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Show i; TIlE DAILY TRIBUNE Stl.lt :Le.ke city, Utah ,/ ',.":~ ".",. ',, . ' .•... // v 'Mq.t iday, Morn! ng February 1, 1897 ', -- , ~ ,' HISTORIC OLD HANSIO'T **** The Famous Beehive House Ha.s a. !te'W Ovner. PURCHASED BY JOHN BECK **** Will make materin.l alterat~ons in it and use it as a residt;nce.- " Consideration said to have been $60,OOO-Inte~estin~ r:emini!lcens~s;> _of the ~it'e of BrighemYoung in the .o1:& :J;lome'::'ChangEls : made'; "l)y:.j: , ". Youpg-Extent of the grounds that belonged to it 'Wh~nit ",a~ built • .Brigham Young is residence, the , Beehive House~has been sold to irohn B~ck" the \lell-kno'Wn miping man. The historic old mansion at the EagleGate· thatf'o;r many y~ar!? , played an important part in local history. 'Will be 'r enovated t})rougho1!tt~nd made one ofthepr<;mlinent homes of the City. '" ~ ':~f:';,,,, Mr.B'e clv,i ssaid to have paid $60,000 for the property .and1t · t',~ ' h is .i'h~te.'r;J.tiorr; t?hii.v,~, t,h~~\i;!I'Ont,oroldportionor ',the mansi~n. , so 10ng 'jUr.1t~na:n~~d:" ,';: tranSf6#W~~\-f i. into': Il~';modern, habi ta,b leresidence""and he "'ill take posse,s.slon pf th~ ' prope~tY' June Tn . ';', it " .t",E" ;':,·.:,',1,... . '.. ,'",.' ::':: '. .,"0;·.. ·,- . ·.c .~" . '.' " ,., M.?~!ir'B~~·'kwillnothave to expend much llloneyto make the f!'~A~ . ~art;'ionart"}i~~ii~tiC 'li~me' f,or.' iri ;;J889~ "John W.Y9un~"vho had bought the place , · the,· yea.i~t~~ror~'. , h~~ , ~(V· farprogre~sed 'in ·the alterations a..s ;t o r..ake the interiorconforrnt9 the "delTlt;1,n'ns,Cof ; modern , at9h~\tectur'e : an4at the 5 e, 'time the old-fas hi,oned archi~ec.-t«ritiA·' dec~~~n :(ya~" 81ll a most pleasing compination ot , thean~ien,t"': a.na ;~< retained ', and today theinteriqriS 'mo,d'e rn '~t'yl'e ~ . . " ~ ',:.:~~" . "'~ i "';';;:;:~ ';"(,'~"'" ';,;'I'he mo~t import,ant ",orkto be done is in the mni,nentrance .vh·i 9h i s 'no~JX>ard.ed . up~ "',Jju,t :boxe4 ' up in the hall ar.e ,tpe o'uk doors . in $ever alpanels. ail . ¥;'i:!idr :,tb , l)e ' .. .hJ,lng "'Wh1ch'Were ordered by' JohnW. ' X,o ung 'When he vas rebuil-ding . t~~ >H9us, ~. ": Other~ · 'Wise his ' idee.$ he.dbeen carri·e .d ; out ,and the various rqom~ are near~Yallfrni.shed " ' accord'i~ng " to~" h1il")~'lans :', ·1·:,';"U, ~--.. . ·':.>:\(~/1~~'~::\:;';-~:<:': ·· .;:;.,':.;t:,. ,. .... ',', . ." ' .. ' " ';:';"\:""~,:: " " ";, , '; <W:.f.;. '..' J{henMr. -Young ,took , the" property he pai? for i t $35.000 to Mrs : ~ ~U~y;, p~~i~~r ', ~Qupg. ,who ' 'W'~s, perhaps its most intimateoccu~ant. she having I i ved there' for many ye~r's ~ stAAd.l~gtodaYin ' front of the. rear add it iO ll i SI!l ;tall lo~ust tree,,' ' 1L'h~s . ''W~s .: pl~t"ed . by Mrs ." Lucy Deck~r Young in the early days of 1847, ",hen theploneers /f~rsts~t.~led ' thevlllley, . Thi.s · reare.ddition isa modern and handsome d'Welling,i;fn''( nself~;' :I.t ' ~s;K " " bun,t , l>),,; JQhnW. ' a~er he had 'boug'ht the property. I~1s nov occ~pied . ~YS ~~~i~~lli~r ..... ql~",.~.pn,¥hohasr~tted it up most artistically, and lt8; sa:l.~m i~. a ' reall)" '~~M, t,t~ "t een~'. '~m,vhlletlle long hall and stairvay, innatl ve pine" i; i,, : a£!J;,: he.ndsom~ ;~!#!;i~~.!~" , 'a n4 t!ri:ish ,asco~d-be ",ished, It is the old stairvay from thetroll'!;haU;~ ::\~~~:~~(,,~~ij/::" , 'Dei reC,onstructe<\. ' . .. . ,. '" ' . ,:?t"~~~':,;~t~~e¥'<"fr'(j'c'" ' Through , 1;he~ourtesy of Mr. Cla'Wson, a Tribune reporter ,vent : t~~ugn i ~q~ , 1toia~.~ ;~~ da,y la$t veek an4paasecl e.n .1nteresting hour going up '.and dO\l11 ' the' 1Il4nY cst&~:t·. , and . ,'. " eXQ,min1ng the lotty, olcl"'fashioned rooms in the older. part ot the mansion. . •. ,: , . " ', ' . . . . , t"" '-','.: "\:', |
