Ivanhoe Apartments

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Ivanhoe Apartments
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The apartment complex in 2013
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Location in United States
Location417 E. 300 South, Salt Lake City, Utah
Coordinates 40°45′47″N111°52′41″W / 40.76306°N 111.87806°W / 40.76306; -111.87806 (Ivanhoe Apartments) Coordinates: 40°45′47″N111°52′41″W / 40.76306°N 111.87806°W / 40.76306; -111.87806 (Ivanhoe Apartments)
Arealess than one acre
Built1908 (1908)
ArchitectBernard O. Mecklenburg
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Classical Revival
MPS Salt Lake City MPS
NRHP reference No. 89001738 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 20, 1989

Ivanhoe Apartments is a historic three-story building in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was built as a U-shaped residential building in 1908 for Finch, Rogers and Mulvey, an investment firm co-founded by Harry L. Finch, Richard E. Rogers and Martin E. Mulvey. [2] Their company later became known as the Ivanhoe Investment Company. [2] The building was purchased by Jedd L. and Mary E. Jensen in 1943. [2] It was designed in the Colonial Revival and Classical Revival styles. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 20, 1989. [1]

It is a U-shaped three-story brick building with a parapet roof, upon a sandstone foundation. It has three units on each floor, one at back and one on each side, around a courtyard in the center. Its Neo-Classical and/or Colonial Revival features including a stamped metal cornice with block modillions, classical porticoes at the entrances, bay windows, and horizontal brick banding on the first floor which is asserted to create a quoin-like effect. [2]

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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 3 4 5 Roger Roper (August 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Ivanhoe Apartments". National Park Service . Retrieved October 29, 2019.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) With accompanying three photos from 1998