559 5th Avenue The design of this one-and-one-half story Victorian eclectic style home was probably chosen from an architectural pattern book. It was built c.1904 and was first occupied by Ida and Hyrum Nelson, an agent for New York Life Insurance. An early Utah pioneer, Anna Olson Bourne, a dressmaker and designer, purchased the home in 1906. She lived here with her son, E. LeRoy, editor of the Deseret News, until 1939. The Victorian style, materials, and massing of this home contribute to the architectural character of the Avenues.
This two-story brick structure was built in 1883 by Henry Wilson as a hotel. In 1885 the Colorado Mining Gazette occupied the lower floors along with the armory and the upper floors were being used by a number of lodges.
The Idaho Springs Masonic Lodge No. 26, A.F. and A.M. began leasing the building in 1884 for $25 per month, then purchased the property from Henry Wilson in 1890.
Decorated cast-iron pilasters on the ends and one in the center highlight engaged columns which frame recessed doors. The metal boxed, decorated cornice with brackets is typical of construction from this period.
Constructed c. 1894, this two-and-a-half story Victorian house was built for Harry S. and Mamie Joseph. Harry moved to Utah from Cincinnati, Ohio to work for his uncle, Simon Bamberger, a railroad and mining magnate who later became Governor of Utah. Harry soon invested in his own mining and water companies located throughout Utah and Nevada. Active in politics, Harry served in the Utah House of Representatives and was Speaker of the House in 1907. He and Mamie moved to the Hotel Utah in the 1920s and kept the home as a rental property until 1942.
This two and one-half-story house was constructed circa 1906 and contributes to the architectural character of the Avenues. The house is a later example of the Victorian Eclectic architectural style which was common in the Avenues at the turn of the twentieth century. The house is a type known as a central block with projecting bays; the central core has bays of various configurations projecting from the front and side elevations. From the 1880s to the 1910s, this type of architecture was popular in Utah in a variety of designs. The larger examples of this house were not as common as the single-story variant and were typically found only in highly populated urban areas. Historically, little is known about the occupants of the house. Andrew P. and Violet Mayberry were the original owners. Andrew was a mining engineer who lived here until his death in 1926. Violet lived here another thirteen years and sold the house in 1939 to Orson O. Shill. The Salt Lake City Directory lists Shill as a “laborer” and “tunnelman.”
When Forrest is on his run across the country he is passing through Flagstaff, Arizona and is approached by a man wanting ideas for bumper sticks, Forrest steps in dog poo and the man says “you just ran through a big pile of dog shit!” and Forrest says “it happens.”
The scene was filmed along San Francisco Street as they run north from Aspen Street in Flagstaff.
Brigham City, first called Ballenger’s Camp, was established here in April, 1876, as one of four fortified settlements erected along the Little Colorado River by Mormon pioneers of the United Order. They farmed the land, dammed the river and built a flour mill. A post office was established in 1879, but droughts and floods forced abandonment of the village in 1881. Purchased in 1890 by F.T. LaPrade, the site became a farm and diary until it was acquired by the City of Winslow in 1947.
This was text of UPTLA Marker #46 that was formerly located here: Brigham City Cemetery March 24, 1876, Mormon colonization in Arizona began here with the establishment of Ballanger’s Camp, later Brigham City, by Lot Smith, Jesse O. Ballanger, George Lake, William C. Allen and others sent from Utah by Brigham Young. They also established Sunset, Allen’s camp. Later Joseph City and Obed, all on the Little Colorado River. Dams made of brush and rocks were frequently washed out by floods, causing the people to leave.
About 40 pioneers are buried here. Erected by Members of Winslow Ward and Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association Note: It is universally agreed that the correct spelling of the name is Jesse O. Ballinger, not Ballanger as shown on the plaque.
This two-story Victorian Eclectic style house was built c. 1899. Leslie H. and Hazel Alice Calder Groesbeck purchased the house in 1904. Groesbeck was an engineer for Utah Power and Light Co. He also worked for the precursor Utah Light and Power Co., as did his father and brother. Alice died in 1942, and Leslie married Ella Brown May in 1946. He lived here until his death in 1961. The complex roof shapes and decorative details in brick and wood add to the architectural character of the historic district.
