McIntyre House (Salt Lake City, Utah)

The McIntyre House is a historic mansion built in 1898 and located at 259 E. 7th Ave. in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was designed by architect Frederick Albert Hale. The home was listed by the National Park Service on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

McIntyre House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	259 E. 7th Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Coordinates	40°46′39″N 111°52′54″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1898
Architect	Hale, Frederick A.
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	78002677[1]
Added to NRHP	July 17, 1978

According to its NRHP nomination, the house was commissioned by Gilbert S. "Gill" Peyton and first called "Peyton Hall."[2]

Peyton, a Nebraska pharmacist who perfected and patented a cyanide-based method for extracting gold dust from mud, previously made his way to Utah where he and his partners purchased the largely abandoned Mercur Mine and became wealthy.[3] The house was sold in 1901 to fellow mining executive William H. McIntyre who also founded the McIntyre Ranch[4], one of the largest working ranches in Canada.[5] His descendants lived in "McIntyre House" until the property was purchased by the president of the LDS Church in 1963 for use by LDS Hospital and Brigham Young University College of Nursing[6] and renamed "Colonial House."[7]

Following fifty years of institutional usage, in 2013 the property returned to its previous name and private ownership when a family purchased and restored the residence.[8][9]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Michael D. Gallivan (December 12, 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: McIntyre House". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos from 1978
3. Carr, Stephen L. (1986) [June 1972]. The Historical Guide to Utah Ghost Towns (3rd ed.). Salt Lake City, Utah: Western Epics. pp. 24–26. ISBN 0-914740-30-X.
4. "The McIntyre Years". McIntyre Ranch. McIntyre Ranch. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
5. "History of the McIntyre Ranch". Westwind Weekly News. Westwind Weekly News. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
6. "Utah Markers and Monuments: Colonial House". Utah Division of State History. State of Utah. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
7. Arave, Lynn (August 14, 2012). Walking Salt Lake City. Wilderness Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-0899976921.
8. Zimmerman, Scot (September 28, 2015). "Salt Lake Magazine: New Life for the McIntyre Mansion". Archived from the original on April 24, 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-19. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
9. Temple, Eric (Producer) (December 15, 2015). Restoring the Colonial House (flv) (Television production). South Ogden, UT: Highway 89 Media.