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Show ~ri1 (ti,eY. No. 10·3OQa 1Q-741 lJNITEDSTATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER.OF HlSTORIC PLAC~S . INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM CONT1NU~TION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 8 "powerhous'el f now sits in a corner of the Oakwood estate. sl.DlIIIler tea parties, luncheons and other entertainments. PAGE 3 Oakwood was the . site 'of many In 1919 Mrs~ Emery-Holmes gave Oakwood to her nephew, Harold B. Lamb. Mr. Lamb's mother died in childbirth and Mrs. Holmes treated him as her own son. Harold Lamb was married to Grizel1e HoustQIl of Salt City . The couple had three children, James Houston, Susan and Harold B. Lamb, ' Jr~ Harold Lamb was a self-trained landscape architect. He received his early experience working on the grounds of Oakwood. The greenhouse Mr. Lamb ' worked from is long since gone from the site, but early pictures recall oakwood's beautifully l~dscaped grounds. Mr. Lamb was associated with the well-known Utah architectural finn of Walter E. Ware and Alberto O. Treganza. He worked with Ware . and Treganza in .creating the gardenssurrimndiilg Sru.t."Lake' s finest homes and designed the Salt Lake Golf Course. " In " 1925, Mr. Lamb died suddenly of a ruptured appendix. He left no will and Oahmod was divided .t3IIlOng, -Mr.s. Lamb and her chi).,ciren . . Mrs . .Lamb m<;I.rried William O'CoIlIfOT i.n1928,. .;mdthe couple lived in this house. .Mr. O'Conner died in 1975 and Mrs. O'Conn~r in 1978. Lake Dr. Harold Lamb and his brother now live in homes built on the original OaJG..uod estate. Dr." Lamb, whose home is directly west 'of Oakwood plans to restore the old mansion and ,Tent it as a private . residence. |
