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Show K [rj K Architect/Builder: Building Materials: brick,stucco, tile Building Type/Style: Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) 5 The records do not indicate the original appearance of this building, < However, the current appearance is a Spanish Mission Revival which is unique in this commercial district. The building of brick is attached to the building on the east with a stucco facade and Spanish-style tile cornice which combine to create a facade appearance that the two buildings are one. Q >: O o 5: Statement of Historical Significance: D Aboriginal Americans D Agriculture O Architecture a/The Arts G/Cornmerce D D D D D Communication Conservation Education Exploration/Settlement Industry D D D O D Military Mining Minority Groups Political Recreation D D D D Religion Science Socio-Humanilarian Transportation The building was built for LeRoy Dixon (1881-1926), twice mayor.of Provo and a Utah State Senator (1922-1926). About 1921 Dixon Real Estate Co. (LeRoy Dixon and J. Elmer Jacobson) was moved from offices in the Farmers and Merchants Bank to this building which had been built to replace a 1907 adobe and brick structure (#236-234, George C. VanWagner, dry goods and groceries). By 1924 the Provo Chamber of Commerce also occupied the building. |
