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.
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.
The house was likely constructed c. 1900 as a Victorian Eclectic style residence and was later altered with an Arts and Crafts style roof and front porch. Early notable owners of the property include Orson D. Romney, manager of the George Romney Lumber Company, and Perry E. Burnham, a prominent Utah manufacturer and civic worker. The home retains excellent architectural integrity and features a unique blend of Victorian and Arts and Crafts styles.
Built in 1899, this house is an excellent example of the Victorian Eclectic style with classical detailing. It was designed by Walter E. Ware, a prominent Utah architect at the turn of the century, and built for John R. Tierman, manager of the Miner Assay Office. Several owners occupied this home between 1902, when Tierman left the state, and 1927, when it was purchased by Cady and Myrtle Putman. After Cady’s accidental death in 1940 while working for the Utah Construction Company in New York, Myrtle maintained this home through the 1970s.
This Victorian Eclectic-style house, built c. 1900, possesses Colonial Revival detailing and bridges a turn-of-the-century change in architectural style. It has unique massing and details such as the two-story tower-like front bay with a hipped roof, ornate Palladian and oval windows, and gables with no roof overhang. Fluted columns support the porch roof, and the shingled dormer above has flared sidewalls with bracketed returns.
The original owner, Charles E. Madsen, a clerk at ZCMI, lived here until 1904. The house was then rented to Patrick J. Earight from 1904 to 1905; Louis Lowenstein, owner of Merc Installment Company, from 1906 to 1914; and Nellie A. Jones from 1919 to 1934. In 1935, the house was divided into a duplex and continued to house renters.
Constructed circa 1900, this 1/2 story, Victorian Eclectic, brick and shingle-sided home was likely built for Edward L. Sloan. Mr. Sloan maintained the house as a rental until his death in 1943. Robert C. Sloan, Edward’s son, then took over the title of the property. Robert worked for the family business, the Sloan Insurance Agency. The home’s architectural and historic character contributes to the Avenues Historic District.
This two-story classic box house was designed by John Headlund and constructed in 1902 for Louis A. Amsden, Secretary of the Blackbird Gold and Copper Mining Company.
In 1902, Louis A. Amsden, financier and secretary for the Blackbird Copper/Gold Mining Company, built this home. At the turn of the century, two primary types characterized vernacular design, the “bungalow” and the “box.” John Alfred Headlund, utilizing the box, designed this “Foursquare” and three other structures on the original lot. He incorporated a steep gable roof reflecting Gothic, or Jacobethan influence, and included slender Doric Columns on paneled wooden posts to support the broad porch eaves.
This home is located within the Avenues Historic District, one of Salt Lake City’s oldest and most venerable residential areas, which reflects a large variety of architectural styles completed between 1850 and the 1930s. By 1890, the Avenues had become a well-established residential area complete with a growing number of com- munity services, including churches, schools, shops, and stores. As early as the first decade of the 20th century, rental properties became common in the Avenues. Since then, the structure has been almost continuously occupied, either by private owners or tenants. The building interior was renovated 1997-98 to meet current standards.
This Synagogue was constructed in 1903 at a cost of $9,000, and was one of only 4 synagogues built in Utah during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was designed by prominent Utah architect Carl Neuhausen. The building’s exotic style results from an eclectic mix of architectural elements, including Byzantine columns at the entry, Moorish arches in the towers, onion-shaped domes, and round-arched windows throughout. The Congregation Montefiore was established in 1895 by a conservative group within Salt Lake City’s Jewish community. This Synagogue served as its home for over 70 years. The building was purchased in the fall of 1987 by Metro-Fellowship, a Christian Church affiliated with Assemblies of God, and renovated by volunteers under the direction of Pastors James Schaedler and Jack Perry.
The Synagogue is located at 355 South 300 East in Salt Lake City, Utah and was added to the National Register of Historic Places (#85001395) on June 27, 1985.
