The Oscar E. Hill/John Hoxer House

The Oscar E. Hill/John Hoxer House. 2540 Jefferson Avenue. While the home was originally built for Thomas Whalen as a mirror image of his next-door residence at 2532 Jefferson, the home was first occupied by Oscar E. Hill, a cashier at Commercial National Bank. The house consists of pedimented gables with Queen Anne shingling and half timbering, turned porch posts, one-story, full-width porch with a gabled entry and a shingled second story bay. , Hill sold the house in 1893 to Commercial National Bank, which rented out the property. In 1903 the house was rented by Henry Conant, a former vice president for Commercial National Bank. Conant sold the home to W. R. Scott who later sold it to Martin Cullen in 1905. Cullen, a retired foreman for Southern Pacific Railroad and former Ogden City Councilman, owned the home for more than a decade. In 1915 the home was sold to John Hoxer. Mr. Hoxer became the principal owner and was a resident from 1918 until his death in 1944. Hoxer was a prominent manufacturer and supplier of canvas products in the Ogden area. He ran Ogden Tent and Awning Co. until he was 91 years old. The home was owned by the Hoxer Family until 1945 when it was sold to Emma H. Kent, widow of Harry Kent, who was a resident until the mid-1960's. The home was split up into three apartments, had numerous owners, and finally restored as a single family home by Matthew and Angela Choberka.