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    LESLIE

    SIMMONS HO SON

    RCHITECT

    OF O h ~

    y e y ullmer

    rofessor eter O S

    University

    of Utah

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    Pha e

    I : TIle odgtlonll

    Father

    end

    Son Autumn,

    1980)

    Phallt

    r.e lie S. Hodgson Winter , 1981)

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    be

    Hodg on reaearch viII

    b , di. lded

    into tvo parte, the

    l Q t r o d ~ c t o r ,

    ection exa:ini,, the 11.,, ,

    Le lie aDd (.,ore

    briefl1)

    h i . father, aDd

    takill a per ida l look t Le U. ' . vork.

    D b

    i

    1'.101 .... d docu.

    Q t . t i ~ of

    Lesl ie ' .

    o . . re

    wil l be fouad.

    iD

    the

    .coad

    ta , .

    of

    tb . project .

    OUur

    : ollp v a born '.arcb

    8, 1851 in

    o.-. den

    Croaa,

    Torleahire,

    EDg_

    land. At

    about

    7

    years

    lip he 'ent to vorle i l l _ l e l l ll 1ft Deroholll.

    ~ h . r . 111 1 father _ a

    aD

    onrlooker .

    : 'h .

    pArellt., I ary Shav ..,d Hel r1 '0'11-

    l i a ~ Sutcl i f f . ~ o d . g . ~ , . lao kept m.ll

    ehop

    ill tbeir bou ,

    l l in

    butter ,

    br ' au g.r, pins, netd.les, th.l'ead. and. oat. . . .l to the

    a:ill. ,oriters.

    '''en

    Oliver

    a

    ~ i t e ' l l

    th t

    ~ a e i l ,

    booked

    pa811l'lge On

    the ship

    Arkllrisht,

    ea:b.rking froo

    Liverpool

    th e

    f i ra t

    ,etk in JUllt, 1866 IIIId

    landing in

    Ne , York

    on the morning of July 6.

    5

    (Ollver ' . mother had given birth in midvoyae to

    t ,in., a lr l and boy, both of ,holll d.l.d on the _g on jo urn ., to Salt l.o l

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    Oliver

    went to work two

    da,s . r t e r

    arr ival in a

    ca'p8nter 's

    shop On the

    north_

    east

    corner

    of the

    T e ~ p l e Grounds, earning $1.00 daJ

    in

    w a ~

    Kis

    r . the r

    got job with Utah ~ o o l e n

    Y i l ~

    in

    mill a t

    the mouth of

    Parle, ' .

    Caa:ron.

    Duriog

    the

    lSlaI Iler

    of

    1867

    II:

    l t ther

    bu i l t

    a hOllae

    of

    two

    rOOllls;

    one

    race partly in the ground and

    the

    other above i t o f lille

    concrete.

    The and gravel e re dug out of the

    ground

    and

    tbe b

    ement

    o to r

    . . . .

    bui l t in

    the exeavated hole. moved

    into thia ~

    befo re the

    roof . . . . on , ~ ~ e n rained we used umbrellas to keep off aome

    of

    the

    Tain The

    rOf

    required }.OOO shingles

    to

    COTer t Ve were

    onl ,

    able to get 1,000 shingles at a time

    about

    two weeks

    ap. r t

    Ve lived

    in thie houee

    for some time without door. or ..indo... .

    Ve

    used rag

    earpets to

    keep

    out the cold b1 hanging them OVer the openings.

    got the

    doors one a t s t i ~ e also the ~ i n d o ~ s

    in

    the same We

    hsd a

    s ~ a l l

    w o o d b ~ r n i n g stove for

    cooking

    and

    heating.

    The steam

    f r o ~

    the cooking ~ t e n s i l s condensed on the ~ a l l s

    ~ t

    ice formed

    about half an

    inch

    thick.

    After

    the doors and ~ i n d o w s were a l l

    in

    we laid the rag

    carpets

    on the ce il in g ju st to

    keep

    SOme of the

    warmth

    in the

    room

    During

    the sumQer

    of '868

    we

    got

    the

    upper

    story of the

    house

    plastered. The f looring

    of

    each story waa

    1x12 natural white p in e aq l.lare edged.,,5

    This

    house was one

    of

    the two

    f i r s t houses to

    be

    bui l t above

    4th

    Avenue. There

    were a nuaber of dugouts

    in

    the

    neighborhood, c on sis tin g o f One

    room

    with

    di r t

    wOd:lln

    CO< e

    out of a dugou t wearing a

    f ine

    black dre

    whieh

    was 0 out

    of

    keep-

    ing w ith

    dugout

    that t impressed bim vcr1 much.

    In the

    aumzer snd f a l l

    of

    1874 Oliver

    bui l t

    a two_room

    adobe

    boase s t

    9}8

    East

    3rd

    South, in

    p repa ra ti on for hie .....

    rr iege

    On

    April

    12, ,875 to .....r1 Ett ie

    i ~ o n four children were

    born

    to

    the

    couple in

    th is hoase,

    the tbird and

    e l d e ~ t

    to

    s u ~ i v e

    being

    Leslie

    Simmons

    Hodgaon.

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    the spring o f

    1882

    Oliver f o ~ e d

    building

    contracting partnership ~ i t h

    Henr1

    J

    Ha1Ward and

    John

    Wardrop;

    they made 5,000 in

    the f i ra t

    1ear. In

    Jan

    uar1,

    1883

    the1

    were

    joined

    by ~ e a Wardrop

    and i ncorpora ted the Salt Lake

    BUilding

    and

    Kanufacturing

    Company,

    ~ h i c h

    bui l t

    a planing

    mill

    and

    l ~ b e r

    yard.

    The

    coapany w very

    successful

    until the

    1893

    bus iness pan ic . that

    same

    ,ear__

    1893--0Iiver

    received

    a

    very t iMely two-year mission call

    to

    Great Britain.

    Diaappointingly,

    Oliver S m e ~ o i r e

    end

    with laconic mention of

    the

    b u s i ~ e s s

    panic,

    but no comment on

    the

    mis.ion cs l l H o ~ e v e r

    family records

    indicate

    that

    he

    returned

    from

    England

    in 895

    and

    fathered

    three more

    children,

    making

    a

    total

    of

    e i ~ t

    who

    reached

    maturity

    four

    who

    died

    in

    infancy

    or

    childhood.

    Oliver

    resumed his

    career, being

    l is ted in Polk s

    Salt

    Lake

    Cit

    Directory

    of

    1900

    as Treasur er of the Salt

    Lake

    Building and ~ u f a c t u r i n g

    Company,

    He alao

    continued

    h i avocation

    of

    ski l led

    carpentry.

