2025 Historic Walking Tour
Please join us for our Fall 2025 Walking Tour. Historic Home Walking Tour of Upper Yale Heights - Newest Local Historic District -...
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Kim Jensen Childs
1960-2024 It is with great sadness and heavy hearts we share the passing of Kim Jensen Childs (1960-2024). Kim was our organization's...
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Masonry Lecture
Learn about these masonry types in our next educational lecture, Tuesday, JUNE 4, 2024, 6:45-8:00 pm, Anderson Foothill Library Hosted by...
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Thursday, May 2nd - State Tax credit Program
Amber Anderson, Manager, Utah State Historic Preservation Office. She assists property owners in crafting appropriate rehabilitation...
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Local TV station Fox 13 features piece on balancing development with historic preservation
Historic Salt Lake City buildings at risk of being demolished for redevelopment May 5, 2023 By Spencer Joseph
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Signage for Yalecrest, 2023
K.E.E.P. Yalecrest is proud to announce the culmination of a several years signage project with the installation of two types of signs...
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Attention Yalecrest Property Owners
A message from K.E.E.P. Yalecrest President Lynn K. Pershing, PhD K.E.E.P. Yalecrest encourages residents to send and make statements at...
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Proposed Affordable Housing Overlay Detrimental to Yalecrest
By Lynn K. Pershing, Ph.D., President of K.E.E.P. Yalecrest I understand the need for affordable housing. I do NOT believe the current...
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Lights! Camera! Action!
By Lynn K. Pershing, President You’ve seen the icons associated with film-making before, the clapperboard, film reels, director chairs,...
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K.E.E.P. Yalecrest celebrates Carl Leith receiving the Lucybeth Rampton Lifetime Achievement Award
Carl Leith, former senior planner in Salt Lake’s Planning Department, received the Lucybeth Rampton Lifetime Achievement Award from...
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The Salt Lake Tribune: "Salt Lake City is destroying its own livable neighborhoods"
View an editorial from 2019, still relevant today. Lynn Pershing wrote this in April 2019. Read here.
Read →Gaskell Romney, prominent Yalecrest builder
The Romney name is well known in Utah. Learn about our U.S. Senator Mitt Romney's grandfather as a developer of the Yalecrest...
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Concerns About New UofU Student Housing
University of Utah West Village Student Housing Project The U is planning to build two 5-story and one 3-story housing structure on the...
Read →Notable Yalecrest resident Minnie Viele Miller, "Captain of Commerce"
Yalecrest resident Minnie Viele Miller was one of the land donors behind the Lee Charles Miller Bird Refuge and Nature Park at 1706 E....
Read →State of Streetlight Maintenance in Yalecrest
Watch and listen to an overview of the state of streetlights in the Yalecrest neighborhood, discussed at the Yalecrest Neighborhood...
Read →History of the Emigration Canyon Railroad
Did you know there was a railroad up Sunnywide Avenue and Emigration Canyon? It's short existence ran 1907-1917. Learn more about it by...
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Yalecrest History and Early Development
The fascinating history of the origin of the Yalecrest neighborhood and the first four homes built here was presented by Virginia Hylton...
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Ugly 5G poles appearing in Yalecrest and near historic homes
Ugly 5G poles are appearing in Yalecrest and all over Salt Lake and the state, because of a deal between the State Legislature and...
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Yalecrest Streetscapes - Then and Now
We have been able to find some photographs of a few scenes in Yalecrest taken about seventy-five or eighty years ago that we'd like to share. It is fun to see those scenes and how they compare to the same scenes today. The trees have c…
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A Long-Time Yalecrest Resident Once Christened a Navy Warship? Who Knew?
In December 1928, the U.S. Navy was finishing construction of the U.S.S. Salt Lake City, a new navy cruiser, at the New York Shipbuilding Company at Camden, New Jersey. Miss Helen Budge, a 22 year-old Julliard trained musician of 1002 D…
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Fall = A New School Year
I always loved the Fall. I loved the colors of the changing leaves and the start of a new school year. Not to mention, the fun of Halloween! I bet many kids today feel the same way. Thinking about them and thinking about Yalecrest’s…
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Yalecrest Receives Another Local Historic District Designation!
In April, the Salt Lake City Council unanimously approved the sixth Local Historic District in Yalecrest. Congratulations to those who spearheaded the effort and garnered support. This latest district is located on the 1500 E. block of…
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2018 KEEP Yalecrest's Annual Members Meeting
Thank you to our host-who happens to live in Yalecrest's most recently designated local historic district!
