived in the home until 1956.

2529 Eccles Avenue in Eccles Avenue Historic District and in the Ogden’s Central Bench Historic District in Ogden, Utah