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5056 Utah State Historical Society Property Type: 11 1 Site No. ________ Historic Preservation Research Office B TC H KE Y Structure/Site Information Form 1 80 4 0 45336 1 Street Address: 00 73 G ST UTM: 13605 1 3606 z o t= Name of Structure: T. n 1 0 N R. 1 . 0 E S. 31 c:( () u: Present Owner: t= MI RO SU S z w 7 G ST c Owner Address: SL C UT 8 41 3 Year Built (Tax Record): 1896 Effective Age: 19 8 Tax #: 4 02 4- 3 0 01 Legal Descri ption 0 1 Kind of Building: RES IDE CE BEG AT SE COR LOT 4 . BLK 21. P L A T Ot LC SU R ; N 2 1 J 2 os · W 10 R S ; S 5 7 . 25 T ; E l OS; N 16 FT TO BEG . 475 9 - 523. 524 2 Original Owner: Construction Date: Demol ition Date: w CJ) ~ Original Use: PrestYlt Use: CJ) ~ .... Building Condition: Integrity: Preliminary Evaluation: Final Register Status: «.... CJ) o Excellent o Site o Unaltered o Significant o Not of the o National Landmark 0 District o Good o Ruins o Minor Alterations o Contributory Historic Period o National Register 0 Multi-Resource o Deteriorated o Major Alterations o Not Contributory o State Register o Thematic Photography: Date of Slides: Slide No.: Date of Photographs: Photo No.: 3 z Views: 0 Front 0 Side 0 Rear 0 Other Views: 0 Front 0 Side 0 Rear 0 Other o t= Research Sources: c:( .... o Abstract of Title o Sanborn Maps o Newspapers o U of U Library z w o Plat Records l Map o City Directories o Utah State Historical Society o BYU Library :E ~ o Tax Card & Photo o Biographical Encyclopedias o Personal Interviews o USU Library () o o Bu ilding Perm it o Obiturary Index o LDS Church Archives o SLC Library o o Sewer Permit o County & City Histories o LDS Genealogical Society o Other Bibliographical References (books, articles, records, interviews, old photographs and maps, etc.): Researcher: Date: Street Address: Site No: 4 Architect/ Builder: w a: ....;:) Building Materials: o w !:: J: Building Type/Style: () a: « Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) Photos 5 Statement of Historical Significance: Construction Date: a:> o.... ~ J: ·. fie eaTchs:: J:essie Embry Site No. _____--::_ . Date: June 6,1978 Utah State Historical Society Historic Preservation Research Office Structure/Site Information Form 1z o Street Address: 73 G Street Plat D BI. 2lLot 1 ~ u Name of Structure: T. R. S. iL: Present Owner: Stanley Shepherd Adams UTM: z~ w o Owner Address: 73 G Street Salt Lake City. Utah 84103 Tax#: 2 Original Owner: David Le1U1ox MurdochConstruction Date: 1892-1894 Demolition Date: w Original Use: single-family residential tn ::J ....... Occupants: Z Present Use: o rI Single-Family o Park o Vacant ~ o Multi-Family o Industrial o Religious C z o Public o Agricultural o Other o o Commercial o .......w C) Building Condition: Integrity: c( rI Excellent o Site o Unaltered o Good o Ruins .IMinor Alterations o Deteriorated o Major Alterations Preliminary Evaluation: Final Register Status: rISignif icant o National Landmark 0 District o Contributory o National Register 0 Multi-Resource o Not Contributory o State Register 0 Thematic o Intrusion Photography: 4 Date of Slides: May,1977 Date of Photographs: z Views: Front 'Side 0 Rear 0 Other 0 o Views: Front 0 Side 0 Rear 0 Other 0 Research Sources: Sz o Abstract of Title o City Directories o LOS Church Archives w :!: o Plat Records o Biographical Encyclopedias o LOS Genealogical Society ::l o o Plat Map o Obituary Index o U of U Library o o Tax Card & Photo o County & City Histories o BYU Library o o Bu ilding Perm it o Personal Interviews o USU Library o Sewer Permit o Newspapers o SLC Library o Sanborn Maps ~Utah State Historical Society Library o Other B i bl iog raph ical References (books, articles, records, interviews, old photographs and maps, etc.): "David L. Murdoch house," State Register Files, Utah State Historical Society. Salt Lake City Building Permit, #289, April 29, 1892; #9953, April 5, 1918. 73 G Street 5 Architect/Builder: H.H. Anderson/ William Aspen and Company w Building Materials: brick Building Type/ Style: Queen Anne cr:: ::> t Description of physical appeara nce & significant architectural featu res : u w (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and la ndscaping if appl icable) !::: :I: U This is a two-story Queen Anne style mansion built of light brown brick cr:: « with wood and red brick trim. There is a front center eyelid window in the main hip roof. At the southeast corner of the house is a square two-story tower whose four-sided bell carved roof has a triangular- dormer window. The tower has a bracketted cornice with decorative brickwork below, a large. second