    Nett,

    his wife

    of

    53

    yeara,

    died in 928, and

    Oliver

    l i n d

    another

    four

    yeare

    unti l

    he

    waa etruck

    and

    killed

    by a

    atreetcsr

    on

    February 18, 1932 while

    walking h ~ e

    from

    hiB custo08ry

    Sunday

    dinner

    with

    a

    daughter . family,

    During

    a

    long, buey

    work l i fe

    Oliver

    eatablished a reputation

    for honesty

    and

    meticulous attention

    to deta i l .

    He

    ned

    the aatisfaction

    of

    l iving

    to

    aee

    three

    .On5

    b e c o ~ e well_respected

    professional

    archi tects ,

    one of

    thee

    reapon_

    aible perhaps aa

    much

    aa

    anyone

    person for modelling the face

    of

    twentieth_

    century

    Ogden.

    liE A lCHITECT/SON

    Lealie 5i..

    ,ons Hodsson was

    born

    DeceMber 18, 1879

    6

    in the

    tworoom

    adobe

    houae

    bui l t by hia father On

    Third South. He

    waa f o u r t e e ~ and

    the eldeat

    of

    rive

    children when h ia father

    went

    to

    England

    on a

    ~ i a a i o n for LOS Church,

    ao

    no doubt Lealie

    assumed

    the

    role

    of head of the family.

    Lealie

    l .arned the

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    building

    t r .de f r=

    h h

    father

    lid ie Ueted ' l l

    .....ch inh t

    in

    the 1899 Poll

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    architect , ~ i t h

    offices in

    the ECclee Building a f e ~

    floors a ~ a ~ Hodg_OD

    __

    ~ h i c h

    presumes

    an amicable

    parting.

    Hodgson's son

    a n ~ daughtera k n o ~ nothing

    about

    him.

    In

    1910

    Leslie

    ~ o w e d

    his

    f E i l ~

    to

    a home

    s t

    2255

    Madison

    ~ w e n u e

    Vbich,

    ac_

    cording to hia eldest daugbter 's

    memoirs,

    . . . . . 11 father

    Mod

    planned

    himself

    t t ~ a e not finiabed

    at

    f i r a t ao

    lived

    for a time

    in

    the basement ~ h i l e painting ~ a s done and floors

    finished

    upstairs .

    children

    thOUght i t a great

    experience

    to

    liwe

    in

    a b.senent but J do no t

    recal l

    that

    my

    mother

    sbared

    our

    enthu

    stas ,. 7

    (Author' s note: One

    ~ o n d e r s

    i f Leslie

    inherited from hi_ father, in a dd itio n

    to e

    propeneit1 for the building profession,

    a

    propens ity for living

    in

    unfi_

    nished housenl )

    This

    house, a

    charming

    shingle_covered b u n g a l o ~

    ~ i t h

    broad

    eaves and marvelous outrigger brackets. s t i l l stands, i t s e ~ t e r i o r at le 8t

    in

    excel lent condi tion.

    painted

    an invit ing sof t bra ('l'his

    I'.dison

    Awenue

    home ~ a to figure yesrs l a t e r in

    a

    re freshingly offbea t business desl .)

    In

    the

    .ame year

    a . the move to Madison Avenue

    ~ o r k began

    on the

    Eccles

    Avenue SUbdivision.

    Dsvid

    EcCles in 1909

    deeded l o t s

    to

    his

    f-=ily and other

    prominent, carefully chosen Ogdenitea, intending to create

    a

    unified, exclu_

    sive

    neighborhood, set

    apert.from

    the

    surrounding a r e a .

    eclecticis ,. Hodg_

    eon

    collaborated

    ~ i t h Dber Piers in

    planning

    ad

    developing the area,

    ~ h o 6 e

    proposed

    Prairie_style

    motif would be

    idaally

    suited to

    i t s

    prair ie_like set_

    ting.

    P i e r s s

    des igns tayel l quite

    IItrietly with

    Prair ie , but Hollgson

    lured

    into

    co ,bining influenees, as in the leRoy Ecclee

    home

    of 1917, l a t e r

    to

    b e e ~ e the

    Weber ClUb: basic

    Prairie embelliShed

    ~ i t h panti le roof,

    f i l i -

    gree

    b r i c k ~ o r k

    c a a s ~ c a l braCkets. Tuscan_columned

    front

    porch and

    porte_co_

    c h ~ r e and a r t _ g l a s 8 _ ~ e d i t e r r a n e a n _ s e e n e w i n d o ~ s Hodgson l a t e r suceumbed

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    coapletely to razp Dt eclectici

    .. witb

    Greek ReTiY l boa.

    tor

    banker J . e

    PbUe e , and ..tee ........

    h t r i c k

    S e ~ . Olde r l i 1 i ~ e Cott l ie, II ' \III ort.....

    U ly

    _r

    . . .d

    b, .

    e r

    . . . .

    ileal

    : : ta t t

    lp.

    o..aisn

    of the

    l a t t e r

    bc.e

    b

    co>abtellt

    -=01

    how

    .. Eo:ood. r ...:.r daughhra

    . . .

    d eme son s t i l l lh e O ~ n and S. l t

    Lake

    Cit , .

    nespite h i . ver , actiYe career

    and

    civic iDvolYellent,

    Hodgson a deYo

    ted

    r ~ i l man.

    His

    daughtera

    recall that he ~ s s

    dignified and

    raaerved,

    gentle, quiet l , g e n e r o ~ 5

    and a

    lover

    or music and

    ar t .

    Son

    RObart, who sppren.

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    ticed in

    hie

    orrice

    and

    ~ a e

    l a t e r

    his partner, describes his rather

    a great

    poker player ~ i t h a

    quick

    and s lare

    re pe rto ir e o f

    jokes. He was a tough

    b03S. a

    perfect ionis t

    with a

    broad

    r eput at ion for

    unshakable

    in tegr i ty and

    ethics .

    lis

    specificat ions

    were

    the

    finest

    ever.

    W'l:enever

    Hodpon

    quell

    tioned

    th e viabil i ty of

    a

    cabinetry.

    ~ s o n r y

    or

    concrete_forming detai l he

    bui l t a

    te t ~ o d e l in

    the family_garage_workshop and worked with i t t i l l h

    was

    aat i

    ..fied that i t was th

    best he

    could produce.

    He periodically s tr ....

    s -

    tested

    aamples

    of concrete and ~ s o n r y to

    assure

    himself tbey ~ t specifica_

    t ion r e q u i r e ~ e n t a .

    In

    this respect

    he waa y

    ahead of hia time.

    After

    ..

    everal

    very

    productive

    11010

    years.

    lodgaon

    forcad

    s

    partnership

    with

    Myrl A

    M c C l e n a h ~

    and opened a new

    era in

    Ogden

    architectUre.

