The Perkins Addition was a 13-house development in

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. Ten of its houses survived in 1983 and nine were each individually listed on the

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History

The Perkins Addition was a "streetcar subdivision" development of 13 brick houses, all built in 1891 by a Denver investment company, ten of which survived in 1983 and nine of which were listed on the National Register. The nine NRHP-listed ones are each covered in a section below. The one not NRHP-listed is the Elgin S. Yankee House, at 955 E. 1700 South.

John Vaughan

John Vaughan was an architect who designed many homes.

W.S. Burhaus

W.S. Burhaus was a contractor who built many of them.

Alexander Mitchell House

The Alexander Mitchell House at 1620 S. 1000 East, in

, was built in 1891. It was listed on the

in 1983 for its architecture, which is Victorian Eclectic,

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, and other. and The Mitchell House is one of three buildings in the NRHP listing of Perkins Addition houses that are ''not'' built from the pattern-book design shared by seven others. It includes similar elements: a prominent

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in its front facade, and the use of fishscale shingles in gabled areas.

Byron Cummings House

The Byron Cummings House at 936 E. 1700 South, in

, was built in 1891. It was listed on the

in 1983. It is significant in part for association with

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, known as "the father of athletics" at

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. and It is one of seven identical-plan buildings in the Perkins Addition, built from the same pattern-book design. The Perkins Addition was a "streetcar subdivision" development of 13 brick houses, all built in 1891 by a Denver investment company, ten of which survived in 1983.

Harper J. Dininny House

925 E. Logan Avenue, NRHP-listed

Charles H. Weeks House

935 E. Logan Avenue, NRHP-listed

Thomas Yardley House

955 E. Logan Avenue, NRHP-listed

John W. Judd House

918 E. Logan Avenue, NRHP-listed

Clifford R. Pearsall House

950 E. Logan Avenue, NRHP-listed

Henry Luce House

921 E. 1700 South, NRHP-listed

Mabry-Van Pelt House

946 E. 1700 South, NRHP-listed

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{{National Register of Historic Places Historic districts in Utah Houses completed in 1891 Houses in Salt Lake City Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Utah Victorian architecture in Utah National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake City