Brooks-Snyder Home
The Victorian Eclectic at No . 214 was designed by Richard K. A. Kletting and built in 1892 by L. M. Wright at a cost of $3,800. The property was purchased for Murray and Alta Young Godbe by his mother, Mary Hampton Godbe, and his brother-in-law, Charles P. Brooks who built the lovely Queen Anne style home on the comer. Alta God be was a granddaughter of Brigham Young.
In 1897, the Godbes turned the home over to his mother and brother-in-law, who lived there for six years. The home has changed owners several times and was once the home of Gideon Snyder, a City Treasurer and active in several mining and development companies.
The above text is from Preservation Utah‘s Historic Buildings on Capitol Hill Self-Guided Tour. The home is located at 214 North State Street in Salt Lake City, Utah
From Utah SHPO:
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a “contributing” property to the Capitol Hill Historic District, the Murray & Alta Godbe House was constructed in 1892 in the Victorian Eclectic style. Murray Godbe was vice president of the Godbe-Scarff Drug Company of Salt Lake City, and Alta was a granddaughter of Brigham Young. The house was designed by renowned Utah architect Richard Kletting, and built by L.M. Wright for $3,800.
At some point, the home’s grand staircase was removed to facilitate turning the building into three separate apartments. What was left of the staircase at the beginning of the project can be seen in photo #7. Given that the interior stair no longer exists, the previously tiered windows and decorative paneling were rearranged to better fit the interior configuration (photos #3-4).
The current owners undertook a substantial rehabilitation project, costing more than $600,000. Because this property is both residential and rental (income-producing), they qualified for up to $120,000 in state tax credits as well as $120,000 in federal tax credits.
