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This text message is used to keep the image from rotating in ocr process. Be sure to crop the top .25" off after the ocr process. ~------_ 263 B St Avenues H. D. Salt Lake City Salt Lake County SCANNED AUG 212018 UTAH STATE HISTORY 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 39222005451310 Site No. _ _ _ _ __ Researcher: Jessie Embry Date: Feb, 4,1978 Utah State Historical Society Historic Preservation Research Office Structure/Site Infonnation Fonn 1z o ~ (J ~ ~ Z III 2 2 i 8 iii ~ Present Owner: ' Owner Address: Original Owner: Leon J. Findlay Original Use: Present Use: OPn o Industrial o AgricuHural Building Condition: Excellent o Deteriorated •~ ~ • 4 z o ~ !EIII ~ g (J o o Construction Date: Occupants: o Other L ~nallefed IJ"Mlnor Alterations o Major Alterations Final Register Status: o NatlonaiUndmn o National Register o State Register o Significant ~ Contributory o Not Contributory o Intrusion 0 District 0 Multi-Resource 0 Thematic 5/77 Date of Slides: Views: Front Side 0 Rear 0 Other 0 rI Research Sources: o Abstract of Title o Plat Records o Plat Map o Tax Card & Photo "'Building Permit o Sewer Permit o Sanborn Maps Demolition Date: o Vacant o Religious Preliminary EvaluaUon: Photography: 1913 Integrity: Site Ruins Date of Photographs: Views: Front 0 Side 0 Rear 0 Other 0 • City Directories Biographical Encyclopedias o Obituary Index o County & City Histories o Personal Interviews rJI Newspapers ~ Utah State H istorical Society Library a Bibliographical References S. Tax#: single-family ~ Single-family o Multi-Family o Public o Commet'clal o T. R. UTM: Olpin, Roger K & JGood 3 Plat D BI. 72 Lot 1 Street Address: 263 B Street Name of Structure: o o o o o o o LOS Church Archives LOS Genealogical Society U of U Library BYU Library USU LIbrary SLC Library Other (books. articles. records . interviews. old photographs and maps. etc.) : "Leon J. Findlay," Deseret News, June 3,1938, p.20. Polk, SLC Directory, 1914-1977. Salt Lake City building permits April 14,1913, #4947. 263 'B' St. - 1913 5 w a: ::J l- t) W Architect/Builder: Building Materials: /S. J. Cobb brick Building Type/Style: bungalow Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) l- i: t) a: c( 6 > a: o l- I/) J: This is a one-story bungalow, probably of pattern book design with a hip roof, and front and side dormer windows. On the west side is a bay window and an exterior chimney. The recessed front porch has square tapered wooden columns on stone or cement block posts. The wrought iron balustrade is not original. Statement of Historical Significance: o Aboriginal Americans o Agriculture ~Arch itectu re o The Arts o Commerce o o o o o Communication Conservation Education Exploration / Settlement Industry o o o o o Military Mining Minority Groups Political Recreation o o o o Religion Science Socio-Humanitarian Transportation This bungalow adds to the architectural character of the Avenues. Leon J. Findlay took out a building permit to build this house in 1913. Findlay was born April 20,1865 to Hugh and Annie Nelson Findlay. He served an LDS Mission to Colorado and New Mexico in 1900. He married Martha Dunnaboo Sept.23,1908 in the LDS Salt Lake Temple. He was a salesman. His widow, Martha continued to live in the house until 1941. She was born April 4,1872 in Co11egevike , Arkansas to Issac Newton and Laura Jane Medlock Dunnaboo. She came to Utah in about 1908. She was active in the LDS Church. She died in 1958 at her home which was then 69 North State. In 1942 Ray Ripley, a meatcutter at O.P. Skaggs System lived in the house. From 1944 to 1976 O. Eugene Oviatt, a machine operator for Arder Dairy, owned the house and lived here. In 1977 he and his wife Laurel W. moved to an apartment at 107 b Street. Grant P. Taylor, a fie1dman for Utah Farmer-Stockmen Magazine bought the house. Avenues Historic District. 263 B. St. Salt Lake City Salt Lake County. 4270 Utah State Historical Society Property Type: 111 Site No. _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Historic Preservation Research Office AA TCH KEY 1804043730 Structure/Site Information Form 1 z o ~ c o Street Address: 00263 UTM: R ST Name of Structure: T. 0 1 • 0 N R. 0 1 • 0 E S. 31 BETTINELLI SHARON L OLPIN*ROGER*K* & 263 B S T c Owner Address: SA LT LAK E CITY, UTAH 8 41 fl 3 Effective Age: 1 9:3 3 Tax' : O ~ 1 089 Year Built (Tax Record ): 1913 Legal Description 0 1 Kind of Building : RESIDENCE BEG 7 8 1/ 2 FT N FR SE COR L OT 1 , ALK 72,PL A T D, SLC SUR; N 38 1/4 FT; W 120 FT; S 38 1/~ FT; E 120 F T TO BE G. ~ ~ Present Owner: 2 Original Owner: Construction Date: Original Use: Present Use: zw Bu ilding Condition: o o o o E.xcellent o Good Site Ru ins Deteriorated 3 Photography: ~ Research Sources: o Abstract of Title o Plat Records l Map z o ~ Z w ~ ::;) o g Integrity: Preliminary Evaluation : Final Register Status: o o o UnaHered o Minor AlteraUons U Contributory o o o Major AlteraUons Views: 0 Front 0 Side 0 Rear o o o Tax card & Photo Building Permit Sewer Permit o o o City Directories Biograph ical Encyclopedias County & City Histories 0 Not of the Historic Period Not Contributory NaUonal Landmark 0 District NaUonal Reg ister 0 MulU·RelOurce State Reg ister 0 ThemaUc Date of Photographs: Photo No.: Views: 0 Fron t 0 Side 0 Rear 0 Other 0 Other Sanborn Maps Obltura.ry Index o Significant Slide No.: Date of Slides: o o Demolition Date: o o o o o Newspapers Utah State Historical Society Personal Interviews LOS Church Arch ives LOS Genealogical Society o o o o o U of U Library BYU Library USU Library SLC Library Other Bibliographical