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

205 East Vine Street

Murray Downtown Historic District

— National Register of Historic Places —

205 East Vine Street Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 17, 2025

1. 205 East Vine Street Marker

Inscription. This one-and-a-half story Victorian Eclectic style house was constructed in circa 1895 by James Perry Freeze. Freeze was an early LDS pioneer and active in local business, church, and civic affairs. He purchased 184 acres in 1881 for $7,800 and likely built this house for his second wife, Sarah Jane Granter. Her son, Sherman G. Freeze, sold the City of Murray some of the land which later became Murray City Park. Character-defining architectural features of the home include its hip-roofed dormers, dentil stringcourse rock-faced brick at top of window openings and above the foundation, coursed rock-faced sandstone foundation, leaded and transom windows, and shingle-sided dormers. The home is a key contributor to the Murray Downtown Historic District.

Erected 2017 by Utah Division of State History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Utah Historic Sites (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1895.

Location. 40° 39.814′ N, 111° 53.122′ W. Marker is in Murray, Utah, in Salt Lake County.

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It is on Vine Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 205 East Vine Street, Salt Lake City UT 84107, 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 Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: John P. Cahoon House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Pony Express Station (approx. 0.6 miles away); Murray Smelting (approx. 0.6 miles away); Bergertown Settlement (approx. ¾ mile away); Murray LDS Second Ward Meetinghouse (approx. ¾ mile away); Mahonri Moriancumer Cahoon (approx. one mile away); First Religious Instruction Building in the Valley Outside of Salt Lake City (approx. 1.1 miles away); Archibald Gardner Mill (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 17, 2025

2. 205 East Vine Street Marker

of all markers in Murray.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 17, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 17, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. This page has been viewed 115 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 17, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.