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Show The !'l CC;jOf~ % o :z ~'(as designed t)y architect S.C. Elilabetil~ Thf,; NcZ;unes financed a Mansion Oalias for I\lfred two year tOut~ of ti1f! United States 3.nd turope for the drchitect to stuuy arCrlitectural sty lesa.nd techniques before plans \'Jere drmm for the hom~. ,lork inq cl os ely ltd til 1trs .1·'j cCune. the nome was JI.'!S i 9ned by S. C. Oa n as and the construction completed in 1901. Alire!j '.l. NcCune was born July 11, 1849 at fort ~:i1 Ham~ Dum DUHl, CalcJjtta, India. His father, Najor' i'lathew r''lcCune ~"as an officer 1n the dr'itishArm.y Division S u )~vey in last landau. The r"kCune family \'Jas converted to the Mormon faith in 1B51 and if! i~OVem[;er of 1856 tht~yleft India fot Utah f.lnd arrh'ed in Salt Lake City~ SepteHlber 2L 1351. Choosing the f';li1road for business rather than farming, Alfred bf!9an taking contrdcts to build portions of the Utah Southern Hailroild in ld7J. DUri flY the next decade he beciune one of the 1arges t rd n road contractors in the Rocky Nountaill ilfea. In 1880 1 McCune left ranroad building and entered the timber aM bdwin9 business in Hontana. Aga in he VJas wIlllsually successfu'l. and after eight yellrs in i,1ontana the i'lcCunes Ifloved to Sa"lt Lake City in IdWL Mr. i"icCune entered into numerous minln9 ventures in the United ~ tates. Ci,lna!Ja> and Sootn Ameri Cd. LOGcl1 1.'1 he p\lrchas(~J the Sd 1t Lake Ci ty Streetca.r .ts.ys t{~Ifi . In 1920 , tirey waved to Los Anye I es dnu the home ~'/as ~ri ven to the CI1lH"Cn of Jesus Cbrist of Latte)~-ddY Saill"ts. It housed the McCune i School of P,rt dnd l'1uslc until 19SB ~;/hen the l:l:righaw Young UniV(~r5ity j;:;.;\lt Lak;(i tity Center Illoved into the buildiny. Tht~ mansion hasre~' \ cent!y been vacated uno d. private individu.a l has pUl"chased ttH,~ forHler sdwol for use as at'chitectural offices ~md d showroOM for i1iHld-nlade I furn i 'tore. The home is one of the HlOSt elaborate and beautiful mansiolls in tne state. n1i.~ story of Pdfreo ii. !·iCCUflQ, SYlllbolized by Uw magnifi·· cant structure~ indicates that the HOl"'atio f\ltjer traditiun could i)c "' found d!sO among the i'lorHions of Utah even dt i1 ti me lV'len the clluY'ch ivdS emphasiling a somewhat soci alistic cooperative movement Cl9GH.f. i'kCulle and wife I II ! I loD;}). ~ ~~"a~ ~2~~ j~~:"~;~"~~:t' :J~~~;!! ~s ~: ho01 t, il it i ill ustra tns ttt e f e as l i t II; I I I I I i-I I IL.~_"_.__."____."_.__.",.~."..._. _".,,_~_~._~_~"_._._~.~. --,.-.--."-,.~---~"-----"~-,-"-,.-,"~-,---.--,~.-,""--.J .. |