    J n f o r ~ t i o n

    on McClenahan is a l ~ o s t

    as scarce as

    on

    his predeeessor. Ju

    l ius

    S ~ i t h ;

    neither

    ia l isted

    in ~ r r u c I N o b l e

    or

    in

    Jensen's

    Biographical

    En_

    cyclopedia.

    Polk 's

    Ogden

    City

    Directory

    is a

    b i t

    ~ o r e

    i n o ~ t i v th is

    t ice:

    his

    f i ra t

    wife

    Norca

    d ied abou t 1938. and

    McClenahan

    diad

    at

    age

    49

    on

    January

    22. 1940.

    aurvived by his second

    wife El

    ie

    and a v

    ra l

    children from his f i rs t

    llIarriage.

    Hodgson's

    daughters

    Lu and Phyll is

    r e e ~ b e r I'...

    c well.

    ae

    a bri l l iant

    drafta=an and designer.

    his clowning exuberance

    t e ~ p e r e d by hill

    conseTTative

    partner 's r e s ~ r a i n t Robert ~ o d g s o n describes the t e a ~ s cethod of opera_

    t ion:

    LeSlie

    would

    give the design concept

    ,ketche , to e who would turn

    out

    the working

    dr wing

    de

    h i l s 1n

    .ncs words.

    Leslie W U I the driver

    Ilnd

    he the ~ c h i n e The partner..

    shared

    p e r f e c t i o n i s ~ Dd concern with detai l

    an evidenced

    by their

    be , uti fu l For est Ser vi ce s Regional Off ice Bu ilding .

    Hodgson

    and ~ c C l e n a ~ ~ personally selected the placecent of every ai ng le b ri ck

    in

    the building.

    in

    order to ob tain a baseoent_to_cornice.

    dark-to_light

    ombri

    IIhading

    so subt le

    ..s to be

    perceptible only

    when

    pointed out

    froc s

    block_away

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    vantage point mr

    re-exao1ned

    close up.

    Frank

    Lloyd

    ~ r i g h t ~ o u l d

    have beea

    impressed.

    So

    ftmiable

    Vall

    the

    Hodgaon McClenahaD

    p rtnerahip that the earlier_men_

    tiDned

    offbeat business

    deal i nvolving the aod8e0n

    hams on Madison Avenue

    vas

    not only possible but seemingl, a

    great

    success , Around 19}4 the Hodgenn l ive

    in

    family

    Va

    dwindling

    nO longer

    in

    need

    of t ~ e 1 r large house, vhile

    the

    e l e n a ~ n a

    burgeoned beyond

    th e

    confines

    of

    the

    aodeat vine_covered

    cottage

    )'...

    0 hsd designed

    a t

    1265

    I(aril:rn Drive.

    So, i n

    l:I lIter_stroke

    o f

    prllg:oa

    t i s a

    r plain e o ~ o n ense),

    the two f ~ i l i e l l switched hocea-- nd apparently

    everyone vas

    8at iaf ied .

    Hodgson and McClenahan produced aome

    of Ogden's

    moat diverse

    lIrchitec_

    tI: s--in

    function as 'e ll l l I I t y h : the gI0% 10l:..

    1y gaudy

    1927 Peery'll E >yp-

    t i . n T h e ~ t r e 2 ~ } 7 _ 4 3 ~ a l l h i n g t o n B o u l e ~ r d

    ~ h i c h sharell

    ~ i t h

    SAlt Lake' .

    MAllonic

    T e ~ p l e the probable dist inction o being the

    . t a t e l l on11

    Egyptian

    R e v i ~ s l

    eX&Cplell;

    th e

    Stllte Sohool for the Deaf ' . Girlll ' ~

    lind

    HeAting

    P la nt; th re e Art

    Deco

    triumphll--the

    Forellt

    Service

    Building,

    the 1937 ~ i g h

    S c ~ o o l

    lind

    th e

    Ogden

    Municipal Building

    of

    1939.

    After

    H c C l e n a - ~ a n l I

    dellth

    in

    JIlnUllry,

    1940

    Hodgllon took h i . lion

    Robert into

    partnerllhip,

    lind

    the firm b e c l I ~ e i n ~ o l ~ e d

    in governmcnt worY During

    ~ o r l d

    ~ l I r I I Lelllie willi archi tec t r several Federlll

    lIgenciell,

    including Buehnell

    General HOllpitlll in Brigham

    C i t

    and

    tbe

    N Yl l Supply Depot a t

    Clellrfield.

    O r ~ ~ l I r c h

    28, 1944

    Vice

    A ~ i r l Ben

    Horrell , U S ~ prellented

    him ~ i t b

    the A ~ . r d

    Heritorioa.. Civil ian Service.

    8

    On

    the evening of J u l 23,

    1947 Hodgllon dropped in

    to

    lIee

    hill daughter Lu

    . but, cOlllplaining of

    fatigue, lltayed

    o n l y . few ,inutes and went h 'e to prepare

    for

    weekend in

    th e

    clln,on. The

    next

    morn ing he wall

    delld, li t

    lice 68.

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    A s ~ a l l

    clAaaical revival

    bYilding

    standa

    a t 2550

    Washington 5QYlevard-

    S ~ i t h and ~ o d g a o n a 1906 ~ ~ s o n i c T e ~ p l e AlthoYgh the

    ravages of

    time are

    varI

    clear , the faS.de retaina i t s s rmmetry and gracefYl proportions.

    Acroaa

    the

    st ree t

    l o o ~ a

    the Art

    Deco

    step-back

    higb- r ise

    ~ Y n i c i p s l

    BUilding

    of

    1939.

    Iro

    nic but f i t t ing , that

    these

    two to taLly

    dissimilar

    works sbould face each other

    acroSs Ogden's b ~ s i e a t s t reet , s ignifying the beginning and culainating periods

    of a man who

    spent

    over

    forty

    years

    improving

    Ogden. Some

    of

    h i . designs

    are

    gone--the ~ r i g ~ t Block's d e ~ o l i t i o n

    made

    r O o ~ for the

    new Ogden City

    ~ ~ l l

    Some

    ~ a v e

    been recIcled __

    carved Jesui t

    pr ies ts and

    sandstone

    blocks

    from

    Sri_

    ghaa Cit ' s Lincoln

    School adorn the False

    Arrest

    Saloon' .

    27th Street

    fasade.

    S 'e

    have be n deaecrated--

    ..

    cha.. ,ing l i t t l e Prair ie_atyle

    hOllle

    a t

    15th

    and

    I ar:-iaon

    hides

    b..

    hind

    I/ 'Iite J'Aint

    and aluminum/plaatic addit ions.

