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Show Peery Hotel (CONTINUED): the Ogderi Branch of the Zion 1 s Cooperative Mercantile Institution (Z.CMI) by Mormon Church President, Brigham Young. During :his lifetime, Peery wa.s stone time the president of the First National Bank of Ogden, director of the Deseret National Bank, director of the Thatcher Brothers Bank of Logan, and served t\vo terms as the mayor of Ogden, | Peery left an estate valued, at nearly three quarters of a. million dollars at his death in 1901. David Ijenry Peery, one of the two sons, was also an influential man in the business world. He began his training in his father's businesses and mater moved, to Salt Lake City where he opened a mining brokerage office. He became .involved in the Nevada mining boom early in its discovery and made a fortune from the sale of stock, thereby becoming a ca pitalist wellknown in regional mining circles. He was elected to the State Senate in 1898 and later went on to become a. Democratic National Committeenan. At his death j David Henry Peery was reported as being "one of the oldest members oh the local exchange" and "generous to a. fault, quick to sympathize and ready ! to help." Joseph : S, Peery, David Henry 1 s brother, spent 32 years on Temple Square as both a : guide and lecturer. He founded the Ogden Public Library, and organized: the first "graded" school system in Utah during his term as Weber County Superintendent of Schools. Joseph spent several years as the Weber County Attorney and president of theD. H. Peery Estate in Ogden. In 19 Vf Miles, a. veteran western hotelman, bought the Peery Hotel, changing its name to the Miles Hotel. Miles had leased the Peery Hotel since 1925. From 1918 to 1950 he operated the Hotel Lillie, which was in thfe old Salt Lake Herald Building on South Main Street, and for a short timfe he also operated the Congress Hotel. He was also the owner of the Showboat Hotel in downtown Las Vegas. 5. HISTORY (continued): of the lobby» The current use of the Peery Hotel, now the Miles Hotel, is the same as its original use. Shops and a corner restaurant occupy the street elevation. Theoriginal cream-colored brick has been painted pink. A restoration project is being planned for the hotel, one of the largest and most vital of similar buildings in Salt Lake City 1 s western district |