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How Yalecrest Got Laird Park
Laird Park, March 19, 1950 Digital Image ©2016 Utah State Historical Society
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Princeton home receives Preservation Utah Award
The owners of a 1938 Cape Cod home located on the 1700 block of Princeton Avenue, in one of Yalecrest's local historic districts, have been recognized by Preservation Utah (https://preservationutah.org) for their thoughtful and compatibl…
Read →Library Lecture and Education Series continues...
With over 35 people in attendance, the popularity of the K.E.E.P Library lecture education series continues. Last month, John Lambert from Abstract Masonry Restoration shared his masonry knowledge and experience with historic structures…
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K.E.E.P. Yalecrest receives another award!!!
The Utah Division of State History recognized K.E.E.P. Yalecrest at its 65th Annual State History Conference during an awards luncheon on Oct. 11, 2017. Current and past board members were in attendance to accept the award. It is an hon…
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Changes in Bonneville Glen and Miller Park
Sycamore tree-lined streets, beautifully restored street lamps, historically significant architecture, a welcoming supportive neighborhood, and Miller Park are just some of the incredible amenities we enjoy living in Yalecrest.
Read →K.E.E.P Honors Kathy Nielsen, Former Director - Utah Heritage Foundation Historic Homes Tour
K.E.E.P. Membership Fall Octoberfest Event, September 30, 2017
Read →Fall Walking Tour (2017)
The Board of K.E.E.P. Yalecrest would like to thank all of the tour participants and volunteers who braved the cold and the possible rain/snow forecast to make this year’s Fall Walking Tour such a fun and successful event. And a big tha…
Read →Annual Walking Tour Saturday October 14th 2017 10am -Noon
Our annual historic homes walking tour is Saturday, October 14th, 10am - 12pm.
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Uintah's Lost Shield
Many school building facades constructed a century ago displayed ornamental terra-cotta features such as an emblem showing the year the school was built aesthetically placed at the top of the building. Such was the case with the old Uin…
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Our Latest Plaque Recipient-945 S. Fairview Ave
Congratulations to Chris and Jenny Munford! They were recognized by Preservation Utah and received the 2017 Heritage Award for their compatible addition.
Read →Preservation Tax Credit Presentation June 13 7pm Anderson Foothill Library
KEEP Yalecrest Neighborhood Est. 1911
Read →Utah State History Preservation Month!
https://heritage.utah.gov/history/archaeology-preservation-month-2017
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Dancing Around the Maypole in Yalecrest
Last year, we made a post about Hollywood motion picture actress Muriel Goodspeed who grew up at 1559 Harvard Avenue. We wanted to revisit Muriel briefly because today is the 100 year anniversary of her birth. She was born May 1, 1917…
Read →Two Great Preservation Utah Events-Featuring Yalecrest!
On April 6, 2017, Preservation Utah held their annual Heritage Awards Banquet.
Read →Preservation Utah's Historic Homes Tour is in Yalecrest! Sat. 4/22/17
2017 Historic Homes Tour: Yalecrest
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2017 Annual K.E.E.P. Yalecrest Meeting
K.E.E.P. Yalecrest hosted its annual meeting on April 1st, and it was a fantastic event. No foolin'. Members and Board Members gathered at the house of Heidi and Scott Ingham. We shared food, drink and great comradery. KEEP's accomplish…
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2016 Heritage Awards from Preservation Utah (previously Utah Heritage Foundation)
This post is from Preservation Utah's (previously Utah Heritage Foundation) website. Heritage Awards 2016.
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Winter 1916-1917
It was the week before Christmas and it just kept snowing every day! After all the snow, came the wind and the cold. This created quite a challenge for Yalecrest residents and the entire city of Salt Lake. What was it like here 100 ye…
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Revisiting a Princeton Porcelain Bathroom
One of KEEP Yalecrests first blog posts was a collage of original bathroom tiles from Princeton Park local historic district https://keepyalecrest.org/our-work/ .During the Princeton annual December progressive dinner party one residen…
Read →Deconstruction Salvage Seminar
Back in November we held a seminar on recycling and reusing materials when remodeling your home while gaining federal tax credits. The seminar was presented by Daniel Salmon of Material Resourcers. Deconstruction is a green alternative t…
Read →November 10th Event > The Role of Deconstruction Salvage, Recycling and Reusing Daniel Salmon of Material Resourcers Thursday November 10th, 7:00 p.m., Anderson-Foothill Library
Reuse and Recycle. It's good for the environment, helps to preserve dwindling natural resources and can provide tax benefits to the homeowner.
