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Show 206 8th Avenue - 1910 Architect/Builder: tJh-i t-a f ?'\ r\(\ Building Materials: brick and stucco Building Type/Style: prajrie style_______ Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) This is a two story home with Prairie Style decoration. It has a broad eaved hip roof with a front center dormer window. The second story walls form a horizontal stucco band with horizontally rusticated dark brick below. Windows are casement type grouped to form horizontal ribbons. The front porch has a low wooden roof with paired rafters exposed for decorative effect. The porch has heavy brick columns and railing walls . - Thomas W. Hanchett 6 > cc O J2 i Statement of Historical Significance: a D D D D Aboriginal Americans Agriculture Architecture The Arts Commerce D D D D D Communication Conservation Education Exploration/Settlement Industry D D D D D Military Mining Minority Groups Political Recreation D D D D Religion Science Socio-Humanitarian Transportation The Prairie Style earthtone brick and horizontal massing of this home contribute to the architectural character of the Avenues. It is one of the best examples of the style in the district. The design shows influence of the Prairie Style, which was developed by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright and wa spopular from 1900 to about 1920. This house was designed by Walter E. Ware and Alberto 0. Treganzo, two of Utah's best known architects. The firm of Ware and Treganza was formed in 1901 and their partnership lasted a quarter of t century. Their work reflects various styles but they are best known for their Prairie School designs. The Ladies Literary Club (850 East South Temple) was one of their best known Prairie style designs. This home was built by Dr. Samuel H. Alien, one of Utah's most noted physicians. Dr. Alien built several fine homes including the Alien home in Provo (National Register site), and 224 M Street in the Avenues. Alien (1862-1926), the son of Mt. Pleasant pioneers samuel and Harriet Moore Alien, had married Ida May Lowry in 1892 the year he returned from Baltimore where he had practiced medicine after graduating from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in that city. In 1902, after a years study at Johns Hopkins, he opened an office in Salt Lake City. Five years later he and Dr. George W. Middleton studied in Europe. Upon their return they formed a partnership and later the Intermountain Clinic. Alien worked as gynecologist and surgeon on the staff of LDS Hospital. Alien lived here until his death. His widow Ida May Lowry (1865-1964), the daughter of Manti pioneers John and Sarah Jane Brown Lowry, who became a worker of the LDS Temple, continued to live here until her death. |