    So.... , l ike

    th .. ~ a a o n i c ~ m p l ,

    are

    juat

    old

    and a h a b b ~ But countl ..ss

    others

    rmain aa

    solid and

    enduring as Hodgaon ..nvisioned

    th .....

    Dozena

    of bnb l i d ng queations

    r ..

    Min

    u anal/..r..

    d.

    Who

    Was Jul iua

    S

    ..

    i th?

    Is the Scol/crofl \Isr

    ..

    h o ~ a

    ..

    corr

    ..ct ly

    dat

    ..d

    1900-04 and i f so

    wh is

    i t

    at t r i_

    buted to .smith

    ~ o d g s o n wh ..n t \ey didn ' t join force t i l l 1906? How ~ u c h

    of

    .. r ~ c l

    s

    v

    nue

    Subdivision

    is

    Hodgson's and how much

    Pi ..rs ' s? Where

    did

    ~ c co ,. from ..r,d

    wh

    ..n

    did he

    beco 'e

    Hodg on's

    partn

    r? Etc etc . . . . tc . Hop

    _

    fully, nine ~ o r e ~ e k a

    of

    61.ut 'lingtl aid ..d bI a

    mild wint

    .. r to ac i l i t s te the

    Ogden

    c o ~ ~ ~ t e will produc.

    a

    f a i r l c ~ p r

    ..h..

    nsiv . . . .valuRtion

    o

    La l i .

    nodg_

    son's contribution to

    tho arch i t . c tu r..

    o Utah.

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    1.

    Conyeraatioa with

    Robert D.

    Hod eon,

    850 Street, Ogden.

    2. Since

    Stlltehood,

    Hi.toriclIl ai

    Biographical

    (WarruzVNoble>, p. }Bo.

    Wuna/Nohle err 1.0 obti.llg

    OUnr

    arrha 1.0 Selt Lake Cit7

    1850--

    one yellr before hill birth.

    Journal of

    Ol1ur

    Hodgeoo,

    p.

    5. Ibid.,

    p. 4.

    6. Hodgtlon , obituary in the SeIt Lake T ribWle and the De.eret -Ne 'II in_

    correctly

    giYe. h i birth dAte II. December 18, 878, 1nate.d of 879,

    indicated in

    family recorda.

    7. M e ~ o r e of Ph7ll1 . H. Holbrook, p. 2.

    8. Family records

    1.0 poe.eaeion of

    Mrll. Phyllill B. Holbrook, North Ogden.

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    B I B L l O G R ~ H T

    a ~ ADd Noble. Utah

    Sinc.

    Statehood.

    Ei.torical

    and

    Biographical.

    ChicaSO and S a i t ~ e :

    S. J.

    ClArka

    Publ1shing Cooopan,.,

    1919

    Harrift, E. T. krchiteclure of 0SSen'

    ~ 122 QZ.

    Sdt

    tMe

    City,

    :

    Sooitb

    2

    Ledl l t .

    Hodl'j on.

    uchi-

    Cenlary Printing COIIpan,., 1907.

    Polk, R. L. Salt LUe

    Cit: D irector:. l 2 2 - ~

    and 0SSen Cit: Director: ' . 2Qi-j

    and 1925-t'i5:'

    Ogden

    and

    Salt

    Lake: II. L. Polk ADd COIIpany,

    Publ1ebere.

    Jeneen,

    A D d T e ~

    Latter 0.: Saint . BiOgraphical Enc:clopedia.

    T o l . ~ .

    Salt Lake

    Cit,.: De.eret Newe Presa, 1936.

    Go

    . . .

    , Peter L. The Prairh School Ill(lllence il'l l ltAh. The Prairie School Re_

    . . . .. 12:1 (1975).

    Hodgson

    Faeil,.

    racorda. in

    poaseasion

    of Mr Ph,.llia

    H.

    Holbrook, 2695 North

    850 Ea.t. North Ogd.n. Utah.

    ....

    U

    with ' .re.

    l ' b ) ' l lh H.

    Rolbrook,.r

    ; ~ \ 1 : l . ~ ~

    ~ , \

    Robert D. H o d g s ~ 850 24tb Street, Ogden

    lltah

    ~

    Mn. Louie Il.

    H er,

    1JJ5 ........

    tcb Orin ,

    Salt l..x.e

    Cit) ,

    Utah

    \:i d..

    ~

    Q ,

    \ o , ~ ~ ,

    llni er.it) of Utah Harriott Librar) .....

    tern

    A&ericana Coil

    action:

    Leftlle

    HodS-

    .. em obit,.....)'. Salt

    LUe

    Tribune and Deseret .. .2, Jul) 25. 1947.

    Journal of

    O l l ~ e r

    Rodg.on, in poeae.aion of autbor, cop)'

    obt

    ..

    ined

    froe Hra.

    Ph) llie Holbrook.

    Copies of photographft. arcbitectural

    dravinga

    and rendaring obtained ro

    Robert Hodgson.

    Faeily

    photograph.

    obtained froe

    Hrs.

    Ph,.llia Holbrook.

    ~ ~ . ~ \ ~ t l

    \ \M,

    'L,

    '%C

    ' '= -0- \ , \ J . ~ ,

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    5, ted-ely f Ill1 er

    Profes.or Peter

    Winter 198

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    e:q>e.llahe, addicthe_-. .r :d iapoaeible to do

    So

    I e n a d

    pro OWld

    ~ e t i t u d e to fr iends ,

    &seociate.

    aad

    re1e t i . e .

    who c ... t r ibuted with aucll

    ~ a c e to tb l

    cond,

    but

    t r

    tro

    f inal , pha.e of

    Le. l ie

    Hodce reaearch:

    To

    Debbie

    e ~ e (Utah State Hletoriea l Soc ie t1 J, Kar tJ Colle t t (Weber

    Stete College Special COl l c t ion . Librar1)

    and Dr. JeffreJ

    (Weber

    Count1

    Librar,.) , to r . . . . .1.og Ya1llable

    inforaation

    evd1.e.ble.

    To

    u

    Ho,jpo

    H_er

    and

    PbJl11a

    lI0dceOll Holbroooe,

    for

    Ilbari.na

    per-

    aODl1 and aci l , . reeorda,

    ~ d

    ae .or ie . of the i r fe tber.

    To

    Robert

    Hod. aoc,

    to r t ree

    a.cd tenerou ecce. . .

    to hietoriea . l l , .

    nature

    a.cd

    e c o u r e a e a e ~ t

    To

    JeLOUIe

    Cbriahllaen.( l leber CoUlltJ

    Llbra

    r

    1 , to r cooperation, entbu-

    aieam, inexh. e t lb le archi

    l bloodhoUlldi a--and

    to r her

    t rue t .