Read →Annual Historic Homes Walking Tour 2016
Our fourth annual walking tour focuses on the streets of Yale and Yalecrest. Artwork Courtesy of Bonneville Elementary Art Students
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The Naming of Laird Ave and a Snelgrove connection!
Originally, Laird Ave was listed as Edith Ave. Land records and personal history accounts lend credence to Edward Laird (1852-1925) as the source of the current street name, Laird Avenue.
Read →Annual KEEP Yalecrest Yardsale-August 20
Our annual yard sale fundraiser is scheduled for August 20th. Donate and recycle your unneeded home goods.
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Celebrating History (2016)
K.E.E.P.'s History Committee continues to learn and have fun. I thought I'd share on our more recent activities.
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Harvard Avenue Contributions to Motion Pictures and Beauty Pageants
The Prairie School bungalow at 1559 Harvard Avenue was built 99 years ago in 1917. Alvin and LaVon Goodspeed were its first owners and moved in that year, just a few months after the birth of their daughter Muriel on May Day, May 1, 1917…
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Same but Different - Signs of Spring
This photo was taken in the 1930's on the 1700 block of Harvard Ave.
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Centennial Plaques Available
We've just installed our first exclusive CENTENNIAL PLAQUE! If your Yalecrest house is 100 years old and you'd like it recognized, contact us and we'll work with you on your individualized plaque!
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The Naylor Home
This Period Revival home on Harvard Ave was built in 1929 by the Doxey-Layton Company. Graham Doxey (of Doxey Real Estate) and Howard Layton (of Layton Construction) were Yalecrest residents that joined together to build and sell homes.
Read →Centennial - Harold B. Lamb House
The Harold B. Lamb house at 1327 Michigan Avenue, a distinctive two-story home of the Prairie School design, was built during the last half of 1915 and has therefore just reached its 100th birthday. Susanna Bransford Emery Holmes, whose…
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Continued Street Light Restoration-CIP Application
After completing restoration of an original street lamp at the apex of Yale and Yalecrest, we began to survey, assess and inventory all the original street lamps in the Yalecrest neighborhood. There are several styles, generations and hy…
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The rare and disappearing Cape Cod
The Yalecrest Neighborhood, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, continues to experience tear downs. Most recently Yalecrest lost a 1937 Cape Cod. At 3%, Cape Cod types of homes are rare in Yalecrest. Three additional and…
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The Yale/Yalecrest Street Lamp Restoration Project
The Street Lamp restoration of the original fixture where Yale and Yalecrest split (at about 1600 E. Yale) @ the 'triangle park' is complete! This project was unanimously supported by KEEP's board and enthusiastically supported by the St…
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Third Annual Historic Homes Walking Tour
Join us Saturday, October 24th, to learn about the first homes built in the Yalecrest National Historic District. The area's first subdivision was platted in 1911, with homes constructed as early as 1912 and 1913.
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Uinta(h) School 100 Year Celebration - Art Project
On Friday September 18th, Uintah School held its 100 year celebration. It was a fun and exciting afternoon. The Uintah PTA did a fabulous job organizing the celebration of which KEEP got to be a part of. As you may remember from previ…
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Miller Park Art Project - Completed Art
Here is a picture of the finished children's art shown at The Miller Park Celebration. The picture's permanent home will be in the Salt Lake City Parks Building but at some point will be on loan and displayed in The City County Building…
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Uinta(h) Centennial Celebration!
Plaque commemorating and explaining the history and spelling of Uinta.
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Miller Park Art Project
It was a fun morning creating art in Miller Park. We had a great turnout of Yalecrest children and everyone was very excited. We started at the Miller Park entrance on 900 South and was met by Lynn Pershing, the Chair of The Yalecrest…
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Early Yalecrest Preservationists
You can call this group "early Yalecrest preservationists" because historic preservation is really about people and building community. It’s people coming together to learn, honor and celebrate our past and present... and working togeth…
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Where Is It?
Where is it? If you said, “Yalecrest,” you are absolutely correct. Yalecrest is one neighborhood that was originally created as multiple subdivisions. This snapshot is from a map of the Douglas Park Subdivision. As to exactly where i…
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Alma Clayton
At the end of 1909 Alma was pulling in an even $100 a month. That was the year he helped create a living flag in honor of President Taft’s visit. The flag was composed of at least 1600 school children. This sight brought tears to our…
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Miller Bird Refuge and Nature Park
Miller Park located at 1706 East 900 South was dedicated on April 14, 1935. Yalecrest resident Mrs. Minnie W. Miller, in the memory of her late husband Lee Charles Miller donated approximately 2 acres of land which along with city prope…
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Why preservation is meaningful...
