517 Park Avenue
William Bardsley House

Tax Photo - circa 1930s

Recent Photo

William Bardsley was born in Southern Utah in 1869 and graduated from Chicago’s Rush Medical College in 1903. He came to Park City to work in the brand new Miner’s Hospital and practiced in Park City for over fifty years. He purchased this house from Dr. William Donoher, an ear, nose & throat specialist who had practiced in Park City for five years before moving to Salt Lake City.

During the ensuing decades, the house suffered numerous alterations. Although two story T-cottage houses are rare in Park City, the extensive nature of the remodeling caused the home to be rejected in 1983 from nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Local builder Tim Lee purchased the house and completed an extensive rehabilitation in 1993. He removed the synthetic siding revealing the historic wood siding, repaired the Italianate style box bay window, replaced the non-historic windows with reproduction double-hung windows, and rebuilt the porch with wood columns and balustrade. The restoration of the house was so successful that, in 1984, the previous decision was reversed, and the house is now included on the register.