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Show UTAH HISTORIC SITE MARKER Order Form Date: July 19,1984 Reg; ster: Nat; ona1 Name of Site: John P. Cahoon House Text: This house, built about 1900 for John P. Cahoon, is the finest example of residential Victorian architecture in Murray City. Cahoon was the principal founder of one of the first commercial brick manufacturing plants in Utah in 1878. Incorporated in 1891 as Salt Lake Pressed Brick Company, it is now known as the Interstate Brick Company, one of the largest in the Intermountain West. Cahoon was also important in the brick industry as the organizer of the Brick Manufacturers Association of America, as 'a member of the War Service Committee on Brick, and as the leader in establishing the first trade school in Utah, teaching brick laying to students. Si ze: 19 11 Site Number: N-538 X 15 11 Send invoice and plaque to: Preservation Planning Office Utah State Historical Society 300 Rio Grande Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 |
