The Avenues in Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)
1053 E. South Temple
South Temple Historic Site
National Register of Historic Places
Photographed by Jeremy Snow, May 21, 2025
1. 1053 E. South Temple Marker
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1053 E. South Temple. South Temple Historic Site. This two-story clapboard-sided house was built for Frederick J. and Ellen Clegg Tullidge around 1892-'94. A native of Salt Lake City, Frederick Tullidge's work included stone cutting for the construction of the Salt Lake LDS temple. In 1900, the house was sold to J.W. Rogers, a superintendent at the Pacific Express Company. He lived here until 1918, then sold the house to Elizabeth Green Armstrong and her husband, Lieutenant Commander Henry Jacques Armstrong. Henry died in 1923, and Elizabeth lived here until her death in 1942. The house remained in the Armstrong family until 1960, when it was sold to Floyd and Bessie Thompson. The modest Neoclassical detail of the house features simple, Tuscan columns; original leaded-glass windows; and second-story windows with unusual, engaged column mullions and wood trim. These, and other period features lend an air of elegance to this side-passage house and diversity to the architecture in this section of South Temple Street.
This two-story clapboard-sided house was built for Frederick J. and Ellen Clegg Tullidge around 1892-'94. A native of Salt Lake City, Frederick Tullidge's work included stone cutting for the construction of the Salt Lake LDS temple. In 1900, the house was sold to J.W. Rogers, a superintendent at the Pacific Express Company. He lived here until 1918, then sold the house to Elizabeth Green Armstrong and her husband, Lieutenant Commander Henry Jacques Armstrong. Henry died in 1923, and Elizabeth lived here until her death in 1942. The house remained in the Armstrong family until 1960, when it was sold to Floyd and Bessie Thompson. The modest Neoclassical detail of the house features simple, Tuscan columns; original leaded-glass windows; and second-story windows with unusual, engaged column mullions and wood trim. These, and other period features lend an air of elegance to this side-passage house and diversity to the architecture in this section of South Temple Street.
Erected 2022 by Utah state Historic Preservation Office.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. In
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addition, it is included in the Utah Historic Sites (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1892.
Location. 40° 46.173′ N, 111° 51.642′ W. Marker is in Salt Lake City, Utah, in Salt Lake County. It is in The Avenues. It is on East South Temple Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1053 E S Temple Street, Salt Lake City UT 84102, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, 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 Mexicos Alta California.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 8, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. This page has been viewed 136 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on June 8, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
