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Show Architect/Builder: O Building Type/Style: Building Materials: brick Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) 01 H X O ct g >; 6 co 5 This three-story building was rebuilt out of three other buildings which had housed Taylor Brothers Co. The flat roofed building with bracketted cornice has different window treatments on each floor. The third floor windows are arched, the second floor are rectangular with transoms (which have been covered). The lower floor was done in massive display windows flanking a west and a central entrance. These windows have been reworked and recessed and are partially hidden by an added arcade. There is now only a central entrance. The first floor interior has been completely remodeled. Statement of Historical Significance: D Aboriginal Americans D Agriculture D Architecture D TneArts C/^Corpmerce D n O a D Communication Conservation Education Exploration/Settlement Industry Q D D O D Military Mining Minority Groups Political Recreation D D D D Religion Science Socio-Humanitarian Transportation The Taylor brothers who built this building were part of a family which built Provo's commercial district. In 1866 George Taylor started a furniture business in Provo. In 1890 when George divorced, his wife Eliza Nichols, the business was transferred to her and her sons Thomas and Arthur. (George S. joined.^John D. Dixon, an early Provo businessman and financier, as secretary/treasurer^. "t.he Taylor Brothers Company thus came into being and aftew three-story building was built at 250 West Center as an extension to the old Taylor Furniture Co. About 1902-1906 the old building was replaced by a three-story building to match the west portion. In 1910 the buildings were remodeled, rebuilt and expanded into a unified structure. The business survived two depressions to become one of central Utah's leading merchantile institutions. |
