Ellis R. Shipp House

This house was built c. 1903 and was purchased in 1905 by Ellis R. Shipp. Shipp was one of the first woman doctors in Utah, and her sixty year career as an obstetrician marks her as one of the most important women in Utah during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Through the school she established, she trained nearly 500 nurses and midwives from 1878 to 1938. She lived here until 1922.

711 East Second Avenue in the Avenues of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Related:

• Dr. Ellis Reynolds Shipp Park

This Victorian home was built c. 1903 by speculator Robert E. McConaughy. He subsequently sold the property to Frederick Barker who maintained this house as rental. One of the tenants at this time was Robert T. Burton, a broker, who rented the home with his son, Robert T. Burton, Jr. About 1909, James W. Smith, a traveling salesman acquired the property and lived here until 1915.

715 East Second Avenue in the Avenues of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Constructed circa 1889, this historic 2 1⁄2-story Victorian Eclectic style dwelling was constructed for Frank A. Grant. Mr. Grant was a prominent commercial figure involved in life insurance, real estate, and mining. In addition to this house, Mr. Grant built several other homes in the area. In 1900 the home was sold to James F. Dunn, a well-known local businessman involved in mining and the railroad industry. Mr. Dunn owned the property for many years.

1103 Third Avenue in the Avenues Historic District in Salt Lake City, Utah.

1024 1st Avenue

This Victorian Eclectic style house was built in 1892 for Joseph Bache but was sold in 1894 to Russel L. Tracy, a noted businessman and philanthropist. His Tracy Loan & Trust Co. became one of the largest financial institutions in the area. He also financed the Tracy Wigwam Boy Scout camp and the Tracy Aviary. In 1906 the house was sold to Eugene Kelly who was active in politics and operated a men’s clothing store. There has been substantial restoration of the original exterior detailing over the past twenty years.

1024 East First Avenue in The Avenues in Salt Lake City, Utah

Russel L. Tracy / Eugene W. Kelly House

This two-story Victorian house of pattern-book design is historically significant because of its association with Russel L. Tracy and Eugene W. Kelly.

It was built in 1892 for Joseph P. Bache, an apparently interesting person about whom it would be nice to know more. Unfortunately, the only information available about him is found in Salt Lake City Directories. According to them, at the time he built the house he was “Utah Territorial Librarian” and “Clerk, Supreme Court.” Bache evidently held the house as rental property until 1894 when he sold it to Russel L. Tracy. According to his obituary, he was “a noted Salt Lake financier and philanthropist.” Tracy was born in Mansfield, Ohio, December 10, 1860. In 1883 he moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and in 1884 founded the Tracy Loan and Trust Company. In 1892 he moved to Salt Lake City and transferred headquarters of the company here. Eventually, the business became one of the largest of its kind in the Intermountain West. In addition to coimnercial affairs, Tracy was active in community affairs. He financed the Boy Scout camp, known as Tracy Wigwam, in Millcreek Canyon, and funded the Tracy Aviary in Salt Lake’s Liberty Park. Tracy was a member of the Congregational Church.

In 1906 Tracy moved to a larger house in Salt Lake City (1285 Military Way) and sold this one to Eugene W. Kelly. He was born in Fillmore, Utah in 1873, received his schooling there and remained in the town until coming to Salt Lake City in 1902. Active in politics , while in Fillmore he served as it s mayor, in the stat legislature, and as chairman of the Utah State Republican Committee. Upon coming to Salt Lake City he founded Rowe and Kelly Men’s Clothing Store, later Mullett-Kelly, and continued his involvement in politics, in the 1930’s he was twice an unsuccessful candidate for the office of Salt Lake City Mayor and in 1936 unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for Governor. He was

also widely known for editorials appearing in local newspapers boosting Utah. In 1923 he sold the house to Zora W. Phinney. She was not listed in Salt Lake City Directories, and was evidently an out of town investor. She held the house for two years, and in 1925 sold it to a commercial painter named John T. Fomander. Three years later, in 1928, he sold it to Thomas A.C. Bruce and his wife Chloe. They held it as a rental property until 1936 when they lost it in a tax sale. For the next ten years, Zion’s Benefit Building Society was the owner. In 1946 the company sold it to Lillia n M. Taylor, an insurance salesperson. She lived in it until the late 1950’s. In the early 1960’s the house was converted into a number of small apartments. When the present owner bought it , he converted it back into a single family residence.

This is a two-story Victorian home, probably of pattern-book design. Most of it s original details were removed or covered when the house was sided wit h asbestos shingles, probably in the 1950’s. The tall front gable was probably covered with wood shingle siding, as was the second floor, which is flare d out over the first. The second floor porch still has the original wooden paired columns, while those on the first are gone. Above the large firs t floor front window is an art-glass transom.

1029 East First Avenue

This house, constructed in 1891, is a Victorian Eclectic style house in a type known as a central block with projecting bays. The patterned shingles, arched dormers, and two-story turret with conical roof are features that add to the eclecticism of the design of an otherwise common type.

The house has had many occupants of various backgrounds. The owners include Edwin Miller, who was a representative of hardware manufacturers; Charles Morehouse, who operated a loan office; Vernon Fisk, a University of Utah professor; and Ben Beck, a printer for the Salt Lake Times. In the 1950s the house was divided into apartments, but was restored in the 1980s.

1029 East First Avenue in The Avenues in Salt Lake City, Utah

235 H Street

Constructed c.1880, this cross-wing plan house was influenced by the Greek Revival style, popular in the state until approximately 1890. Elements of the style can be found in the shallow pitched roof and gable cornice returns. The transitional nature of the design is apparent in such Victorian-influenced elements as the asymmetrical cross wing plan, the drop siding, and the covered front porch.

The house was first occupied by Walter J. and Ellen Wiscombe, Walter was a clerk, letter carrier, and packer for S-P Hardware.

235 North H Street in the Avenues Historic District in Salt Lake City, Utah.

217 B Street

Constructed c. 1904, this one-and-one-half-story Victorian house is a type known as a central block with projecting bay. As with many houses in the Avenues district, this house has had numerous owners, beginning with Gerard Schettler, a local businessman. Nellie Hughes was the next owner, residing here from 1908-1930. From 1930-1942 the house was vacant or used as apartments: In 1942 it was purchased by Zina and Charles Pearce. Ruby and Alma Johnson acquired the house in 1952. Deborah and Robert Young purchased the house in 1994 and completed an award-winning restoration in 2001.

217 North B Street in The Avenues in Salt Lake City, Utah

953 Third Avenue

This two story Victorian Eclectic style house was built in 1892 for Elijah Griffith, a partner in a contracting firm. Griffith lived in the house only a short time, selling it to Patrick Gibbons, who was also a contractor and lived in the house until his death in 1914. The truncated hip roof, projecting front bay, leaded glass transoms and wood detailing, particularly on the porches, are characteristic of the style and contribute to the character of the historic district.

953 Third Avenue in the Avenues Historic District in Salt Lake City, Utah.