    To

    Brian

    P 1.ll1.ller,

    for

    phototraphic

    eQuipilent.

    fi l , . , derkroOIl e

    Md

    gounoet

    aee..1e.

    A : : l ~ _ e epec1a1 thanka to ?Toreeaor Peter Go a, fOr

    good-natured

    f;OOld1.na,

    lexible

    dud. l ln

    . . . . and. f or i nepi ri .n s a peeaiDfl for archi tee ture l

    hielOT)'.

    T.E.r .

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    INTRODUCTION

    r..sl1e Si

    o 11

    lIodgllo

    began

    his archi techlral career iJl 0sdell i.D. 1906.

    af ter

    sever. l y.ars '

    draf t i s

    e ~ r i e l l e i the ot f ic . s

    of

    Richard Kletting

    and S. C.

    Dallas

    in

    Sal t

    LAke d eom_ i e months io aebbard and Gil l s

    S n

    DiegQ otf ice . The

    41 years

    uoti l

    h i.

    de.th

    prol i f ic ,

    i d

    d.

    Part_

    nerehips

    with

    J. l . Smith,

    Myrl McClenahan

    nd

    just-uoearthsd, UAreeearcbed

    collaboration with S. T. Whitaker

    1

    produced a body of work

    astounding i i t s

    volume and diversi ty .

    The four_year

    ~ r t n r s i p

    with Smith (1906-1910)

    brought

    forth

    .n

    abun

    dance

    of

    h e ~ i n g arts_ odcraft bungslowe.

    s ta te ly

    residence

    for

    OgdeD s

    f i rs t faci l1e. and wonderfully ao11d Richerdsonian pUblic buildings._the

    Dee

    and Lewis

    Schools

    and

    the puzzlingly_dated Scowcrott

    Warehouse.

    2

    In

    1910

    planning o ~ e n e

    for

    the

    Eccles Avenue Subdivieion, in which

    Hodgson a.sociated with Owner O vid EcCles ADd fellow_architect

    Eber

    F. Piers.

    Hodgson and

    Piers

    didn 't fo rm.

    P5rtnerehip,

    but

    worked

    together

    to

    create

    tb e e legBn t, exc lueive neighborhood envision

    by

    Ecclea .e

    ho=ogeneous

    Prairie_style

    enclave.

    Piers edhered consietently to the

    horizont . l ground_

    huggiog linell

    of

    the n e ~ Chicago_born atyle.

    Although

    Hodgson followed Eccles'll

    wiehes i part, he couldn't restrain

    hill

    IItrong eclect ic t .ates_-most notably

    in

    the 1917 LeRoy Ecclell manllion at 2509

    Ecclea

    Ave ue

    (b.sical ly

    Prair ie

    with

    multi_period

    embellishment)

    nd

    Patrick

    Healy

    Jr .

    II

    192

    English

    coun-

    try cottage 2580 Eccles Avenue.

    lIodgson'. public work

    of the

    191 192 period demonstrated two defini te

    Chicago influences.

    The 1914

    PsttereoA/Nye

    8uildiJlg, 2422-26

    Washioston Bou_

    levard, sAd the 1916 LOS Srsnch tor the ne t, 740 21ftt Street , are

    Prair ie .

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    The

    Eccles B ~ i l d i n g

    of 1913.

    2401-11 Washington

    BoulaYsrd,borrows

    fro.

    the

    Chicago

    Schoo l'. sol id I\andli.D.j : of

    _ s a

    ... d frOll Loub

    Sull t

    ...,'s

    OnlSte

    cornice end bracket

    tr im.

    Hodgson

    j oined forcea with

    MTrl

    A.

    McClenahan

    n 1920

    and

    h i

    work

    eyol

    ed

    into

    s t i l l

    another

    highly d i st in c t i. e s ty l e. Art Deco ee.e to Ogden

    with

    the

    subtly

    elegant Forest Ser 'ices Regional Offices Building

    of

    1931. The 19}4

    ome

    Economics

    Building at

    USAC--now DSU__

    s e e ~

    to be a

    dresa -rehas ra sl for

    Hodgson'e ~ _ ~ o e u Y r e the stunning collegi.te_Gothic_influence_Art_Deco

    High School or 937 The step-b ck high_rille Municipal Building wes cOllpleted

    in 1939.

    After

    ~ c C l e n a h a n

    died in 1940

    Hodgson

    took his

    .on Robert

    into

    partnership

    and the firm b e c a ~ e involved

    in government w o ~ a t

    Bushnell

    Gener. l Hospi ta l

    in

    B r i g h ~

    City. the

    Clearfield Naval

    Supply Depot

    end

    other g o T e ~ e n t egency

    co....i ..

    llionll.

    n . t tempt

    hes

    been

    made to

    formuLate

    a

    chronological l i s t of

    known Hodg_

    eon work: i t

    ill,

    sdmittedly.

    sketchy.

    Weber

    County Libra ry Special

    Collee_

    tionll

    t

    a

    copy

    of

    1907

    book,

    Architecture

    of OgSJen:

    ~ . ~ .

    S ith

    and Les_

    i t ~ . H o d ~ s o n '906-21--e wealth

    of mar ...

    elous exter ior

    end

    interior photo_

    greph8. with

    ovne.s' n e ~ e e

    but

    ftO eddres.ee. (A clasllic example of

    why

    a r -

    chitecturel hilltoriene

    take

    lo te of . sp i r in .

    SOlie

    of theee

    ho:es

    heYe been

    identif ied through ..

    tilte-con ltlming but

    profi t .b le system: en o.....

    e r .

    lIe- e

    ill cheeked in the Ogden City Directoriall for

    one

    or two yeara

    before

    the

    ~ o o k s

    1907

    publication

    date. When

    an

    addrells

    il l

    found

    the

    extent struc_

    ture et that

    si te co=pared

    to the picture the Smith/HodgeoD

    book.

    they match,a photograph s taken

    end added

    to the extant sl ide

    f i le .

    t

    least

    fourteen

    heell heYe

    thus

    been

    identif ied end

    photogrsphed, and 8 era1

    other homes and

    b u ~ 1 n e s . e e

    found to he ...e

    been d e ~ l i s h e d _ t o make

    room

    fo r

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    such glorious

    contributions

    to

    Good

    L i f ~ ss

    Ramada

    InD cl iche and

    O g d ~ n City Mall.

    A nostalgic

    ar ts /craf ts bUff is h ~ a r t ~ n e d at

    nuzber

    of S.ith/Hodgson

    c o t t a g ~ s

    and

    residences

    approaching

    t h ~ i r

    eighth

    d e c a d ~

    with

    integri ty and a

    certain

    ecla t .

