Avon Apartments

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Avon Apartments
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Location961 Twenty-fifth Street, Ogden, Utah
Coordinates 41°13′13″N111°57′14″W / 41.22028°N 111.95389°W / 41.22028; -111.95389 (Avon Apartments) Coordinates: 41°13′13″N111°57′14″W / 41.22028°N 111.95389°W / 41.22028; -111.95389 (Avon Apartments)
Arealess than one acre
Built1908 (1908)
Architectural stylePrairie School, Romanesque Revival
MPS Three-Story Apartment Buildings in Ogden, 1908--1928 MPS
NRHP reference # 87002158 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 31, 1987

Avon Apartments is a historic three-story building in Ogden, Utah. It was built in 1908 for investor Ella Georgeanna Lewis Van Why, and designed in the Romanesque Revival style. [2] It was purchased by Dr. Edward I. Rich in 1914, and he added front porches designed in the Prairie School style. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 31, 1987. [1]

Ogden, Utah City in Utah, United States

Ogden is a city and the county seat of Weber County, Utah, United States, approximately 10 miles (16 km) east of the Great Salt Lake and 40 miles (64 km) north of Salt Lake City. The population was 84,316 in 2014, according to the US Census Bureau, making it Utah's 7th largest city. The city served as a major railway hub through much of its history, and still handles a great deal of freight rail traffic which makes it a convenient location for manufacturing and commerce. Ogden is also known for its many historic buildings, proximity to the Wasatch Mountains, and as the location of Weber State University.

Romanesque Revival architecture style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century

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Prairie School is a late 19th- and early 20th-century architectural style, most common in the Midwestern United States. The style is usually marked by horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves, windows grouped in horizontal bands, integration with the landscape, solid construction, craftsmanship, and discipline in the use of ornament. Horizontal lines were thought to evoke and relate to the wide, flat, treeless expanses of America's native prairie landscape.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Alien D. Roberts, Linda Ostler (August 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Avon Apartments". National Park Service . Retrieved October 18, 2019. With accompanying pictures