Ebenezer Beesley House

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The Ebenezer Beesley House in 2019
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Location80 W. 300 North, Salt Lake City, Utah
Coordinates 40°46′35″N111°53′34″W / 40.77639°N 111.89278°W / 40.77639; -111.89278 (Ebenezer Beesley House) Coordinates: 40°46′35″N111°53′34″W / 40.77639°N 111.89278°W / 40.77639; -111.89278 (Ebenezer Beesley House)
Arealess than one acre
Architectural styleI-form adobe
NRHP reference No. 79002500 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 16, 1979

The Ebenezer Beesley House in Salt Lake City, Utah, is a 2-story adobe brick and stucco Vernacular house constructed in the 19th century. The house is one of only a few I-form adobe structures remaining in the city, and it includes minimal ornamentation. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [2] [3]

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Ebenezer Beesley (14 December 1840 – 21 March 1906) was a pioneer who immigrated to Utah from England in 1859, joining George Rowley's Morman handcart company at Florence, Nebraska, in June of that year and arriving at Salt Lake City in September. A gifted composer and musician, Beesley conducted the Mormon Tabernacle Choir 1880–1890, [4] [5] and he founded Beesley Music Company in 1903. [6] At the time of his death in 1906, Beesley was survived by 11 of his 16 children, 40 grandchildren, and one great grandchild. [7]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ebenezer Beesley House". National Park Service . Retrieved May 11, 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) With accompanying pictures
  3. Jack Goodman (January 29, 1995). "Beesley House, Like Its Neighborhood, Bounces Back After a Downhill Slide". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 2E.
  4. "Tabernacle Choir". Salt Lake Herald-Republican. Salt Lake City, Utah. August 21, 1880. p. 3. Retrieved May 11, 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. "Chronology for 1890: November". The Deseret Weekly. Salt Lake City, Utah. February 6, 1892. p. 37. Retrieved May 11, 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. Dorothy Stowe (May 31, 1989). "Farewell to Beesley Music Blame Electronics, Public Apathy for End of 86-Year Tune". The Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 1C.
  7. "Another Pioneer Gone to His Rest". The Deseret Evening News. Salt Lake City, Utah. March 21, 1906. p. 1. Retrieved May 11, 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

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