HISTORIC SITES nARKER :JRJER FOR. I ::AME OF SITE William Spry Hane -~--- DAT~ November 8, 1974 ·-------~ PROPJSED TEXT: Built in alx>ut 1901 by Walter G. Tuttle. The oone was acquired in 1911 by Cbvemor William Spr.J woo resided here six of his eight years as Cbvernor. On Christmas 1916 a OOmb was disoovered in front of the house. ~rhis threat was thought to be the result of C'IOVer.oor Spry' s failure to corrmute the sentenoo of Joe Hill, singing hero of t.00 early lal:or novarent. I ] vJOuld like to order a marker \i'iitn t r1e text as propos ed. 0 I would like to orde r a ma rk er with the folloHi ng changes in the proposed text. _c:J Please J i 11 me. r=1 Check enclosed. (:lake payable to Pe rmaloy Corporation) Renarks ------ Return to: Historic Preservation Staff ~ arne _________ _______ Utah Historical Society 603 East South Temp le Street Address --- Salt Lake City, Utah G4102 Te 1ephone ___ \ 2 <6 ....I . s-r. tJrAH HIS'IDRIC SITES INVEN'IO_R':l__ _ ,...,,N-ame-~-an-d.....,,}),_..,\d_dieSr--· _s_o_fl""'"':S:::""'i"'":'te-·-Olme-;o;::. -::". ·r-·--· Date I A °1 s gr t...ui I l io..M A+h.a.S August 16, 1974 __ _ ------- ·---Architect or BUilder &z P 8b1ccb , 0~8 Walter G. Tuttle Address of Site ·----- 0":'.:-riginal ·Use 368 First Avenue, SLC ..S..i.ngl.e....family ~O-r~ig-1~· n-al...:;..:~CM11,...:...~e~r:.:.......:.:..:...::.::.;:.;:..~:..:=:.::__~--~~~ Prese..~t Use ft.sL~~-- · ·-------- Walter G. Tuttle AEartments_J_4j__ _ ··- _- ·--------- Material Year Built Stone foundation, frame upper about 1901 1. Describe b'-ie historical significance of the site. Include. a disc'_lSsion of t.L1le original and subsequent owners, and dates and events associat ed with the building and the owners. The block of land on which the house stands (South Temple to First Avenue between D and E Streets) was originally owned by John Sharp. Mr. Sharp was one of three brothers prominent in early Utah. He was noted as an organizer of the Wasatch Woolen Mills and the Utah Southern Railroad (later incorporated into Union Pacific), as well as a politican, industrialist, and member of the Nauvoo Legion. Later owners of the plot included John F. Cahoon, a Curtis family, and E. H. Aries. Walter G. Tuttle bought part of the lot about 1900 and built the house in question about 1901. Governor William Spry and his wife Mary bought the house in 1911 and lived there until 1921 when they moved to Washington, D.C. In 1943, Mrs. Spry sold the house to · , J. A. Alder, and it has since been turned into partments. (.nou.> 0CA.)n-td b-y UH\\\~ A°"'l'\A~) f aI William Spry lived in this house during his years as governor of Utah (1909-1917). On Christmas Eve, 1916, some sticks of dynamite went off in back of the house which appeared, at first, to be the work of frightened burglars. However, the next morning, a neighbor. , Mr. Neslen, was sweeping the walks after a record breaking snow storm and discovered a bomb planted by the front steps of the Spry home. Fortunately, it was detonated before anyone was injured. The bomb was thought to be the work of the IWW. The IWW and other radical labor groups had been threatening Gov Spry for months ever since he had sentenced Joe Hill, the singing hero of the early labor movement, to death for murder--and then carried out the sentence in spite of pleas ranging from the labor movement to Woodrow Wilson himself. But the guilty party was never found and the attempted bomQing has remained a mystery. The week after this, Gov. Spry ' s term expired. His most visible accomplishment is the Utah State Capitol which was planned and completed during his tenure. (See attached summary) - 2 - .. 2. Describe the building in t enns of its architectural significanee~ Iriclude a characterization of the style, a description of any unique features it might possess as well as the cx::>ntribution it makes to the ·environment. ·· , ~ . 3. Describe what alterations have been made to the original structure o For example, -· have :· there -' b~en ariy· additions? Where? · -When? In what V!ays has use of the in- terior space been altered? Has the building-been-qtuccoed or · oth~:rwise __ _ sheathed? - 3 - 4. Describe the physical condition of the site at the present timeo 5 o What are the future plans for the site? 6. Sources used in corrpiling the historyo (Persons interviewedr books., . diaries, family histories, newspapers, etc.) William Spry, Man of Firmness: Governor of Utah by William L. Roper and Leonard J. Arrington, 1971. Salt Lake County Recorder and Assessor Salt Lake City Directories 7. Person corcpiling fonn~ Return to: Preservation Planning Office Utah Historical Society 603 Eo South Tetnple Salt Lake City, Utah 84102 .., In the eighth legislature a part of Governor Spry's message read, Tenth .Legislature Accomplishments .. An. imperative necessity exists for the erection of a State Capitol Build­ · A state banking department was created, with C. A. Glazier ap· for which plans will be submitted ing. }'his is a task of great magnitude • ! pointed as bank commissioner. later. A state board of sheep commissioners was appointed, to cooperate . At this session legal holidays were approved as follows: Sunday of with federal inspectors of the Bureau of Animal Husbandry. each week; January 1st, New Year's Day; February 12, Lincoln's birth­ The State Normal School, at Cedar City, Iron County, was made a day; February 22nd, Washington,'s birthday; April 15, Arbor Day; May branch of the State Agricultural College at Logan. 30, Decoration Day; July 4, Independence Day; July 24, Pioneer Day; · May 31, 1913. An amendment to the Constitution of t~e United the first Monday in September, Labor Day; December 25, Christmas Day; States, providing for the election of senators by the people, instead of and all other days as set apart by the President of the United States. by the state legislators, went into effect. Other Laws Enacted Eleventh Legislature A conservation commission appointed .. To ascertain the natural re­ One of the most important laws passed in thi~ s~ssion w~s th~t sources of the state, to adopt and carry out such measures as will prevent authorizing a commission .. To make an inquiry, exammati~n and . mvest~­ waste of the same, and to cooperate with the National Conservation gation into the subject of a direct compensation law, for mdustnal acc1· Commission," etc. dents." · . A state dairy and food bureau was created. Appropriation made for An irrigation and water rights commission ~as created to mvestigate sinking artesian wells, an insurance department was established, provision conditions in the state and report to the next legislature. was made for registering, numbering and licensing motor vehicles, Governor Spry was given authority to appoint a committee of seven standardizing of public highway system provided for, appropriation made citizens to select a site upon the capitol grounds for a monument. to the to entertain members of the Grand Army of the Republic in Salt Lake Mormon Battalion and $1,000 was appropriated to secure a design for 1 City, August 1909, and also an appropriation of $10,000 made for con­ the monument. · · · , i struction of state arsenal and armory. Thirty-five thousand dollars was allowed for the disJ?lay of Uta~ s §11 Industrial The Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition of August 1909 found Utah products and resources at the San Fran~isco and Sar: ~iego. m new very creditably represented, the display and exercises advertised to the 'Expositions in 1915 and $20,000 ·~ppropnated. for furmshmgs th~ and was .a world, the resou;ces and possibilities of the "Beehive State." capitol building which was neanng compl~tion _magn~fice~t grantte and local bu1klmg m,tten,tl Participation in the United States Land and Irrigation Expositions, structure in which a great deal of Utah himself a competent and hcl<l in Chicago, 1909-1910, showed the advantages to be derived from had been used. Governor Spry had proven ~ery still regard the state the ownership of a farm in the irrigated sections of the West, Utah's untiring leader in this project and many peopl_e . public spirited citizens, with their donations and the aid of Governor . capitol building as a monument to Governor Wilham Spry. legislature adjourned to the state capitol Spry, making this an outstanding event. February 10, 1915, the of the sessi~n. ; building for the remainder I - t .- died Apnl 21, 1929, m Washmgton, D. C., Niuth Legislature Governor William Spry 1 loved and honored by the people of the state he had served so well.- ·1 board on The providing for appointment, by the governor, of a Noble Warrum. revenue and taxation, full investigation to be made as well as systems used by other states and report to be made in tenth legislature. GOVERNOR SIMON BAMBERGER 1 An appropriation was made for the construction of an electric plant Fourth Governor of the State of Utah - 1917-1921 to supply light and power to the State Agricultural in Logan Canyon, Simon Bamberger, the fourth governor of the state of Ut~h, ~as properties. College, and other state born at Darmstadt, Germany, February 27, 1845. Soon after. his birth appropriation of $750,000 was made and a $1,000,000 bond An his father, Emanuel Bamberger, took part in a German rev.o!ution under the construction of the State Capitol building. issued for the leade~ship of Carl Sohurz.