Constructed in 1899, the home was the residence of William Hatfield, a stockbroker, until 1905 when John C. Lynch acquired the home. In 1973, the Sister of the Holy Cross purchased the home from Lawrence Brennan. The Sisters dedicated their home to prayer and peace and placed this marker during their centennial year of service in Utah, 1975.
Built in 1909, this Colonial revival house was originally the home of Mrs. Frances Horlick Walker, widow of Samuel S. Walker. The Walker brothers are known for their mining and banking concerns in Utah. Born in England in 1837, Mrs. Walker came to Utah with her parents in 1849. After her death in 1915, the house was rented and owned by carious people, including Charles C. and Denise K. Bintz, who bought the house c.1930. The Bintzes lived here with their family until 1939, when it was sold to Town Club. Town Club was founded by Wynn Conan Schram (Mrs, J. T.) in 1930 to develop and foster charitable, civic, educational, and social activities.
Constructed in 1907, this two-story four-square type house with a hipped roof was designed by the firm of Walter E. Ware and Alberto O. Treganza, two of Utah’s best-known architects. Strongly influenced by the Prairie School style, for which the firm was best known, the design includes a centrally placed hipped dormer in the roof, wide overhanging easves with exposed rafters, and a large one-story front porch. Distinctive interior features include crown moldings, Craftsman bookcases with leaded glass, and a beamed dining room ceiling with recessed breakfront.
The home was first owned by Edward O.Howard, a banker and businessman. Born in Skaneateles, New York, in 1866, he moved to Utah at the age of twenty-four. In Salt Lake City, Howard was involved in many successful business ventures, including the Walker Brothers Bank, National Credit Corporation, Utah Light and Traction Company, and Utah-Idaho Sugar Company. Howard married Annie Payson in 1895. Annie is most noted as a founder of Salt Lake City’s Memory Grove, a memorial park for World War I veterans. The home was sold to Hyrum W. Pingree in 1920, who held the property until 1934. The property had had several subsequent owners.
This two-story Victorian Eclectic style house was likely built in 1898 for Gracia Flanders, daughter of a railroad tycoon. Miss Flanders was a piano teacher and taught lessons in this house. After she moved to Berkley, California, in 1919, the house sat vacant for three years. Subsequent occupants were Samuel M. Taylor, an undertaker (1923-29), and Byron Frobes, a postal clerk (1930-41). The house changed hands several times in the 1940s. It was used as a rest home during the 1950s-1970s, including the Alpine-Chavis Nursing Home owned by Judy Chavis. In 1996, Jack Jr. and Pam Okland purchased the home from Jason Lunt. Over a ten year period, the Oklands attentively restored the home. The home is a contributing structure within Salt Lake City’s South Temple Historic District.
This home was built in 1920 for Newell C. Beeman and his wife Anna Jane Harvey. Beeman, a native of Phelps, New York, spent most of his working life engaged in various enterprises connected with iron and coal mining. He was superintendant of the Rocky Mountain Coal and Iron Company in Almy, Wyoming, for over three decades. During this time, he became involved in several other business ventures, including a large general store serving the miners in Almy. Beeman settled in Salt Lake City in the early 1890s and remained active in various lines of business. He died here at his home on March 20, 1927.
G. G. Gray built the Beeman home on this corner lot, which had been previously occupied by two structures. The one-and-one-half-story bungalow, primarily constructed of striated brick, is an example of the most popular house type built in Utah during the first quarter of the twentieth century. It shows Arts and Crafts-style architectural influences, including wide, overhanging eaves; a single story projecting porch; and geometrically patterned stained-glass windows. As is typical of the Arts and Crafts-style bungalow, the main roof ridge runs parallel to the street, and its slope is interrupted by a gabled dormer. The house has been restored by Larry V. and Sherry Poulson.
From 1945 to 1964, this was the home of David O. McKay, the ninth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In addition to church service both he and his wife, Emma Ray Riggs McKay, were public school teachers. The original owner of the house was Walter H. Dayton, a well known Salt Lake City businessman. He built the house in 1906. In 1964 the house was purchased by the Utah Congress of Parents and Teachers, and since that time has been used as their state headquarters.
