This two-story Queen Anne house was built in 1893. At that time Sandy was a rural community and still isolated enough for a Victorian house of this size and detailing to be unique. The local children called it the “castle house.”

William and Amorillis Gammet Vincent moved to Sandy soon after their marriage in 1875. William, a former railroad conductor in Salt Lake, became a foreman of the Pioneer Ore Sampling Mill and later owned a saloon. The Vincent’s owned several houses in Sandy before building this large one to live in with their seven children. As prominent citizens of the community, the couple hosted many social events such as dances held on the floor of the sampling mill. They also held many events at their elegant home with its polished stairways and light room with extensive views. Amorillis was an avid gardener and the flower gardens surrounding the house were especially elaborate under her care. William died in 1921. In 1934, three years after the death of Amorillis, the property was deeded to their daughter, Mildred, and her husband, William W. O’Brien.

The above text is from the plaque on the home, placed in 1997. The home is located at 8540 South 100 East in the historic sandy area of Sandy, Utah

James & Ellen May Jensen House

This house was build by James B. and Ellen May Cushing Jensen following their marriage in 1894.  James was active in the mining industry and later was a professor at the university of Utah and a mining consultant.  The Jensens sold their home in 1925 to Jedediah and Semira Goff, although it appears they they never lived in the house.  John Lavel and Olive Hogan Smith lived here during 1932-48.  John was a mechanical engineer and miner.  Olive was a machine operator at the Salt Lake Knitting Works.

This Victorian style house is representative of the shift in Sandy architecture to more elaborate homes following the end of the mining boom in 1893.  houses began to be build with more permanent, substantial materials and adorned with decorative woodwork of trained craftsmen.  The Jensen house is one of the best remaining examples of this style in Sandy.

The above text is from the plaque on the home, placed in 1997. The home is located at 95 East Pioneer Avenue in the historic sandy area of Sandy, Utah

Archibald & Violet Gardner House

The Archibald and Violet Gardner House, built in 1893 and remodeled in 1937, is significant for its association with an important period of development in Sandy’s history. The original home appears to have been constructed by Albert and Annie Swope and was subject to a sherrifs sale in 1898, after which it most likely served as a rental unit until it was purchased by Archibald and Violet Gardner in 1906.
In 1937 the Gardners extensively remodeled and added to the house in the style of a Mission/Spanish Colonial Period Revival cottage. Archibald was employed for a long time in Sandy’s mining industries and later was a cashier and the Sandy City Bank during 1907-37. He held a variety of offices in Sandy city government, serving as mayor from 1932 to his death in 1940. Violet taught dancing in the house for many years.

The above text is from the plaque on the home, placed in 1997. The home is located at 31 East Pioneer Avenue in the historic sandy area of Sandy, Utah

Frederick & Anna Anderson Home

This one-and-a-half story Victorian style house is one of the best preserved of the remaining cross-wing houses in Sandy and is representative of a common house type in the community’s mining, smelting, and small farm era.  The cross-wing house became popular in the 1860s and 1870s in Utah.

The home was built c. 1890 by Frederick and Anna Anderson who lived in it for eight years.  Joseph Fones, a prominent choir director  in Utah, then purchased it, presumably for one of his six wives, in 1898.  Ten years later it was sold again.  In 1912 F.O. Sigfred Kim and his wife, Amelia Marie Erickson, bought the house, raised their six children there, and lived in it until Sigfred’s death in 1984.  Sigfred was employed by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad.

The above text is from the plaque on the home, placed in 1998. The home is located at 8650 South Center Street in the historic sandy area of Sandy, Utah