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Show 515 Third Avenue________________________________.__________c. 1915 g w cc : 5 {jj Architect/Builder:___________________________________________ Building Materials: brick Building Type/Style: Bungalow ----------------------------------•---•--;-:----------------------•------ Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: >"•;•-' (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) H I O 5 The decoration of this one-and-a-half story gable roofed Bungalow shows influence of the Arts and Crafts Movement of the period. The front gable has simple fascia boards supported by heavy beams with curved ends. Similar beams are found beneath the triple second floor window and small ones are paired above the octagonal porch columns. The gable end is stuccoed with decorative wooden stick framing. In the recessed porch there is a three-sided brick bay window. --Thomas W. Hanchett g ^ O o) X Statement of Historical Significance: Q D <H D D Aboriginal Americans Agriculture Architecture The Arts Commerce a D D d Q Communication Conservation Education Exploration/Settlement Industry D D D O D Military Mining Minority Groups Political Recreation a D Q D Religion Science Socio-Humanitarian Transportation This house is contributory because of its bungalow style. Orson D. Romney, (136 D) treasurer-manager of George Romney Lumber Company, probably built this house about 1915 and sold it to Annie M. Miller who with her husband Nicholas W., moved into the house. In 1920 the Millers sold it to Perry E. Burnham, a prominent Utah manufacturer and civic worker. Burnham was born December 19, 1877, near Woods Cross, Utah, to Adelbert L. and Martha C. Burnham. He married Bertha Hummel in 1915. Burnham organized the Utah Culvert Company in Woods Cross and expanded the operation throughout Utah and Idaho. He retired in 1930. Burnham invested and developed a number of water measuring devices In 1932 he became regional manager of Crop Production Loan Office. After a year he retired to run a livestock business. He was president of the Bountiful State Bank for nine years and involved in other banking businesses. He died in 1957.; He was survived by his widow, Perry H. Burnham, Robert 0. Burnham, and Herbert (Virginia) Earwell. Burnham lived in this house until his death in 1957. The house was vacant in 1958. His son, Robert 0. Burnham, lived in the house for a year. He was manager of the Farm Equipment Company. Kent C. Richards, a corp with the Lagoon Corporation, has lived in the house since 1960. |