floor window with a sunlight and carved red brick drip molding, and a large t r ansomed first floor window with a carved lintel. At the northwest corner of the main facade a gabled bay projects. The gable has fascia boards with rossettes and there is a small triple window with an ornately carved sunburst pattern lintel. Second floor windows have decorative upper sash while first floor windows are arched with carved drip molding. A red brick belt course separates the first and second floors, and two smaller corbelled belt courses of brown brick are found on the first story. The ornate front porch has a mansard roof with a pediment in front. rfhe pediment has dental molding and an elab orate carved center panel. The porch below has a screen of turned members supported by carved bracketts, turned porch columns, and a balustrude with turned balusters. In the interior much of the original oak woodwork remains, supplemented by a recent remodell· directed by Salt Lake City designer Richard Assenberg. --Thomas W. Hanchett Statement of Historical Significance: 6 o Aborig inal Americans o Communication o Military o Reli g ion > o Conservation o Mining o Science cr:: o Agricult ure o o Arch itectu re o Education o Minority Groups o Socio-Humanitarian t- o The Arts o Exploration/ Settlement o Po li tical o Transportation ~ :I: o Commerce o Industry o Recreation This house is significant because of its Queen Anne architectural style and because David Murdoch was a prominent businessman on the Avenues. David Lennox Murdoch, (1852-1928) born --in Cronbury, Ayr Scotland, (son of William Murdoch, superintendent of the Underground Coal Mines in Murkirk, Scotland), who at the age of twelve went to London and later became a private secreta!y to the Whitelaws in Parliment. He and Elizabeth Pinkerton Thyne, Born in 1851 in Glasgow, Scotland, were married in Glasgow on April 18,1878, and came to Utah the same year because of his membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They settled in Heber City where Mr. Murdoch taught school and five of their children were born. Elizabeth Murdoch was baptized a member of the LDS Church in 1878 and the couple was sealed in the Endowment House in 1879. They moved to Salt Lake and were able to purchase the property on G Street from President Karl G. Maeser. The Murdoch family lived in the little adobe house (69 G) on the property innnediately to the south while building the "big house" as they referred to it. Mr. Murdoch insisted that the rock foundation be allowed to settle one full year before any bricks be laid. The house took two-and-one-half years to build. It was finished in 1894. Ten children were born in the family but only five lived to adulthood: William (Who served as City-Commissioner in charge of finance in Salt Lake City,), Janet (Mrs. Jerry Thompson, a member of the General Board of the Relief Society), ll Nora, Mary and Afton (the only child born in the "big house ). David Lennox Murdoch worked in the accounting department of ZOMI and at the time of his retirement was chief accountant. From 1905 to 1907 he served on a mission for the LDS Church in Scotland. He also managed the twentieth ward Co-op STATE OF UTAH DIVISION OF STATE HISTORY HISTORIC SITES SURVEY (Type or Print - Complete Applicable Sections) Common: Private ~esidence and/or Historic: David Lenno ~ Murdoch home Street and Number or Other Description of Location 71 G Street City, Town, or Township Salt Lake City, Utah State I Code I County: I Code UTAH I 49 I Sale Lake I CATEGORV ACCESSIBLE (Check One) OWNERSHIP , STATUS TO THE PUBLIC District 0 Building r/J Public Public Acquisition: Occupied r/J Yes: Site 0 Structure 0 Private ~ In Process 0 Unoccupied 0 Restricted /J Object 0 Both 0 Being Considered 0 Pr?servation wor~ Unrestricted 0 In progress No: 0 PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Agricultural 0 Government 0 Park [) Transportation o Zoning (Specify) 0 (") Commercial 0 Industrial 0 Private Residence rtJ Other (Specify) o Comments o o c Educational 0 Military o Religious 0 ~ :< Entertainment 0 Museum o Scientific 0 Owners Name: Stanley Shepherd Adams Street and Number 73 G Street C ity or Town: State· Zip Code I Code Sal t Lake City I . Utah 1 Courthouse, Registry of Deeds, Etc: Street and Number: CJ) ; Z City or Town: ZiPCode~ I» 3 lA~_ CD Approximate Acreage of Nominated Property: [i'/!i1 ~~t"'t!N1.~n~~:~ti;J:~~~.~~$.~;r~:v.t::{i}}}))j~Hit:}k·;·;~·ir\\::::~;:~:~·:.?:::::\(}}\/:::' ~ ·:.((~:{·;\·\Y;·i{::\~·/~Y{\i\~\:}:\~fiJ.\\Ff{{{;:::~ }~·i)H}: title of Survey Records: Date of Survey : Federal o State o County 0 .