Bushnell Regimental Chapel
Phase I (1942) of the Bushnell Hospital consisted of 40 permanent buildings on 235 acres in Brigham City, UT. The Regimental Chapel (Building 57) was located on the northwest corner of the Phase I buildings, immediately to the west of the officers’ barracks. The chapel is one of the only buildings on the Bushnell campus…
Evans, Raymond L. & Marie Residence
The Ashton, Evans and Brazier inventory (“Some of the projects designed by Raymond Leslie Evans,” 1963) lists this property as “For self.” He had built his first home at 1445 S 1500 E in 1924 as a wedding gift to his wife, Marie. Sixteen years later, he built this second home (right next door) for…
Kaysville City Hall
In November of 1940, Kaysville Mayor Thornley K. Swan announced construction of a $55,000 city hall building. Funding was originally split between a 1941 city bond and $20,000 of WPA (Works Project Administrations) funds. The original building design included city offices, library, kitchen, assembly hall and a vault for records (Old rock building). The exterior…
Mountain States Tel. & Tel: Main Building
The architectural style of the Salt Lake City 1940 Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph (MST&T) main building is well known as one of the “few Art Deco structures in Utah and … a fine example of this style” (McCormick). But the design is only part of the story. The building construction is least as significant:…
Rich County Court House
The 1941 Rich County courthouse replaced an 1888 courthouse that was torn down for the new construction (Rich County dates). Discussion began in May 1940 when Raymond Ashton – at the county commissioners’ request – presented a drawing for a new Rich County courthouse. He proposed a one-story concrete building built with “W.P.A. labor, salvage…
Teton Stake & Driggs Ward Tabernacle
Driggs Idaho is located in Teton Valley nestled along the Idaho-Wyoming border. It is surrounded by vast farmlands and plains that lead up to the tall, cragged peaks of Wyoming’s Teton Range. The Driggs Ward of the LDS church was organized in 1901 and soon thereafter the Teton Stake was organized. In 1904 the stake approved a…
U.S. Naval Convalescent Hospital (Conversion)
What a mystery this has been. My original notes show one project in Glenwood Springs: Glenwood Springs Hotel – Alterations. But the backstory is much bigger and more interesting. Glenwood Spring’s imposing Hotel Colorado was conceived in the 1890s by developer Walter Devereux to cater to the wealthy tourist and Hollywood star. Boring, Tilton and…