    But

    o n ~ could

    w ~ ~ p at

    the

    n e g l ~ c t

    and

    indignity ~ p o s e d

    upon

    s o ~ ~ of their c o n t ~ ~ p ~ r a r i e s T h ~

    f i n ~

    brickwork or

    E.

    S. Rolapp s r ~ B i d e n c ~

    a t

    2514 ~ A d i s o n AYecue

    cowers

    b ~ h i n d a shameful

    coat

    of

    baby blue

    paint. His

    next-door neighbor

    H. H.

    Rolapp, 2520 MAdison

    A Y ~ n u ~

    no doubt

    cringes

    in

    hia

    gr.ve

    b ~ c a u B e

    of

    his

    home's w h 1 t ~ siding protuberance

    and

    tacky wrousnt_1ron

    porch

    rail ing.

    Bob

    Hodgson explici t ly

    descr1pt1

    y

    e

    w o r ~

    for

    the

    aesthetes

    who

    r ~ d e c o r a t ~ d the 11v1ng roo= of

    the Hodgson

    f a ~ i l y home at

    2255 Madison

    Aye_

    nue;

    tooled

    copper

    fireplace,

    oak banding ll.nd wainscoting e n

    lI>Ods

    ....

    1zed

    with white paint a l l r o u n d ~

    Nor

    have

    t he schoo la escaped abandonoent

    and

    desecration.

    The Lor1n Fll.rr School

    at

    22nd

    etreet

    and

    Harrison

    s tands deje c

    tedly behind

    a

    For L e a n ~ d ' . 20th Street

    just above

    sshington

    BOUle-

    vard, the

    Dee

    Schoo l' s s tu rdy

    Richardaonian stonework is

    caked with

    chalky

    white

    paint ll.nd i ts

    windows hidden

    b ,

    u t te r l , incongruous

    lac , white

    lell.f_and_

    Yine

    gri l les .

    And to twist

    the knife

    one more turn, a

    buge aign blatantly t ~ l l s

    the

    orld

    that

    the building

    if;

    n o ~

    the hOlCe of L i l Audrey's

    Ladiea'

    Spa.

    Civil i ..... tion

    Arches

    P1'.A.SE

    A

    mind_boggling a=ount of research r e ~ i n s

    undone.

    In-person perusal of

    Hodgson

    drswings

    in

    the ~ e b e r

    State

    College

    ArChitectural

    Drll.winga

    Collection

    i l l doubtless , i e ld

    clues , ll.a will

    continued

    study

    of old c i t , direc_

    tor ies . And t ~ e r e ill.

    p o ~ e n t i 1 g o l ~

    mine

    of information

    and

    lell.d., the

    persons of m ny

    proud Ogden

    r e s i ~ e n t s r c b i t e c t u r s l

    e n t ~ u a i s t

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    Research has

    S r a r

    u nc Gy ered a disappointingly

    small

    amGunt

    o f

    Hodgson

    Prairie

    s t y l e .

    Bu t the

    f e ~ undated homes

    a n d - - ~ o r e

    i n t r i g u i n g - - t h e achoole

    i n v i t e th e hope that much aore

    P r s i r i e

    s ~ a i t s

    d i a c o y e ~ . The known e ~ p l e s

    d e a o ~ t r a t e

    HodgsGn a

    ffis i ty

    for e nr ic hin g th e

    ~ r i g h t i a n

    atyle

    ~ i t h

    hia

    Ovn

    touch.

    in the

    LArkinesQue

    Lorin Farr School.

    One

    suspecta that H o d g s ~ a

    25_year e t i n t

    as

    Ogden School D i a t r i c t Architect ~ a s

    as

    fecund

    as ~ e r e o t h e r

    ~ p e t

    of

    h is long

    and

    yaried work_life.

    Hopefully

    l l of

    Hodgson s

    e ~ t n t

    work v i I I eyentually be

    i d e n t i f i e d

    an d

    photographed, an d d e ~ o l i s h e d

    bui l di ngs

    ~ i l l

    be

    recorded.

    nd

    t hen

    Phase

    IV

    __Tne In t e ri o rs . One

    experiences

    a

    r ecur r ent fantasy:

    A

    stooped.

    b l e r y e y e ~ nonagenarian

    wanders

    in

    the

    sunset giow, Pftd. p e n c i l . c ~ e r s

    ~ d

    magnifying

    glaaa

    a t

    the ready

    an d hesd fi l led with plans fo r

    future

    phases of

    th e Leal i e Hodgson Stp ry .

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    '00 '

    1.

    O l KaJ' 6,

    198 ' ,

    ..hi le eaain.hl i ;

    ucbitKtl l l al

    dravings 1n Sob HodgaCD.'.

    office,

    tbe

    ~ t h o r ~ o t i c d

    sheet for

    the

    Ecel

    BuildiAg

    waa

    aiSDed

    5. T.

    ; Ihi taker

    and f ..Ue S. H0d8sM,

    Archi tech .

    Bob

    e.aU

    lblt totO

    v e

    partner_ for about

    three

    ~ e r p o a i b 1 7

    1910-14.

    Tbi.

    vAA th e

    t i r a t t i a .

    Whitaker's

    _ ....

    p ~ r e

    n

    tbe

    cur re nt r es e. rc h project .

    2.

    The Ogden Hietorical

    Buildinga

    Sure.y

    un.qui.nea lly gi

    Hodgeon credit

    fo r

    the

    Scowcroft

    W r h o ~ e but

    a1 o detes the building

    19Q0.04

    __

    tvo year.

    before Ho

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    LH.. r r i s , E. T.

    Archi tects ,

    BIBLIOGIW'IIY

    Arch it ec tu re o f Ogden: J .

    1906-07. S d t LUe Ci t , . ,

    A. Sm i t h Lesl ie Hodg on,

    Cent Pr in t ing COIlp8.llJ'. 1907.

    Polk.

    R L. Ogden

    City Direc tory ,

    .1222-06.

    Ogden: iI

    L.

    Polk COOl-

    pany, ~ l i s h e r s

    UtAh

    St . t e

    Histor ic ..l Society Fi l es :

    ~ e e r

    County

    Ogden

    His tor ic

    3ui ldings S r . ey .

    'H i l l , JOII.

    Ogden:

    H.;

    i r e .

    F. A.; Cri tchlow, J .

    Pac if iC Rea lt y Assoc iA ti on ,

    I nc . ,

    c .

    Ogden.

    the

    1909-10.

    Jllllction City .

    'The

    City of

    Ogden

    ~ . 'eber

    count

    h

    Par t

    E. V. Fohlin, publi ..her ,

    191

    . 01 .

    1 .

