Alphonso H. Snow Home

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85 C Street

Constructed in 1904, this two-story residence is a good example of the foursquare house design. The house is significant for its architecture and also for its association with its original owner, Alphonso H. Snow. Mr. Snow, born in 1858 to Lorenzo Snow-past President of the LDS Church, was a member of the Utah State Legislature, owned the A. H. Snow Development Company, and organized Peach Days in Brigham City. The house was converted to apartments in 1937 and restored in 2004.

85 North C Street in The Avenues in Salt Lake City, Utah

James W. Saville Home

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265 5th Avenue

Constructed in 1904, this large, two-story Neoclassical-influenced style, Foursquare home was built for James W. Saville. Saville, a native of England, was the manager of the crockery department at ZCMI for 40 years. After Saville passed away in 1912, the family sold the home to Sylvester Q. Cannon. Cannon did not live at the home during most of his ownership but made it available as a rental, and converted the house into a multi-family apartment. The home was purchased by Edward Stromness, a blacksmith, and his wife Jean in 1928. The Stromness family owned the property for several decades. Character-defining features of the home include its broad-eaved hip roof, centrally located dormer, and large front porch with columns. A contributing resource to the Avenues Historic District, the home was carefully restored back to a single-family residence in 2010.

265 East Fifth Avenue in the avenues in Salt Lake City, Utah

Brigham H. Roberts Home

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The house was constructed ca. 1903 for Mormon leader, historian, and politician Brigham Henry Roberts and his third wife, Dr. Margaret Curtis Shipp. Roberts served as a member of the First Council of the Seventy and as a mission president. In 1898, he was elected to the United States Congress but was refused his seat due to his polygamous practice. Roberts was working as Assistant Church Historian while living at 77 C Street, during which time he edited the History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1902-1912) and wrote what became A Comprehensive History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1930). Shipp, an obstetrician, was one of the first female doctors in Utah and assisted in organizing the LDS Relief Society Nurse School. The couple lived here until 1922. The home features a stepped front gable with corbelled brick caps, and two-story Doric columns, showing the influence of the Dutch Colonial Revival style.

77 North C Street in The Avenues in Salt Lake City, Utah