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Show 1216 1st Avenue-ca. 1866 Architect/Builder: Building Materials: stuccoed________Building Type/Style: Vernacular Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: |-} . fl -. (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) This is a one story gable roofed vernacular home. It is set far back on the lot, with a picket fence along the street. It has several additions. -Thomas W. Hanchett Statement of Historical Significance: > O oJ X a D a D D Aboriginal Americans Agriculture Architecture The Arts Commerce O D a D Q Communication Conservation Education Exploration/Settlement Industry D a Q d a Military Mining Minority Groups Political Recreation a D Q D Religion Science Socio-Humanitarian Transportation This is one of the oldest houses in this area of the Avenues^^once known as "Butcherville," and an early example of vernacular building in the Avenues. The house was built by John H. Picknell, a butcher, who operated the Meat Market. Picknell and others, including Charles B. Taylor and William Wood, settled in this section of the Avenues in the early 1860's when the city slaughter yards were moved to the locale known as Butcherville. This area was settled so that workers would be close to their jobs. The Sloan Salt Lake City Directory for 1869 placed Picknell at First Street (1st Avenue) between Poplar (U Street) and Willow (Virginia). In 1885 the Salt Lake City Directory listed Elizabeth C. Picknell, John's widow, as residing at 1216 1st Avenue. In 1892 Mrs. Picknell granted a quit claim deed to Martha Ann Coombs, probably her daughter ( a Decree of Distribution from the Picknell estate was granted to Marta Coombs that same year). Mrs. Coombs' husband, David A. Coombs, was listed as residing at the house in the 1889 Kelly Salt Lake City Directory. John H. Picknell died July 7, 1878. He had been active in IDS Church affairs, acting as president of the 13th Quorum of Seventies. Elizabeth C. Picknell was born on January 15, 1839(?) in Norwich, England-, arriving in Utah in 1862 with the Homer Duncan handcart company. John was born ca. 1813 in Suffolk, England. David A. Coombs, who made his living as a painter, lived in the house for nearly fifty years. After that, it changed hands regularly. Following Coombs' death in the mid 1930's, the house was sold to George R. Benson, who was a U.S. Army officer. After he left Salt Lake City in the late 1940's, Garner D. Irvine, the owner of Zions Second Hand Store,bought it. He sold it to Robert Parker in 1958, Parker was the owner of the Parker Equipment Company. In 1972 Eugene F. Sanquinetti bought it. He was and is director of the University of Utah Museum of Fine Arts. |
