The Avenues in Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Dr. Ellis Reynolds Shipp Park

Dr. Ellis Reynolds Shipp

— 1847 - 1939 —

Photographed by Andrew Johnson, September 22, 2018

1. Dr. Ellis Reynolds Shipp Park Marker

Inscription. When Dr. Ellis Reynolds Shipp graduated from Women's Medical College in Philadelphia with a specialty in obstetrics and diseases of women and children, she returned to Salt Lake City to practice medicine and open her School of Obstetrics and Nursing in 1878. Dr. Shipp trained thousands of midwives and nurses and delivered over 5,000 babies not only in Salt Lake, but in many other parts of Utah as well. She was a member of the first Board of Directors of Deseret Hospital which was founded in 1882. For most of her life she lived and practiced medicine on Second Avenue, just a few blocks from this park.

Park name submitted by Meg Brady, 1987.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Science & Medicine • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1878.

Location. 40° 46.45′ N, 111° 52.328′ W. Marker is in Salt Lake City, Utah, in Salt Lake County. It is in The Avenues. It is on 4th Avenue west of I Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 579 4th Avenue, Salt Lake City UT 84103, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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this marker is in the Wasatch Front

and in Greater Salt Lake.

It is also in the American Mountain West

and in Colorado Plateau.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 20th Ward Meetinghouse (approx. ¼ mile away); Thomas Kearns Mansion and Carriage House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Ezra Thompson, Jr. House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Keith/Brown Mansion (approx. 0.4 miles away); Twentieth Ward School (approx. 0.4 miles away); First Playground (approx. half a mile away); Ladies Literary Club Building (approx. half a mile away); Simon Bamberger House (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Salt Lake City.

Entrance to Dr. Ellis Reynolds Shipp Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Johnson, September 22, 2018

2. Entrance to Dr. Ellis Reynolds Shipp Park

The marker is near the tree in the center

Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 22, 2018, by Andrew Johnson of Salt Lake City, Utah. This page has been viewed 468 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 22, 2018, by Andrew Johnson of Salt Lake City, Utah. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.