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Show APR 241998 UTAH PRESS ,\ IO:lO:orT A. TION - k ~. ~ r;:ccles -y£ it ~rom 18 1\ 1: . ~en Symphony Ballet Associa· · :ion, a sculpture court and gar :Dens, will face 26th Street. -= Eccles,Community An Cente - . jloard President Cindy Tachman ~ . ...aid the expansion project re J ..nects the collaboration of loca I i :mists, architects, landscapers, I . ~lanners and historians. ( : "It is the goodwill of our pa: -trons that has made the dream a I . «ality ... to brighten this little · ~mer of Ogden," she said. : The historic mansion was built ~ 1893 for Ogden businessman ~ames Oarence Armstrong. - It was purchased in 1896 by ~avid and BenhaEccles, who, ~th their 12 children, lived in it · ::rdr_SO years. : In 1948, the building was giv~ to Weber Stake Academy and :llsed as a women's dormitory. · - It became the Eccles Commu~ity An Center in 19S9. ::: Sandy Havas, who has been ~ director at the center for over · ~O years, said the renovation and ~xpansion project have been a .fang-time dream. · ~ . "Now, it's going to be a dream \¢ome true." ) |
