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Nelson Wheeler Whipple House

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Nelson Wheeler Whipple House

This substantial two-story adobe house was built in 1854 by Nelson Wheeler Whipple at a cost of approximately $2,000. Whipple was a Mormon immigrant from New York who arrived in Salt Lake City in 1850. During his long career in Utah he worked as a policeman, gunsmith, carpenter, and cabinet maker. He also operated a successful shingle mill, supplying shingles for the Tabernacle and many other public and ecclesiastical structures. His detailed journals provide excellent insight into the early settlement of the valley and were serialized in the 1930s in the Improvement Era, an LDS church publication.

A central-passage type house, the Nelson Wheeler Whipple House has careful, classically-inspired details in the roof cornice and frieze, window hoods, and the main door with sidelights. It is one of the oldest surviving residences in the Salt Lake Valley. Since its construction was carefully documented by Whipple, it is especially valuable as a “textbook” of early Utah building practices.

564 West 400 North in Salt Lake City, Utah.

  • mentioned in Salt Lake Northwest Historic District:
    There are 742 contributing single-family dwellings located within the Salt Lake City Northwest Historic District, only eleven of which have been identified as having been built before 1879. However, historical documents suggest the actual number is much higher. Unfortunately additions, alterations, and the general lack of documentation makes it difficult to come up with an exact number. The eleven also include the district’s two properties previously listed on the National Register: the Nelson Wheeler Whipple House at 564 West 400 North (built in 1854 and listed in 1979), and the Thomas and Mary Hepworth House at 725 West 200 North (built in 1877 and listed on April 21, 2000).

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    The majority of these houses were single-story, one or two-room (single cell and hall-parlor) dwellings, which were plastered as soon as the owner had the resources. The Nelson Wheeler Whipple House, an eight room, two-story house built in 1854, was one of the few exceptions. Whipple, who immigrated to Utah in 1850, had various occupations (policeman, gunsmith, carpenter, cabinet maker and superintendent of the Municipal Bath House), but is best known for his lumber business and shingle mill. The house at 564 West 400 North (within the 19th Ward boundaries) was home to his entire family: himself, three wives and seventeen children. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

William H. Jones Home

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635 West 400 North in Salt Lake City, Utah.

  • mentioned in Salt Lake Northwest Historic District:
    Multiple-family housing began to appear in the district in the early 1890s. According to one report, in April of 1888, there was a “scarcity of rentable houses and a great demand for them,” particularly four-room cottages for small families. The most popular type of multiple-family housing was the double house, or duplex. Most were brick, some were frame, and the earliest examples resembled Victorian cottages with gable roofs and wood ornamentation. The Tuttle Court complex, built by Mary Anne Taylor Tuttle (1832-1924) around 1895, has four of the oldest and best-preserved frame examples in the district. The original owner of multiple-family housing was often a builder or businessman who lived nearby. The circa 1904 brick duplex at 745-747 West Jackson Avenue was built by William H. Jones (?-1935?), a carpenter who lived at 635 West 400 North; and the circa 1900 brick triplex at 216-218 North 800 West was built by Kay Bridge (1876-1952), a plasterer, living at 666 West North Temple.

Pace’s Dairy Ann

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Pace’s Dairy Ann – Since 1957

The History of Pace’s Dairy Ann

The Pace family first went into the fast food business in the early 1950’s. Gordon and Elizabeth started their business in Bountiful at 207 South Main as Pace’s Dairy Queen. In 1957 they built Pace’s Dairy Ann at this current location. They had five ice cream trucks that ran routes from Ogden to Provo. We still have two of the original trucks in the back of the store. Many a child was thrilled when they heard the Pace’s ice cream truck coming on it’s daily run.

Gordon and Elizabeth’s son Ralph Sr. and his wife Carolyn were the second generation to run the business. We all miss Ralph Sr. who died May 1, 1995.

Ralph and Carolyn’s son Todd is now the third generation to own and operate Pace’s Dairy Ann. Todd began working at age six putting sticks in the Popsicle’s. He has worked at the family business ever since. Todd has dedicated himself to keeping the tradition of Pace’s Dairy Ann true to it’s origin.

Pace’s Dairy Ann is one of the last original “hometown” eating establishments left. Many generations have enjoyed the quality food; unique “homemade” ice cream treats, Onion rings, Rainbows, and Astro Bars. Although the food industry is a lot of hard work, we are committed to offering the best food at the best prices.

Todd enjoys antiques, and has brought back the nostalgic feel to Pace’s Dairy Ann with gas pumps, signs, and coke memorabilia. When you come here, we hope you can step back in time to when things were done right, and enjoy Pace’s Dairy Ann for many years to come.

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