Constructed in 1909, the house was originally built for Hugh L. and Lucie R. Thomas. An Ohio native, Mr. Thomas spent his career working as the superintendent of the Utah-Idaho-Nevada Telephone Company and later for the White Pine Telephone Company. The home was sold in 1936 to Agnes Smith Knowlton. The two-story dwelling has an irregular floor plan and exhibits minor Colonial Revival and Craftsman-style detailing. Character-defining features include its hip roofs with exposed rafters and clinker brick masonry. The home is a contributing feature of the Salt Lake City South Temple Historic District.
This two-and-one-half story Queen Anne style house was built in 1891 for John H. Bennett, a general freight and passenger agent for the Rio Grande Western Railway. He owned the house until 1912, but Joseph S. Richards, son of early Mormon leader and pioneer, Willard Richards, lived here from 1899 to 1905. Joseph Richards trained at Bellevue Medical College in New York City. He was chief surgeon at Deseret Hospital and, later, medical director for LDS Hospital.
The asymmetrical facades and roof forms are characteristic of the Queen Anne architectural style that was popular in Utah from about 1885 to 1905. The classically-detailed porch has a band of dentil molding and simplified Corinthian columns, while the decorative gable-end shingles, sculptural wooden brackets supporting the eaves, and the unusual diamond pattern created by recessing brick on the upper front facade reflect the range of picturesque features found in Queen Anne style houses. This handsome house contributes to the architectural continuity and integrity of the South Temple Historic District.
The Utah Governor’s Mansion is the official residence of the Governor of Utah and family. It is located in the South Temple Historic District at 603 E. South Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Thomas Kearns rose from modest beginnings to become a successful financier and United States Senator. He was born on April 11, 1862, on a farm in Ontario, Canada, the son of Margaret and Thomas Kearns. His family moved to Nebraska when Thomas was seven. At the age of 17 he went to South Dakota when gold was discovered in the Black Hills» After that he went to Arizona where he worked as a miner and a teamster. In 1883 he arrived in Utah and secured employment with the Denver Rio Grande Railroad. He went to Park City, Utah, in the summer of 1883 and worked in the mines. Working in the Ontario Mine, Kearns met his lifelong friend and advisor, David Keith. By 1892 Kearns, Keith, John Judge and others, leased mining property in Park City and formed the Silver King Mining Company. The profits from this mine were great, and the land holdings of this company increased. In 1907 the Silver King Coalition Mines Company was formed with Kearns as vice-president and Keith as President. In 1901 he acquired the Salt Lake Tribune. He was a noted philanthropist, and erected St. Anne f s Orphanage in Salt Lake City and gave generously to Catholic charities. He was a staunch Republican and was elected to the United States Senate in 1901. In Washington he became a close friend of Theodore Roosevelt.
He married Jennie Judge, of New York, in 1890. They had two sons and two daughters. Kearns died in October 1918. The home remained in the family until 1937 when Mrs. Judge donated it to the State of Utah. It was used as the governor’s mansion from 1937 to 1957, when it became the offices ‘of the Utah State Historical Society. In 1978 the home was vacated for a massive renovation and restoration project. After it was completed it started being used as the governor’s mansion.
The Kearns Mansion has a stone exterior richly detailed with round towers at three of its four corners.
At the time of the building, the mansion contained 28 rooms: 6 baths, ten fireplaces (of which nine remain), an all-marble kitchen and bathroom, a bowling alley, ballroom, billiard room, two parlors, two dining rooms, and three vaults (one for silver, one for wine, and one for jewelry). Cost of construction was approximately $250,000.00.
The carriage house is one of Utah’s most elaborate and best preserved carriage houses. It was built to serve-the Kearns Mansion, built by mining magnate Thomas Kearns. For many years it was the home of the Utah State Institute of Fine Arts. In 1978 the Institute moved next door to 617 East South Temple.