    S d t

    lJJce

    Cit,. :

    ~ e b e r

    State

    College Speci l

    Collectioll l l : Archi tectur ..

    l

    tlra

    ings __

    Lesl ie

    S. Hodg on.

    Prominent C itiz en s' F ile .

    Pro, inent Building

    Fi le .

    Fhotogr.ph

    .. and

    . r ch i tec tura l

    dra ings in pos se ss io n o f Robert D. Hodgson,

    850 24th

    St ree t ,

    Cgden, Utah.

    Interview with

    Robert

    D.

    Hodgson.

    850

    24th

    S t r ee t . Ogden,

    ,.

    6,

    1981.

    GOIIII Peter L. 1'he PrAir ie School In flu en ce i n

    Utah.

    The Pr i r i e

    SChool Review, 12: 1

    (1975) ,

    ~ e b e r

    County Library Speci l

    Col lec t ions

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    US IS:

    C,

    T'Ile

    fol l ...

    n E

    is

    ~ i s t

    of

    enrytlolD&

    _

    fu-

    k l

    to

    the

    .lItloor

    .a

    b.. . .

    US

    be

    .... design d b,. LeaHe

    HodpDll, well

    aa reliable

    attribllUDIl8.

    lllcllld:ed

    u-e ~ l l c i I l g s . e..t

    ....t

    . . .11 de_ Ih ed

    a:u

    s l l ert&llt u-cbltect,,_

    ra l d r ...-inga. f 'urthe, l

    . t ip t iOll

    ia

    eceaaar: ,

    to

    lIetel llille ....ielo of

    the

    drer lnp U-e

    r une 'pleted projecU.

    Works o undeter-iIIec1 4atilts f o l l _

    the

    chroao:o. ':ical l i . t inS .

    The l i . t

    identif ies dOcu.ent.tion

    aourCea

    ae_

    cordioS

    to

    thia

    code:

    on :

    0sden H i ~ t o r i c a l B l l i l d i n ~ ( c o p i e ~

    a t Weber Count: ' Librar: , and Utsh

    St . te

    ntstor icsl S o c i e t ~ .

    Salt Lake

    Cit,.).

    Utah St . te

    Historic . l Soeiet,..

    ~ e b e r State

    College Speeiel o l l e e ~ i o n s Arcbiteetllral Drawinss Col_

    leetion.

    Robert H o ~ g s o n Hiatortcal P h o ~ o g r

    ..pb Collection.

    RHAD:

    Robert Hodgson Arehitectural

    Drewi s Coll

    ..ctioe.

    S/Il: Architect ,.

    ..

    O de,.

    SlOith

    Hodsson.

    aaterisk . C C O ~ l ' i l l t a b i ~ d i I l S ' s

    L n d i c . t e ~

    th.. bllildins 1a extant.

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    HOrosot> ClUlOfiOLOOICAL LIST

    1900-0'

    Joha

    A

    Sc_croft VarehOWle,

    }OC

    a ll 'fe:>\Ie. CEIl R

    lIodp01l

    q, orha.

    1906:

    Sh\lpe_wnu Cand,.

    factory, WaU

    Ionll\le ..

    26th

    Street. 5/E.

    l' IuIonic ' ff:lph, 2550 a a h i . n ~ o t I Bhd. OfUI, SIR.

    190647:

    See

    Section 2 o

    this

    report,

    in which

    the

    book, Architect\lre

    0sden,

    Sce Ca ell.

    . o U : l I ~

    Fort School

    Additio::.

    RP.A. I.

    H ating

    and Plumhing.

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    191}:

    Ec.dell

    OUiet Buildina:.

    2100,. W.hiDl taa

    Bbd. 00lI.

    1914:

    Patter.ollIN,e BUilding, 2422 W

    hington l ~ d OHB

    , . . ton

    S t a b

    lank.

    loISe

    '9'5:

    Banll

    Ur.aell /Juea

    PWv u Redde ce,

    2669

    Kadl.on ' ' 'm' ' OfiB

    1916:

    LOS

    Br&ech fo r

    the

    ne.. r , 140 21.t S tr ee t.

    OKB

    Peter 00 Article. (See

    Bibliography)

    1917:

    LeRoy

    Eccles

    Rellidence.

    2509 eel.B

    Aven .. RHAD osaS.

    w.at .. ThOlU. l I Store

    FroIIt fo r D.

    B.

    Pu r y

    e t a t e ) . illl D

    1917-18,

    GuJ

    John.on lIu

    ....

    e r hOlle , Ogden C&Jl1DII. IISC.

    19'9:

    Pule , .

    T. \lriht

    ~ r hoee,

    0sden

    CNIyCllll

    IISC.

    1920'

    Patrick

    Me.ly J r . ReBidenee, 2580 Eccles Avenue.

    WSC

    USHS

    192

    1

    :

    Frank VTlsht

    . i0Me. '-'SC.

    J. .

    1/. \ t r ip t noee reaodeliD .

    VSC

    Albert E. Becker Home.

    IISC

    (See lllid_ J:

    lI.ahillgtoll School, . . . .hillgtOll B1.d }}rd St r ee t . RaP

    1922:

    Reed Botel ~ Parlor. WSC

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    iiO :(i.S()N CKilONOLOGJ

    ( tnf . )

    19'1' :

    Adlli.cht

    ....UOll BlI.lldhg_L l6

    COOp

    ....t SeCIlTU:r COrpo....tiOll.

    READ.

    RU iaiDll:

    19'1'.

    il:llA l.

    1'1/12-'-,:

    o...llift&

    IJaUa--LiOl:l

    Coal

    CorporatiOll,

    VatUa,

    Utah.

    IISC.

    19 :

    Wal.ker Potato

    Chip

    ec.pIl.l11, 221 Khad

    Aunlle. RKAD.

    DeaoUah.d.

    9 ~ 7

    Contiftenhl S.king CO

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    111 POSSESS Ofi OF

    ilO EllI

    D. BOOOSOfi

    Las t

    Tbc.8e

    Store

    rreat .

    (10r

    O. H.

    PeerT

    EBtate>.

    1917.

    pt.r=iat Apartcenta r Dick Gutul.

    Waal lUlj ;toc

    l hd .

    and

    } } St . , n.d.

    paper

    __

    8

    aheeta.

    Box Elder C o ~ t .

    Ja i l ,

    r ~ ~

    Cit,.,

    Ctab.

    1940.

    paptr-- '6 lLhuta.

    Continental

    BakicS

    CocpanJ

    0sden

    P ~ t 26th Str .e t , 1947.

    Orig1:l.al' ~ t

    __

    } aheeta;

    JarchJltlnt--7

    betta.

    Ac dition' linen

    __

    t6

    ahe. t . ;

    p a ~ r 15 aheeta.

