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Show tIPS for'll lO- NO-a Ill. WDrdPerfKt 5. 1 for.at (Rev isH feb . (993) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. ~ Page-2- Crescent Elementary School. Sandy. Salt Lake County. UT Raymond J. Ashton was born in 1887 in Salt Lake City. At the age of ten, after serving as waterboy on construction jobs, he learned bricklaying. While attending the University of Utah, his summers were spent as draftsman in the chief engineer's office of the Union Pacific Railroad. He attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts School of Architectural Design in Chicago, returning to Salt Lake and teaming with Francis Rutherford in 1918." The firm of Ashton and Evans designed many education buildings, such as the field house at the University of Utah, the Holladay Grade School (1928) and the gymnasium of the Riverton School. They also designed the Capitol Hill LOS Ward Chapel (1928), the Cedar City Hotel (1928), and several homes throughout Salt Lake City.25 See continuation sheet " 'Archltect Raymond J. Ashton Merits Profession Accolade,' Salt Lake Tribune, November 10, 1946. "Arch i tects' Fi les, Utah State Preservation Office . |
