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.

559 East Fifth Avenue (the parcel address is 561) in the avenues in Salt Lake City, Utah

78 H Street

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.”

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

76 H Street

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.

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

75 H Street

Built in 1904 by William H. Jones for an estimated $3,000, this house was rented until 1920 when it was purchased by the First Methodist Episcopal Church and used as a rectory by the Reverend Stanley Curtis. It was sold in 1923 to Peter and Mary Elizabeth Rasmussen, Mormon immigrants from Denmark, who lived here until 1934. This two-story “foursquare” type house, popular in Utah from about 1900 to 1920, contributes to the architectural character of the historic district.

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

557 Fifth Avenue

This Bungalow style house was built for Daniel Cordon Coulham and his wife Lucille McMaster. Coulham worked originally for the Mountain States. Telephone & Telegraph Co. He later became manager of the insurance division of Burt & Carlquist, the real estate development firm that built this house in 1913. Coulham lived here until 1933. The use of brick, wood detailing, and horizontal emphasis are characteristic of the style and contribute to the character of the historic district.

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