Perkins Addition
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The Perkins Addition was a 13 house development in Salt Lake City, Utah. Ten of its houses survived in 1983 and were each individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Perkins Addition was a "streetcar subdivision" development of 13 brick houses, all built in 1891 by a Denver investment company, ten of which survived in 1983 and were listed on the National Register. The Mitchell House is one of three buildings in the NRHP listing of Perkins Addition houses that is not built from the pattern-book design shared by seven others. It includes similar elements: a prominent gable in its front facade, and the use of fishscale shingles in gabled areas.[1][2]
The ten Perkins Addition houses are:[2]
- Harper J. Dininny House, 925 E. Logan Avenue, NRHP-listed
- Charles H. Weeks House, 935 E. Logan Avenue, NRHP-listed
- Thomas Yardley House, 955 E. Logan Avenue, NRHP-listed
- John W. Judd House, 918 E. Logan Avenue, NRHP-listed
- Clifford R. Pearsall House, 950 E. Logan Avenue, NRHP-listed
- Alexander Mitchell House, 1620 S. 1000 East, NRHP-listed
- Henry Luce House, 921 E. 1700 South, NRHP-listed
- Elgin S. Yankee House, 955 E. 1700 South
- Byron Cummings House, 936 E. 1700 South, NRHP-listed
- Mabry-Van Pelt House, 946 E. 1700 South, NRHP-listed
John Vaughan
John Vaughan (architect) was an architect who designed many homes.[2]
W.S. Burhaus
W.S. Burhaus was a contractor who built many of them.[2]
Alexander Mitchell House
Alexander Mitchell House | |
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| Location | 1620 S. 1000 East, Salt Lake City, Utah |
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| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1891 |
| Built by | Burhaus,W. S. |
| Architect | Vaughan,John |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Victorian Eclectic, Other |
| MPS | Perkins Addition Streetcar Suburb TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 83003955[3] |
| Added to NRHP | October 13, 1983 |
The Alexander Mitchell House at 1620 S. 1000 East, in Salt Lake City, Utah, was built in 1891. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 for its architecture, which is Victorian Eclectic, Late Victorian, and other.[3][1]
Byron Cummings House
Byron Cummings House | |
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| Location | 936 E. 1700 South, Salt Lake City, Utah |
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| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1891 |
| Architectural style | Victorian Eclectic, Late Victorian, Other |
| MPS | Perkins Addition Streetcar Suburb TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 83003949[3] |
| Added to NRHP | October 13, 1983 |
The Byron Cummings House at 936 E. 1700 South, in Salt Lake City, Utah, was built in 1891. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
It is significant in part for association with Byron Cummings, known as "the father of athletics" at University of Utah.[1]
It is one of seven identical-plan buildings in the Perkins Addition, built from the same pattern-book design. The Perkins Addition was a "streetcar subdivision" development of 13 brick houses, all built in 1891 by a Denver investment company, ten of which survived in 1983.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Utah State Historical Society Structure/Site Information Form: Alexander Mitchell House" (PDF). 1983. and accompanying two photos from 1983 Cite error: The named reference "nrhpnom" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b c d e Roger V. Roper and Deborah R. Terame (Summer, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places: Perkins Addition Streetcar Suburb TR" (PDF). National Park Service.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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