University Neighborhood Historic District (Salt Lake City, Utah)
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The University Neighborhood Historic District is a
historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...
near the
University of Utah The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...
campus in northeastern
Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Sal ...
,
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, United States, that was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1995.


Description

The district's listing included 451
contributing buildings In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...
, a
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, and two
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, as well as 134 non-contributing buildings and 9 properties already NRHP-listed. With The district is roughly bounded by 500 South, South Temple, 1100 East, and University Street in Salt Lake City. It includes works by architects Ware & Treganza, Carl Neuhausen and others. Also included is the home of
architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
David C. Dart. Dart "built the house at 206 Douglas for his family in 1907. He was a well-known local architect who designed buildings around Salt Lake City, including the
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(National Register 1979), Patrick Dry Goods Building, and Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel (all still in existence)." Another residence in the district is at 1133 East 300 South and the principal residence of educator
William M. Stewart William Morris Stewart (August 9, 1827April 23, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician. In 1964, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Personal Stewart was born in Wayne Count ...
, who served 25 years at the
University of Utah The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...
, including assisting the rise of the Stewart School there, which trained teachers. William M. Stewart also had a summer residence, a
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in
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, Utah, the Ethelbert White and William M. Stewart Ranch House, which is separately listed on the NRHP. With


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Salt Lake City __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Salt Lake City, Utah. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake City, Utah, Un ...


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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Utah National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake City Victorian architecture in Utah Tudor Revival architecture in the United States {{Utah-NRHP-stub