The Hiram Spencer/William H. Eccles Home

The Hiram Spencer/William H. Eccles Home. 2555 Jefferson. The house was built by Hiram Hupp Spencer in 1895. This Victorian home is a 2½ story brick, frame and concrete structure, thought to be designed by Francis C. Woods. The mass of the building is asymmetrically designed in an eclectic or restrained Queen Anne style with five gabled bays. Windows of the main façade have leaded glass transoms. Other features of the home include patterned shingles and a gabled roof. The home is the largest and most visible home in the district, next to the Eccles Community Art Center., Hirum Hupp Spencer was a prominent businessman, working for the Gibson Eccles and VanNoy Lumber Company. He also served as president of the Ogden Furniture Company, treasurer of Ogden Waterworks and Rapid Transit, and a one-term mayor of Ogden City., In 1903, William H. Eccles and his wife Mary acquired the property, doing some remodeling before moving into the home. This may have been when the southern Colonial Greek Revival elements were added. William, brother of financier David Eccles was in the lumber business and was a stockholder of the Utah-Idaho Central Railroad, Amalgamated Sugar, and Goddard Packing. William's daughter, Celia and her husband Walker Cheesman purchased the home in 1919. Cheesman operated a successful automobile sales business, selling Peerless, Buick and Dodge vehicles. They later lost the home in a foreclosure. It was vacant for a few years, and by 1938 it had been converted into seven apartments, then later to 14 apartments. Ogden City acquired the building in 2004 and removed the colonial pillars and restored the building to its original design. Its restoration was later completed by Steve and Nancy Jones.