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BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH FORM: PRINCIPAL OWNERS/ OCCUPANTS OF RESIDENTIAL STRUcrURE- 463 Park Ave. Name: Levi Backus Sex: Male Date of Birth: circa 1848 Location: New York Date of Death: Location: Parents' Full Names: Name of Spouse: Althea Backus Date Married: prior to 12/27/94 Location: Date of Spouse's Death: Children's Full Names: Occupations/Date: Blacksmith Religion: Education: Affiliations/Organizations: Civic/Church Positions: Residences (Addresses and Dates): Miscellaneous Information: Possibly original awner of the structure. Levi Backus purchased the "lot" for $225 in 1885. Structure probably constructed immediately follawing purchase, based on selling price of $2150.00 to David C. McLaughlin, a few years follawing. Sanborn Map of Dec. 1889 indicates structure. Construction Date: 1885-1889 USHSL- no obituary listing; no biographical info. Park Record- no listing in index 1880 Park City Census Record. Name: David Chase McLaughlin Sex: Male Date of Birth: Aug. 26, 1854 Location: Beardstawn, NY Date of Death: June 18, 1901 Location: st. Mark's Hospital-SLC (Park City) (*Park Record-6/22/01-p.3) Interment: Mt. Olivet Cemetery- SLC Parents' Full Names: Name of Spouse: "Etta" Henrietta Young McLaughlin Date Married: June 1888 Location: Date of Spouse's Death: Children's Full Names: Isabel Lois McLaughlin Occupations/Date: "a widely knawn mining man" (USHSL-o.b. index); Part awner of Quincy Corp. w/ James Farrell; Agent and Attorney for Park City Tawnsite Corp. who were a group of men who promoted and carried out the platting of the tawnsite in 1880. (Roper, Roger and Debra Randall. "Residences of Mining Boom Era Park City Thematic Nomination." Utah State Historical Sociehj, 1984.) Ferry & McLaughlin Freighting Outfit (Park Record, Nov. 12, 1887, p.3) Religion: Episcopal Education: Univ. of Michigan, Law School Affiliations/Organizations: Bd. of Directors Pwer Co. Civic/Church Positions: Liberal Party; City Council (Park Record- Jan. 1, 1894) Residences (Addresses and Dates): Miscellaneous Information: "A prominent figure in the development of Park City, mineral and otherwise, and to him, more than to anyone man, should be given the credit of this camp's greatness." - Improvement Era, Vol. 4:718 (USHSLibrary) Purchased property (with improvements?)for $2150.00 from Levi Backus, prior to 1890. 1900 Park Cittj Census Record (lived on Park Ave.)