Eccles Avenue Historic District, also known as the David Eccles Subdivision, is a historic

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located between 25th and 26th streets and Jackson and Van Buren Avenues in Ogden,

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. It was listed on the

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in 1976.

History

Most of the architecturally significant homes were built between 1910 and 1930 with the majority of the larger homes built during the initial settlement decade. Original inhabitants included families Browning (first generation descendants of gun inventor

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and Matthew S. Browning), Eccles (first generation descendants of 19th century multi-millionaire David Eccles), E.O. Wattis (of the

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), Patterson, Dumke, Healy, Rowe, Larkin among other Utah (and national) notables. On Van Buren Avenue to the north but not included in the district are also the substantial Ralph Bristol House and the Gustav Becker House. Several families in the district also had patriarchal ties (Eccles, Patterson, Healy, Wattis, and Bigelow) in the Jefferson Avenue Historic District to the west. The district was also later home to notables such as Marriner S. Eccles, a

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and co-founder of First Security Bank (Marriner Browning, an original inhabitant of the district was also a founder.) The architects of these buildings are listed as Hodgson, Leslie S. and Piers, Eber F. Hodgson was part of a later firm, Hodgson & McClenahan, that developed the famous Ogden

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buildings, including

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, the U.S. Forest Service Building and Ogden/Weber Municipal Building. Other noteworthy projects included the Union Stock Yard Exchange Building, Shupe-Williams Candy Company Factory, Scowcroft Warehouse,

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, Peery Apartments, Patterson Building, and Eccles Building. Most of the substantial buildings in the Eccles Avenue Historic District were based on the

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architectural style, but several variations of period styles exist including craftsman,

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and Tudor. A few of the buildings are currently commercially utilized but the majority are privately owned residential dwellings.

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