Text below is from the national register’s nomination form:
The synagogue of the Congregation Montefiore is significant for its association with Utah’s conservative Jewish population. The third Jewish house of worship to be constructed in two decades, the 1903 Moorish Revival synagogue is testimony to the diversity in religious practices within Utah’s Jewish community. The conservative or ‘Modern Orthodoxy,’ as it was then known, grew in numbers as a direct result of Utah’s development from territory to statehood. As Utah became part of the nation, national trends in emigration acted towards augmenting Utah’s Jewry, particularly in the conservative fold.
Since 1884 when Issidore Morris left the congregation B’nai Israel in disagreement over the adoption of the Reform practices, tradition oriented Utah Jews have met to celebrate festivals and holidays. Usually they met in members’ homes because their numbers were too few to support a synagogue. An 1892 estimate placed the entire Utah Jewish population at 1,050, over half of which were conservatives. The conservatives appealed to the Board of B’nai Israel to use their new synagogue for traditional services to no avail. Yet, the financial situation at B’nai Israel was so desperate by 1895 – they had gone through three rabbis in three years and were then without one—that a motion to dissolve the congregation was raised. The incident is indicative of the animosity, real or imagined, which existed between the two groups. With their numbers growing as a direct result of the influx of Russian and eastern European immigrants, who were more likely than not to be traditional, the conservative population met in 1895 to incorporate as the Congregation Montefiore.
Named after the 19th Century British Jewish philanthropist, trouble shooter and financial adviser to the queen, Moses Montefiore, the congregation planned to raise another synagogue in Utah. They were given a parcel of land by their fellow congregant, Morris Levy, located on Third East between Third and Fourth South in Salt Lake City. With the cornerstone laid in August, 1903, in the presence of L.D.S. Church President Joseph F. Smith, it was largely the completed by the end of the year. The building was designed by local Salt Lake architect Carl Neuhausen and cost $9,000. The benign respect extended by Mormon authorities towards particularly Montefiore’s members was a way of thanking the Jews for Issidore Morris’ key role in securing the release from the federal penitentiary of Mormon polygamous Bishop William Smith. The congregation was financially aided by the Mormon church which gave $2,000 toward the construction of this building. Built without central heat, the basement was also unfinished. The congregation joined the United Synagogues of America National Union in 1966. Finally in 1972 the congregation voted for merger with B’nai Israel. An addition housing religious school activities was added to the rear after World War II.
The synagogue is a long rectangular building, the primary portion of which is defined by brick gabled walls facing east and west. The north and south walls, also of brick which appear to have been painted from the start are divided into nine bays – each containing a tall round arched window – by projecting pilasters. It is not known whether the pilasters serve to brace load bearing walls or whether they conceal steel columns which in turn might be attached to steel roof trusses. At both ends of the west facade are square towers with onion shaped domes atop broad bracketed cornices below which are arcades of Assyrian arches on columns. The tower shafts are brick; their bases and the entire original building base is of rusticated Ashlar stone, to the water table. In the center of the east gable wall is a metal plaque with a raised Hebrew inscription. Below the plaque is a round window with a six-pointed star pattern. Below this is a projecting entry vestibule with a flat roof and parapet walls. The west wall of the vestibule has an elaborate entrance composed of double doors surmounted by a transom and flanked by Byzantine columns which support a projecting semi-circular pediment. The Tympanum is glass, with diagonal and horizontal divisions. The rear addition is of masonry construction, probably with a steel frame. There is a flat roof on steel bar joists. The brick is the same color as the painted brick on the original building. The brick vestibule on the facade is an early, well-matched addition.
Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church
Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church
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The Prairie Style is a distinctive American contribution to modern architecture, and this 1913 house is an early Utah example. Architecture enthusiasts will recognize Frank Lloyd Wright’s influence in the horizontal massing, casement windows, subtle ornamentation, quiet skyline and sheltering eaves. Noted Utah architects Ware & Treganza most likely designed this house. It was built by G.H. Adamson for Dr Alexander Irvine – founder of the Salt Lake Clinic – whose brother lived just east at 178 A Street. The total cost was $7,000. The next owner was David Skeen, attorney and gubernatorial candidate. The house was converted to apartments in 1943, and restored in 2003.
