614 Park Avenue
Julius & Lovinia Jensne House

Tax Photo - circa 1930s

Recent Photo

As a young man, Julius Jensen came to the United States from his native Denmark and, in 1883, he arrived in Park City where he and his wife Lovinia began raising a family. They built their first home in 1890 at 823 Norfolk Avenue.
Julius worked in the Ontario mine and mill during most of his 23 years in Park City. The Jensen family continued to grow and, by 1900, the home on Norfolk Avenue was probably too small for the family of eight, so they sold and moved to 614 Park Ave.

Joseph and Selma Dye built the original home on this site in the mid-1890s. During the Great Fire in June 1989, that house and the one next door were blown up with giant (blasting) powder to create a fire break. The very next month the Dyes sold the property and it sat vacant for a year until the Jensen’s built this home.
During the summer of 1906 a derrick at the Ontario fell on Julius. Still feeling the effects of the accident, he came down with double pneumonia at the end of October. He died two days later at the age of 45 and was buried in the Glenwood Cemetery. A careful man, however, Jensen had taken steps to provide for his family. As a member of the local fraternal organization, the Modern Woodmen of America, he carried a $2,000 life insurance policy. But more tragedy followed. Less than four months after Julius’ death, Lovinia contracted pneumonia and died, leaving her children orphans. Buried beside Julius, her character is often portrayed during the Annual Halloween at the Glenwood (this year scheduled for Sunday October 30, noon-2pm).