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.

654 3rd Avenue

This home is one of two neighboring houses built in 1890 by Samuel Woolf, a Jewish merchant. His brother lived at 658 3rd Avenue. Ownership of the house changed several times between 1899 and 1924 when it was purchased by Mary E. Nuslein. She lived here until her death in the mid-1930s and the home remained in the Nuslein family until the late 1960s. This building is an excellent example of a two story frame Victorian eclectic style home.

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

653 3rd Avenue

This house was constructed c. 1906 for metallurgical engineer J. Fewson Smith, Jr. Mr. Smith worked for the U.S. Smelting, Mining, and Refining Company for 38 years. He also designed Salt Lake City’s first sewage system in the early-1900s, and was water commissioner in charge of canals entering the Salt Lake Valley. Mr. Smith owned the home until 1924, when it was then sold to Oregon Shortline Railroad conductor Harry W. Logan.

Architecturally, the house has a two-story foursquare design with a hip roof, a wide one-story front porch with a second floor balustrade with turned lintels, and on the west façade it features a two-story brick projecting bay, In the late-1930s the house was converted into apartments, and in the early-1990s Richard and June Bickerton bought the home and restored it back to a single-family dwelling.

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

328 M Street

This transitional bungalow with Victorian architectural details was constructed in 1903 for Charles and Alice Dangerfield. Charles was a tinsmith from England. Following his death in 1913, Alice lived here until about 1930, and rented the home until 1945. She then sold the house to Albert T. Shepherd who was a well-known violinist in Utah. Born in Paris, Idaho. Shepherd moved to Utah for early music training and was then accepted into the New England Conservatory of Music. He trained there for six years, receiving instruction from Felix Winternitx. Following his music training, Shepherd performed extensively in New York and throughout the Northeast. He then returned to Utah to become a music teacher. Shepherd married Alice Anderson in 1934. Alice was also an accomplished violinist, who taught music in Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Arizona, and Idaho. She played with the Salt Lake and Phoenix symphonies and for KSL Radio.

328 North M Street in The Avenues in Salt Lake City, Utah

Dr. Ellen B. Ferguson House
121 B Street

This one-and-one-half-story Victorian-eclectic house was constructed in 1887 for Dr. Ellen B. Ferguson. Ellen was the house physician at Deseret Hospital. She was also involved in the suffrage movement, organized the Women’s Democratic Club, and was the only female delegate to the 1896 Democratic National Convention. Also in 1896, Ellen became the first female deputy sheriff in the United States. In 1900, the year she moved to New York, she sold the house to Jane Robbins, a restaurateur who owned restaurants throughout Utah.

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

Constructed c. 1898, this two-story brick house has elements of the Foursquare type of architecture and features a hip roof with dormers, four chimneys, arched front door opening, and segmental arched windows. Although the original owner and builder are unknown, by 1900 the home was owned by Sereno B. Tuttle. Mr. Tuttle, a native of Ohio, came to Utah at the turn of the century and established a large real estate company, Tuttle Brothers. In 1909 he sold the house to Julius Rosenberg, a leader in Salt Lake City’s Jewish community and a prominent real estate investor in Utah and Idaho. In 1932 Mr. Rosenberg moved to another house in the Avenues and converted this into a rental.

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

Chamberlain/Groshell House

This finely crafted one-story brick bungalow was constructed in 1914 by local builder Charles A. Newton for Herbert Chamberlain, a prominent Salt Lake City banker. Chamberlain sold the home in 1915 to Fremont and Belle Groshell. Mr. Groshell worked with his brother Oscar operating the National Cash Register Company in Salt Lake City. The Groshell family owned the home until Fremont’s death in 1921, when the home was then sold to Art Davies, a banker for the Banker’s Trust Company of Salt Lake City. The home is a contributing building to the Avenues Historic District.

1083 East First Avenue in The Avenues of Salt Lake City, Utah

1087 1st Avenue

This impressive Queen Anne style house was built in 1903 for Marvin W. Newcomb, a professional photographer, who lived here only two years. Subsequent owners included a Utah state treasurer, a bank president, a former U.S. marshal, and both grammatic and managing editors for the Salt Lake Tribune. The complex roof and building massing, corner tower, and detailing in the brick, windows, and woodwork, are characteristic of the Queen Anne style and contribute to the character of the historic district.

1087 East First Avenue in The Avenues of Salt Lake City, Utah

539 Third Avenue

Mattie D. Henshaw had this Victorian Eclectic-style house constructed in 1905, the same year her husband Joseph died. Mrs Henshaw lived in the house until 1907. Since that time it has had several owners including the president of a mining company, a sheep raiser, a market owner, and a lawyer.
Several Victorian elements that add to the house’s eclecticism are combined in the design; these include an asymmetrical facade, multiple gables, and a variety of materials. The house contributes architecturally to the Avenues Historic District.

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