The William V. Helfrich/Patrick Healy Home

The William V. Helfrich/Patrick Healy Home. 2529 Jefferson. This home was built by William V. Helfrich in 1891 in the architectural style of Victorian Eclectic with Queen Anne shingling and tower. The architect is unknown. The house has irregular massing and cross gables with a stone foundation. A two-story addition to the north rear corner was made within 10 years of construction. Major alterations included a two-story frame enclosure of the front porch, an addition to the south rear corner, two sheet metal roofed basement entrances on the facade and north side, as well as a wood fire escape at the rear. An earlier porch had a brick railing wall with neoclassical posts. Many additions and alterations were removed in 2010 restoring the integrity of the original home., William V. Helfrich was employed as a cashier for Citizens Bank. He and his wife Agnes were residents of the property until 1896. Patrick Healy Sr. acquired the property in 1897. Mr. Healy immigrated from Ireland in 1862 arriving in New York eventually settling in Utah in 1868 and marrying Mary Ann Patterson. He obtained employment with the Southern Pacific Railroad and on the 10th of May 1869, he witnessed the driving of the Golden Spike at Promontory, Utah. He retired from the Southern Pacific Railroad Co. as a locomotive engineer., Later in life Mr. Healy attained prominence in Ogden financial and business circles. He became Vice President of Commercial National Bank (later known as Commercial Security Bank, now Key Bank) in 1905 and served as President from 1910 until his death in 1918. Mr. Healy had large holdings in the sugar industry in Utah and served as President of Murphy Wholesale Grocery Co. He was responsible for the construction of the Healy Hotel building at 100 25th Street in 1901 and was proprietor from 1913-1918. Mrs. Healy was prominent in social and civic affairs of Ogden and continued living in the home until her death in 1934., W. Karl Hopkins and his wife Lodica Seely lived in the home after 1935. Mr. Hopkins moved to Ogden in 1919 to accept the position of superintendent of Ogden City Schools until his retirement in 1948. During his tenure he considered the construction of the (million-dollar) Ogden High School his most outstanding achievement. , Ownership of the home was passed down to the Hopkins children until 1958, when it was converted into the Mietchen Manor Boarding House, operated by Jerome C. Mietchen, who at the time was employed as a sheet-metal worker at Hill Air Force Base. It existed as a multi-unit residence until 2009 when it was purchased and restored as a single-family home by Alan and Cindy Toone.