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Show 5 £ |jj t o < Architect/Builder: Buildrng Materials: brick,metal______Building Type/Style: commercial____________ Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) Two-story plus mezzanine, imposing, rectangular building of brick with metal cornice on three sides. The roof is flat, the two upper series of windows are three sections. The top half of the upper windows have been filled in. There is a center entrance flanked by two windows on either. The window, the bracketed cornice, the brick piers along the west side, make for a very symmetrical, rhythmic facade. The interior has not been altered greatly, although the two upper floors are used mainly for storage. Statement of Historical Significance: n Aboriginal Americans 3 Agriculture n Architecture D The Arts af Commerce D D D D D Communication Conservation Education Exploration/Settlement Industry O D D D D Military Mining Minority Groups Political Recreation D D Q D Religion Science Socio-Humanitarian Transportation This building was built by one of the major Provo businesses, organized in the 1920s (1870-1935). In 1921 Arthur N. Taylor, Albert F. Dixon, and Sidney W. Russell organized a corporation, built a buildng and established a furniture business, Dixon, Taylor, Russell Co. The corporation represented a break within the Taylor family and from the Taylor Brothers Co. Arthur had been vice-president at that company. Albert F. Dixon had been in partnership with his father in the Dixon Real State Co. before moving to Spanish Fork in 1917 to manage the Taylor Brothers branch there^ then returning to Provo to join the new business venture. Arthur's son, Elton L. Taylor, started branches of the furniture company in Pleasant Grove (1921) and in Price (1929). |