    Globe

    Milla,

    194?

    linen

    __4 aheets, paper

    __

    1 aheet.

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    Ilr. L Mra.

    FNd

    ViU1aaa Ruidellce,

    1961

    V.ehiJIKtOll Shod., I l.d.

    l i J I ~ 5 aneeta. ~ p e r __

    1

    ebeet.

    Fred Vill i

    Gara r 191

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    LESUE EOOOSCl1 UCIiI'fEC1'tI1lAL n;L\Io'DlGS IN

    Beth

    ApartuDt I OIIJI

    26tb

    ... Ada.a, 192 . l iodpaa. .. McClnahaA

    linen

    __

    '

    al :u l ;

    ,- 1 --9

    s h u t

    Firat

    Nationd IlalIk : uildiD';. D.d. H ~ a O l 1 .. I CClIIn. .'.....

    l i n e ~

    __ aheet

    Becker

    5 r e ~ 1 n ;

    Ka1t1n,; Company, Eanaton, Wyo., 1917.

    110en__ 0 ah tta; paper--5

    ahaeta.

    J .

    W

    L e v e ~ h l Cottage, Ogden, 919.

    I1nen-- ahteta;

    paper

    __4

    ahaata.

    B. w

    W h 1 ~ , cottage,

    248' Hudson. 9 .

    paper-- 5 ahteta.

    C.

    J .

    E u ~ p h r i e a cottage. n.d.

    11nen--6 ~ e e t a .

    W H.

    Williac.

    cot tage joint

    ~ r a g e

    with

    C.

    J .

    1 U 4 ~ ~ r i a a , n.d.

    linen__4

    aheata.

    o . . ' U ~ n g

    U d ~ e .

    LiD::

    l

    Corp WatHa V:.a.,>, 1942- .

    p a ? e ~ - - ' 5 aheeta.

    Albert r. Beeker hOl:e. Brinker e. 26th St

    921,

    EocIgaOl1 I': cl.,..a.h.tn.

    linen--9 aheeta.

    .rll.

    Albert

    E.

    Beeker ho=e,

    n.d.,

    Hodsaon

    I ' : c C l e n a r ~ .

    linen--7

    ahatta.

    I':ra.

    W Ch.a,

    ho=e, n,d., Hodgllon

    ..

    M c C l e n ~ ~ n .

    p I I ~ r - - 2 2 .h ,eta.

    Mr.

    Ora. Patrick Ha.ly Jr . home, 920,

    Hewitt,

    Hodgaon M c C l e n . r ~ .

    paper__1 a ~ e t t a .

    GlI y Jo u:aon all._rhoulle, Ogden Canyon, 917-18. Hodgaon McClenab.n.

    paper__ 'O aheet

    J , ..... Lnedahl how. n.d.

    pa

    . . .

    ~ - - 5

    aheeta.

    I .re.

    J .

    O. Read t:oat. n.d. l lodpon l':eCle:>ahM.

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    ' abeeta;

    ptptr__4

    aheata.

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    Stain 1:-..

    9Z7 lloclgllOOl

    ...

    McClenahan

    p a ; > t ~ - - '

    ahut

    D. K. Stewart hoce (double houa,). 92}-25,

    Hodgllon

    McClanahan.

    paptr--6 abeeta.

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    Evanaton State Bank,

    ~ a n e t o n

    Wyo., 1914.

    1inen__ 10 eheete; paper __8 eheete.

    Roy D

    Thatcher

    bome. 192}-25. Hodgeon McClenahan.

    paper--18

    aheeta.

    S. Lewie ~ o r k e h o p Stab le Ice Houee,

    1911-12.

    p a pe r- - 1 a he e ts .

    ~ i r o r d

    Williaca home.

    1910.

    1inen__ 6

    eheeta.

    Arthur ...... ight hOllle rUlodeling 1921. Hodgaon HeClananan.

    peper--5

    eheete.

    FrAnk Wright home,

    1921

    Hodgson McClenahan.

    paper

    __

    10 ah eets.

    Parley T. Wright eummerhouse, Ogden Canyon. 1919 Hodgson

    McClenAhan.

    p e p e r ~ 7

    sheete.

    Hotel Bigelow Garege. 1929 Hodgson HeClenahen.

    peper__ ?

    sh eete.

    Reed Hotel

    Ladiea Parlor

    1922 Hodgson HeClenahan.

    peper--25 a ~ e e t a ;

    l in eo --1 eheet.

    LDS

    10th Ward Meetinghouse n.d.

    1inen--9 sheets.

    rred Kiesel

    W a r e h o u ~ e

    n.d.

    peper--6

    eh eets.

    Y ese

    Bunkhouses

    Bear River

    Club

    Co.

    Ogden, 1912.

    peper--5

    sheete

    Bra. .well

    J>oolt

    Stationery S t o r e 2363 ~ a s h i n g t o n Blvd. 1922,

    paper__ '

    eheets.

    Burton

    Implement Company, 1913.

    linen__

    1

    sh eets; p e p e r--

    eheete.

    Scowerort

    Sone Warehouse, P r i c e

    Utah. n .d

    paper__2 aheets

    T. C. Mercer Sto re. 314_18

    25th

    S t .

    Rellodding n.d.

    11oen--5 eheete.

    Hodgeon

    McClenahAn.

    N at io na l D o ll ar

    Sto re

    1927. Ar chitect

    peper--8

    ah eets.

    Bernard

    Joseph San

    F r a n c b c o .

    Hodgson Heelenaban eupervising

    a r c h i t e c t s .

    Joseph

    Farry

    Investment

    Co 23rd Waabington BITd, 1913.

    lineo __

    16

    eheete;

    paper

    __

    sheete.

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    Ogden 1'u....,1tW e Carpet Co. N=odelina:. n.d .

    11::e,,__6 .hee t

    Richardao:l H= . t Store

    d4iU ..........

    4 al terat ion 1915.

    1ine: :_

    a.l :ut . ;

    paper

    __

    . b eU .

    i H Speora:o

    lina:ton

    Bhd n

    paper

    __2 .hee t

    Woodmaneee Store.

    2455-59 Vaahington Blvd.

    n.d. Hodg.on McC1enaban

    paper--5 sheeta.

    George \I Larkin

    Terr .ce .

    n.d. ~ t Hod&acn.

    11 e,,-_6

    sheet

    Union Stock Tare.

    I : x ~ e

    lundin, . '930. I odgao:l

    Meclec.aban.

    paper-9 sheen .

    :-abernac1e Sq

    . . . . .

    e. '9 . Hod&a= ....d ... T. St i l lwel l . LaDdacape J.rchitect.

    papu_11

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    ...

    tle=c1:1shed.


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