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Show 229 G Street - 1892 5 HI ' CC Architect/Builder: Building Type/Style: Victorian Eclectic Building Materials: Frame Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) = This is a one-story Victorian cottage with excellent exterior woodwork. The scale of the recent addition, which goes above the original roofline, is incompatible, 6 > cc O £ z Statement of Historical Significance: D a a D D Aboriginal Americans Agriculture Architecture The Arts Commerce Q D Q -d a Communication Conservation Education Exploration/Settlement Industry D Military D Mining D Religion D Science D Minority Groups O Socio-Humanitarian Q Political D Recreation a Transportation; ; It was built in 1892 by Oliver B. Greene who came from a family of carpenters (132 N State and 128 N State). Harold R. and Mary Hoggan may have been the first residents in the home (Harold was the son of Alexander Hoggan who built and lived in the home next door, 221 G). Greene himself lived in the home only a few years. In 1896 Greene sold the home to Eleanor Rebecca Keep (1864-1938). Eleanor was a seamtress. She lived in the home with her widowed mother Susannah Brown Keep ( -1907), her brother Alfred J. Keep ( -1938), a barber, and his wife Mary Ann Freeman: ( -1931). The Keep family had come to Utah in 1885 from England as converts to Mormonisjn. Susannah lived in this home until she died. Alfred lived in this homei for a number of years, however, his wife and family are,for a number of years, listed in the city directory as living elsewhere. There may have been a separation or divorce. Eleanor lived in this home until she died. She married Edward R. Dittmer,. (1865-1945) a tailor, about 1907. Edward's family had also come from England as converts to Mormonism, Edward fell heir to the home and lived in it until his death. |
