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Show NPS Form 10-900.a Utah WordPerfect 5 1 Format (Revised Feb 1993) OMB No. 10024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. ~ Page _Q_ Oldham, John and Elizabeth Brown, House, Sandy, Salt Lake County, UT smaller, less expensive houses usually had an entry which led directly to the living room or parlor. 17 Though the Oldham home has an entry, it is a relatively simple version of the central block. The house has a rectangular footprint and from the exterior resembles the simpler Victorian house type, the side passage. The style of the house also illustrates the early twentieth century changes that were occurring in Utah. The central block with projecting bays house type with Victorian Eclectic ornamentation is important in describing the end of isolation of Utah in the late nineteenth century. Rural area were less isolated from stylistic developments occurring on both the national and local levels. The pattern book styles and standardized building components were available and easily adapted for use with local materials. The former isolation of rural areas was no longer an obstacle to building well. 16 HISTORY OF THE OLDHAM HOUSE: As small business owners, the Oldham family house reflects the era of Specialized Agriculture, Small Business, and Community Development period (1906-1946) . On July 16, 1907 John and Elizabeth Brown Oldham purchased a piece a property from James and Annie Jensen, and William D. Kuhre for $525. Three days later they received from Sandy City Bank for $750 probably for the construction of the house. John Oldham was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England on May 29, 1865 to John Oldham and Eliza Rawlins. While in England he worked as a steelwool roller. John Oldham (Jr.) joined the LOS Church in 1882 and emigrated to Utah in 1885. He settled in Draper and worked for Rideout's Grocery store until he had saved enough money to bring his parents and six sisters to Utah . He met Elizabeth Brown while working at a grocery store in Sandy. Elizabeth Brown was born in Sandy, Utah on May 5, 1876. Her parents were Charles 0. and Rachel Morgan Brown. John and Elizabeth were married in 1895. They had six children : Blanch, Ada, John, Harvey, Charles and Stanley. According to his daughter Ada, John purchased the Art Cushing Grocery Store in 1910. A $1200 mortgage taken out on the house in 1911 may have been for this purchase. 19 Within a few years he bought C.C. Crape's Merchandise Stores and moved his business across the street next to the Sandy City Bank. The business eventually became known as Oldham and Powell's, and later as Oldham, Powell and Farrar. John Oldham also ran a slaughter house located west of the Model Mill. "Thomas Carter and Peter Goss , Utah ' s Historic Arcbnec111 re 1847· 19()(), (Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press , 1988), 44. " Carter and Goss, 110-11 1. 19 Rich, 594-595. See also the title abstract. It may have been for the rear addition to the house. but it is unlikely that attaching a box car to the house would have required such a large amount. ..K See continuation sheet |
