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Show United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) Liberty Wells Historic District (Boundary Increase) Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State merchants, real estate developers, carpenters, and architects also played a large role. Many of the developers active in Salt Lake City during the late 1800s and early 1900s were out-of-state, non-Mormon developers and investors hoping to capitalize on the population boom in Utah. Several prominent land merchants and developers were responsible for the development and promotion of subdivisions in the Liberty Area between 1900 and 1929. These merchants include Kimball & Richards, developer of the Jackson Square subdivision; Ashton Jenkins Co., developer of the Central Place and Walker Place Plat A and Plat C subdivisions; and Henry C. Hoffman, developer of the Carolina and Harvard Place subdivisions. Summary The historic resources of the Liberty Area illustrate the historical development of streetcar suburbs in Salt Lake City and provide a comprehensive collection of Early 20th Century American residences, typical of suburban development in the area between 1900-1929. These resources augment the significance of the existing Wells Historic District by reflecting the development of the historically broader Liberty Wells neighborhood. As a whole, the Liberty Area retains a high degree of integrity and its contributing resources create visual cohesion between the existing Wells Historic District and the Liberty Area. Taken together, the Liberty Area and the existing Wells Historic District are historically significant for their association with the historical development of streetcar suburbs in Salt Lake City and for their well-preserved collections of Early 20th Century American residential architecture. 13 |
