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Show Architect/Builder: Building Materials: masonry j? y Building Type/Style: Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) H o < The building was built as a milinary factory of two stories in the main section and a single story to the rear which was originally used as a dressmaking shop. The Davis family lived on the second floor and it continued to the present as low-cost apartments. The bracketted cornice is intact as are the sedmented windows on the second level. The lower facade has been painted and covered with incompatible aluminum and wood overhang^ which distinguish the two businesses Xvrhich occupy the first floor but do little to distinguish the building. Statement of Historical Significance: D O D D 8 Aboriginal Americans Ag- : CL>itur3 .Architecture The Arts Commerce . D D O D D Communication Conservation Education Exploration/Settlement Industry D D D O D Military Mining Minority Groups Political Recreation D D D O Religion Science Socio-Humanitariar> Transportation The H. W. Davis Milinery Co., which built this building, was but one of many in Provo, but it w.as the largest and most long-lived* In 1890 Henry W. Davis constructed a building to house the H. W. D-avis Milinary Company. The Milliner was his wife, Rachel (H.W. was a horse trainer). The Davis family lived in the upper floor of the building. Their daughters, Maude, Vera, also became milliners and continued the business with their mother for many years. |
