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Show Architect/Builder: Building Materials: Building,Type/Style: Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: additions, aitsrafeiccs, snciilar/ structures, asd landscaping ix agpiicabie Built in 1907, the three story David Eccles mansion contains twenty-four rooms, 11,000 square feet of floor area and is considered to be the largest home in Cache Valley. The home is eclectic in style, asymmetrical in plan, and may be described as late-Victorian in general character. It first served as a residence for the second wife of David Eccles, Ellen Stoddard. The Eccles mansion is built of brick with white stone trim and a cut coarsed stone foundation. The front facade is accentuated by two round towers or turrets at each of the fronticorners. Several dormers with fancy classical facades punctuate the massive hip roof. A Neo-classical Revival porch wraps around two sides of the frame of the home. Within the triangular porch pediment is a foliated inscription with the letters, "D.E." for David Eccles. The sprawling plan is basically rectangular but includes two wings and two prominent bay windows which give variety to the basic form. Most detailing is Neo-classical Revival and includes ionic columns and a classical porch entabulature and pediment, quoins about the door and window bays, brackets and dentil under the cornice, classical facades and pilasters in the dormers. The towers are shinqled on the upper portions and have shaped cupolas or roofs, and qenerallv reflect Queen Anne or perhaps Chateauesque origins. There are nineteen glass windows in the building. The interior of the home is equally rich in its decor. The floors are hardwood and the oak and birch trim is finished in its natural color, being finished with only varnish and oil. The fireplaces, moldings, stairways and interior cornices exhibit excellent craftmanshitK (Taken from.t-he National R.F.1 •__________________ Statement of Historical Sinificance: r:^-l. Asaticacs itors -JL Architecture »_ The Arcs X r~m*a~r** ' -- Ccrassraca-icri __ CssserTaticn -- Zcucat-sx __ 3^israi:i_2v3ectlfisatit: _2L iTJCvstry -- Military' -- Mining -- Minority Gzcuss -- Political . -- Seiigicn -- Science -- Sccio-Hucsanitariaa --. Transportation, This home is already on the National Register and is significant for several reasons. The nomination form for the register concludes this about the home. "The David Eccles home represents the several important themes in Utah and American History. As a poor immigrant from Scotland, the home symbolizes the successful business career of David Eccles and the important contributions he made to the economic development of the land in the West. As the home of David Eccles 1 second family, it is a unique part of the Mormon polygamy story. The home's construction coincided with the end of the polygamy controversy after David Eccles became convinced he would be albe to maintain both families in Utah without any interference." Architecturally, the David Eccles residence represents the finer achievements of architects and builders responsible for the construction of the many lateVictorian period homes in the West Center of Logan. |
