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868 2nd Avenue 1 4 1980 of the fine arts. The law provided for an annual art exhibit in which the State would provide prize money and in turn would acquire the prize-winning paintings. Through exhibits held in Salt Lake City, Ogden, Logan, and Provo, Utah became the first state to establish its own fine arts collection. Though she had studied art for many years, Mrs. Home spent the rest of her life as an art teacher and promoter. Whe helped organize the Utah Art Coloney, which described itself as an "Association for the Encouragement of Intermountain Artists." During the time Mrs. Horn lived at 868 2nd Ave. , 1924-1934, the Colony's Art gallery was located in her home. In addition to her works with the Utah Art Colony, she collected works by Utah artists and launched numerous exhibits. Her Devotees and Shrines: a Handbook of Utah Art (1914) was the only book published on the subject for 50 years. Following her husband's death in about 1934, Mrs. Horne sold the house to her son. Lyman M. Horne. He lived there for the next 10 years. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1918, after a college career that featured a stunt as a cheerleader. He then went to Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons and did his internship at Brooklyn Hospital. He planned to be an ear, nose, and throat specialist, but with the death of his favorite aunt in childbirth and words of encouragement from his sister, he decided to be the first obstetrician in Utah. The only resident at Brooklyn Hospital, he worked under Dr. Ralph H. Pomeroy, the ist U.S. surgeon to routinely make an incision of perineum to minimize the tearing of the mother's tissue and the damage to the baby during childbirth. Dr. Horne brought the technique to Utah. It was also in New York that Dr. Horne learned about giving anesthetics, and he was the first physician in the state to administer chloroforn during childbirth. According to Dr. Horne, before he set up practice in Utah, "All the doctor would do is hold the women's hand and say, "My, aren't you doing such a wonderful job." In 1977, at the age of 80, Dr. Horne was still practicing medicine and estimated .that in the prvious 54 years, he had delivered more than 16,000 babies. In 1945, he sold the house to the current owner, as of 1977, Francis D. Gunn, a professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine.