569 Park Avenue
Samuel & Alice Deighton House

Tax Photo - circa 1930s

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Alexander Smith traded the lot south (#17) for this lot #18 in 1883, combining it with lot #19 which he already owned. Having married Phoebe Pembroke earlier that year, the couple probably intended on building a home here and raising a family. Sadly, in July 1885, Alexander died and was the first person buried in the newly established Glenwood Cemetery. Phoebe sold the property to Isaac and Maggie Osborne who built a T-cottage house. In 1899, the Osburne’s sold the home to Thomas and Matilda Stringer who lived in the small house with their eleven children. Thomas was a millwright and built the California Comstock Mill in Thaynes Canyon. Later he owned a custom assay office, contracting with local mines and prospectors to value silver ore. When Stringer died in 1911, he was recognized as one of the best assayers in Utah. In 1917, Matilda sold the house to Samuel and Alice Deighton, for $800, the same price she had paid for it eighteen years earlier. The small house had deteriorated significantly so Samuel and Alice built this bungalow home about 1923.

The bungalow became the basic middle-class house, replacing the Victorian cottage of the late nineteenth century. Its popularity was due to numerous pattern books, many published in California. Characteristics included low-pitched hip roof, rectangular plan, overhanging porch and narrow siding.