| OCR Text |
Show United States Department of the Interior National Park Service I National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) Beck, Reid, House Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State ornamentation and sidelights. The glazing is colored and leaded-glass. The porch deck and steps were replaced with concrete (circa 1955). There is an original narrow window opening facing east (glass replaced circa 1970s). The smaller three-light window above was added in the 1930s. The main block of the north elevation features a large fixed-frame window with a half-round leaded-glass transom with a drip molding similar to the east elevation window. On the upper level is a three-light window divided by two mullions featuring scroll brackets. There is a simple-gable over the window with square shingles in the gable trim. The octagonal bay features three windows on the main level and one window in the upper level. The center window has a colored-glass transom. The gable trim is square shingles. In the center of the north elevation, one of two corbelled brick chimneys is visible. The entrance to a close staircase leading to the upper floor of the two-story screened porch is from a concrete stoop at the west end of the north elevation. On the south elevation, there is a shed-roof enclosure (circa 1970) tucked between the octagonal tower and the projecting rectangular block. The enclosure is sheathed in a plastic brick panel that mimics the rock-faced brick. The Victorian door was moved from another location. The enclosure covers the fan for a later ventilation system, firewood access and the ash-pit for the chimney on the south elevation. The rectangular block features two narrow windows on the main level and one double-hung window on the upper level. The window breaks the cornice line and there are square shingles in the gable trim. Another smaller shed roof enclosure shelters the utility boxes (circa 1970s). The rear (west) elevation is obscured by two-story enclosed porch. The enclosed porch does not appear in a circa 1915 photograph of the house, but was constructed prior to a 1937 tax assessment. The tax card describes the main floor as enclosed and the upper level as screened. The vertical planks probably date from the 1920s or early 1930s, but the windows and screens were replaced in the 1960s. The fish scale shingles between the upper level windows were also a later addition. There is a concrete stoop and rear entrance in the south half of the west elevation. On the interior, the house has approximately 2,700 square feet of space divided almost equally between the two floors. There is no basement. The interior has been remodeled in several phases between the 1930s and the 1990s. The main entrance leads to a foyer with an open staircase. The balustrade and newel post are original, but the carpet and other finished date to the 1980s. There appears to have been a door leading to the porch (blocked at an unknown date). The front half of the house is divided between the living room and the parlor (later used as a dining room). A large roundarch opening separates the two rooms. The finishes of the rooms date from the 1980s in the Nouveau Victorian style. The ceilings have been lowered and box beams added to create a coved ceiling. The fireplace in the living room came from a demolished Victorian home. 3 In the parlor, the original fireplace was replaced with a brick mantel and hearth. Wainscoting and wallpaper in the two rooms are also Nouveau Victorian. A former bedroom has been converted to a den in the north bay. The finishes are brick and rustic that date from the 1970s and 1980s. The room was divided at an unknown date creating a bathroom to the south (1990s finishes and fixtures). The current kitchen was originally two rooms: the kitchen and a small office. The current larger kitchen was remodeled in the 1980s and 1990s. The southwest corner of the enclosed porch is currently used as a laundry room. Some of the cabinetry in this room dates to the 1930s. The room on the north side of the porch was remodeled in the 1980s and it currently being used as an entertainment center. The upper floor can be accessed either by the main staircase in the foyer or from a secondary stair with an exterior entrance in the enclosed porch. The upper floor is divided into four bedrooms, one bathroom with sauna, and the former screened porch. The bedrooms are divided by a long hall running east to west. This bedroom configuration has been in place since the 1930s when the home was used as a boarding house. The current finishes date from the 1970s to the 1990s. The upper floor of the enclosed porch is currently used for storage. The Green-Rasmussen-Beck House sits on 1.16 acres at the corner of 900 East and 12500 South. The property is Lshaped with numerous mature trees. The landscaping is mostly lawn with flower beds around the house. There is a small orchard in the southeast comer of the property. The brick pier and board fence dates to the 1970s. There are four outbuildings on the property, including two historic contributing outbuildings. The oldest is a three-car frame garage built in 1927 and located at the northwest corner of the property. The shed-roof frame chicken coop located southwest of 3 The home from which the fireplace was removed was reportedly in the Avenues area of Salt Lake City. 4 |
