The Joseph Fielding Smith House
This house was constructed c.1925 for Joseph Fielding Smith and his second wife Ethel G. Reynolds. Dedicated to studying and gaining an understanding of LDS principles, Smith was ranked among the leading LDS church scholars. He began work in the Church Historian’s office in 1901 and was eventually named to the position of Church Historian in 1921. Smith was also chosen to fill a vacancy in the Quorum of Twelve in 1921. Thirty years later, he became president of the Council of Twelve and was later appointed the tenth LDS church president in 1970. Following the death of his wife Ethel, Smith married Jessie Evans in 1937. Jessie was most noted for her singing abilities as soloist with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and her participation in many church and public events. The Smiths continued to live in this home until 1954.
This two-story brick house is an example of the Colonial Revival style popular in Utah during the early twentieth century. The design includes a centered main entry that incorporates side lights within a symmetrical façade. The hipped roof and multiple lights in the upper sashes of the windows also are typical design elements of the Colonial Revival style.
998 South Douglas Street in the Gilmer Park Historic District in Salt Lake City, Utah
- mentioned in Gilmer Park Historic District:
LDS Church leaders also made their home in Gilmer Park Historic District. Richard L. Evans lived at 1032 Douglas Street between 1936-71 and was best known as the radio announcer for the nationally broadcast radio program, “Music and the Spoken Word.” Sterling W. Sill who resided at 1264 Yale Avenue from 1935 through the 1980s was bishop of the Garden Park Ward and a member of the Quorum of the Seventy. Adam S. Bennion was a member of the Council of the Twelve and a United States Senate candidate who lived at 1183 Herbert Avenue between 1918-58. Joseph Fielding Smith (998 Douglas Street, 1926-53) was the tenth LDS Church president.
also,
Smith, Joseph Fielding – 998 Douglas St. (1926-53); Tenth L.D.S. Church President
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