References (books, articles, recordS,lntervlews, old photographs and maps, etc .): Researcher: Date: 4w II: Street Address: Architect/Builder: ~ Building Materials: i Building Type/Style: ow o II: C Site No: Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features : (Include add itions, alterations, anc illary structures, and landscaping If applicable) Photos 5 > II: o ~ :z: Statement of Historical Significance: Construction Date: Archive article Deseret News http://www.desnews.comlcgi-binilibstoIY_state?dn98&9810290218 .; L; 0 n Deseret News Archives, Thursday, October 29, 1998 Flames damage 2 nearby residences; cause is unknown A nearly remodeled house in Avenues damaged by fire By Jennifer Dobner, Staff Writer For a brief moment, Mike LaVelle thought there had been a tum in the Thursday morning weather. LaVelle was just out of the shower and toweling his hair dry when he heard what he thought was hail falling on the roof of his brick-and-wood house, 263 N. B St., in the Avenues. With a glance out a window, he saw no sign of foul weather. Upon further inspection, LaVelle, 54, discovered his roof was on fire. He wasn't the only one who noticed. The 7:29 a.m. fire, which initially appears to have started in the attic of the two-story house, produced a lot of smoke and three explosions that attracted the attention of both neighbors and passing motorists. Peter Danzig was cooking breakfast when he heard the explosions. "It sounded like a car crunching into something," said Danzig, who lives about three houses north on the comer ofB Street and Sixth Avenue. "When I went outside, I could see the flames shooting up from the roof." Some neighbors said the flames shot twice the height of the house. Fire department dispatchers said they could see the fire from their offices on the fifth floor of the city's public safety complex at 200 South and 300 East, Salt Lake City Fire Capt. Denny McKone said. Firefighters took 30 minutes to get the three-alarm blaze under control but were unable to keep it from spreading. To the south, flames licked the sides of a stucco residence, singing the walls black. To the north, where the homeowners are away on vacation, fire spread to the roof of their wood-sided house and into the attic, McKone said. Damage is estimated at $750,000, McKone said. A cause ofthe fire is still undetermined. No one was injured. LaVelle, a Delta Air Lines pilot, was in the midst of remodeling the house, which was built in 1913 and has been his home for eight years. A contractor had just finished installing all new floors and several new walls. "I was about three weeks away from being done," he said, shaking his head as he watched fire hoses continue to pound the charred structure with water. Now he's keeping his fingers crossed that he has good fire insurance. "This definitely is surreal," he said. © 1998 Deseret News Publishing Co. lof2 11/3/982 :21 PM • ..., -- - , -:- UTAH STATE HISTORICAL "'...... ~"t ,-" _-,' j~) C~,l.~ Michael O. Leavitt Governor MaxJ.Evans Oire<:tor Department of Community and Economic Development Division of State History Utah State Historical Society 300 Rio Grande Salt Lake City. Utah 84101-1182 [phone] FAX: [phone] TOO: 533-3502 cehistry,ushs@email ,state,uLus SINCE ,aIJ7 November 5, 1998 MIKE LAVELLE 263 BSTREET SALT LAKE CITY UT 84103 RE: State Historic Preservation Tax Credit Dear Mr. LaVelle: My condolences on the extensive loss caused by the fire last week in your historic house. I drove by your damaged house Tuesday to evaluate the building's continued eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing building in the Avenues Historic District. While the damage is extensive, it appears substantial portions of the historic house remain and the destroyed portions could be successfully recreated or reconstructed. It will be a challenging process and we would like to offer some assistance through the Utah Historic Preservation Tax Credit. Enclosed is the application package for the state historic preservation tax credit which provides for a credit equal to 20 percent of qualified rehabilitation expenditures against your state income tax. To qualify, all proposed or on-going work must be approved by our office as meeting the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation before the project is completed. Also, a minimum of $10,000 must be spent on the rehabilitation over a maximum period of 36 months. There is no fee to apply for this tax credit. This application is separate from any review or application that may be required by a local preservation commission or the Utah Heritage Foundation. If you are interested in the state tax credit, you are strongly encouraged to apply as soon as possible to verify if anyon-going work meets the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. Once work is underway, changes to bring the project into conformance with the Standards can be difficult, expensive or occasionally impossible to make. All aspects of the work must meet the Standards or the entire project will be ineligible for the tax credit. Photographs showing all significant areas of work prior to the beginning of construction are required as part of the application. I hope the state historic preservation tax credit can help you realize a successful, high quality rehabilitation project. Please let me know if you have any questions or if I can be of further assistance. You can reach me at 801/533-3562 or at [e-mail] Sincerely, ~~~L2/JA ~ 17 She;~~:~ Charles M. Historical Architect State Historic Preservation Office Preserving and Sharing Utah's Past for the Present and Future