John Moses Browning House

The John Moses Browning House is a historic house within the Ogden Central Bench Historic District in Ogden, Utah, United States, that is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).[1] It was the primary residence of American gun maker John Moses Browning from the turn of the 20th century until his death in 1926.

John Moses Browning House
North view of John Moses Browning, May 2009
John Moses Browning House is located in Utah
John Moses Browning House
John Moses Browning House is located in the United States
John Moses Browning House
Location505 27th Street
Ogden, Utah
United States
Coordinates41°12′58″N 111°58′0″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1900
ArchitectWhittaker, Sam
NRHP reference No.73001863[1]
Added to NRHPApril 24, 1973

Description

The house was built between 1890 and 1900 and is located at 505 27th Street. The home is a 6,700 square foot, two and a half story, eight bedroom mansion built of sandstone and red brick.[2] The home remained in the Browning family until 1940 when it was sold and converted into apartments. In the mid 1940s the building was purchased by the YWCA and housed a women's shelter before being sold again to a law firm that used it as office space. In 2001 it was renovated again and converted back into a private residence.[3] The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[4] It was listed on the NRHP Apri 24, 1973.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Home that once belonged to gun maker John Browning up for sale". 23 July 2011.
  3. "John Moses Browning Home".
  4. Powell, Kent (December 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Bigelow–Ben Lomond Hotel" (PDF). National Park Service. "Accompanying 2 photos, from 1973" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Inventory.

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