Three out-of-state generations visiting the house where their grandmother/mother grew up!
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Revisiting Drive Strips
After reading a previous post, 'Where Have All The Drive Strips Gone?', I 've been more cognizant of driveway replacements. Interestingly enough the original style double drive strips are making a resurgence. In visiting with residents w…
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Beware of Disinformation
An anonymous flyer is floating around the neighborhood, landing on doorsteps before residents awake. Someone not willing to take credit for the scare tactic is spreading their opinions and unsupported claims to scare homeowners on street…
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Charlotte Stewart
One of my favorite Yalecrest “neighbors" is Charlotte Stewart, 1709 Harvard Ave. It’s really hard to write something short and concise about Miss Stewart.
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Masonry Upkeep on Your Historic Home
K.E.E.P. Yalecrest hosts another talk for residents to learn more about caring for their historic homes. This month John Lambert, founder and president of Abstract Masonry Restoration, Inc. of Salt Lake City and Boston, will speak on ma…
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Dwight Flickinger - Realtor Extraordinaire!
Dwight Flickinger and his wife Violet were neighbors of ours when we first moved into our home on Princeton Ave in 1992. He lived two doors down and was the patriarch of the street.
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Lynwood and Afton Fish
Lynwood Fish was one of Yalecrest's WWI vets. He and his wife Afton (Warburton) married in 1921. They had a home on the 1700 block of Harvard Ave for almost 60 years!
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Seismic Retrofitting Your Home
Earthquake forces can affect your home's integrity in 3 ways [3]
Read →Researching Your Yalecrest Home
Are you curious about the history of your home? Wondering about others that also found shelter under its roof, passed through its rooms, cared for it, and called it “home?” If so, here is a list of resources you might want to use… wit…
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Coasting Lanes
So begins an article published Nov 18th, 1941 in the "Salt Lake Telegram." The City Recreation Department would post barriers at the top and bottom of each hill. And every year the City's children got their annual warning to coast only…
Read →Batchelder Tile Fireplaces
People remodel kitchens and bathrooms, sometimes removing all traces of the original elements, but fireplaces are almost always left original and I must admit – I am totally obsessed with original fireplaces in old homes. Each time I ent…
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Presenting the Original Uinta(h) Elementary School Sign
The spelling of UINTA(H) --- in the 1800s the H was sometimes used and sometimes left off. John Wesley Powell left it off when he spelled the word as part of his 1869 expedition, because he said it was unnecessary for pronunciation of th…
Read →Salt Lake City Weekly "gets it"
The Salt Lake City Weekly newspaper printed the following blurb Oct. 9 in its "Hits & Misses" column. It's a great summary of the last few year's of the destruction—and desire to stop it—in our neighborhood.
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Walking Tour Saturday, Oct. 12
K.E.E.P. Yalecrest is hosting an educational neighborhood walk Saturday, Oct. 12 from 1-3 p.m. to highlight the architectural styles and historicity of some notable homes located on the 1300-1500 East blocks of Harvard and Yale Avenues.
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The Match Prowler
Only a few homeowners were living on the 1700 block of Harvard Ave in early 1929. Gaskell Romney (Mitt Romney's grandfather) had built the earliest homes on the west end. Residents had moved in while nearby homes were still under const…
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Wall Dormers
Wall dormers are an interesting and unique architectural feature seen on some Period Revival Style homes in Yalecrest. They are essentially a continuation of the wall above the roof eaves, breaking the line of the eaves.
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Recently Restored Old World Tudor
We saw this flyer and cheered! Yes, you can restore a Yalecrest home and make money selling it —you don't have to demo it! This is the way to care for our Yalecrest homes and hand them off to the next loving owners.
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State History Conference
Do you enjoy learning about Salt Lake City history and Utah history?
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Homes of LDS Church leaders in Yalecrest
From Yalecrest’s early history into modern times -- prophets and apostles of the LDS Church were among the neighborhood’s most notable residents alongside captains of industry, professionals, academicians, government officials and civic…
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Remember the Dictaphone?
This 1936 photo of the Salt Lake Desk Exchange (advertising dictaphones) is courtesy of the Salt Lake County Archives.
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Over 100 Years Old
While reading a Salt Lake Tribune article on the Sarah Daft Home, these words caught my eye:
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Last remaining original sidewalk stamp in the neighborhood?
I have been looking for original street/sidewalk stamps in the neighborhood. This is the only one I've found. Are there any more? Let us know.
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Duffin's Grocery. . .know anyone who remembers it?
Duffin's Grocery Store was built in 1925 by S.L. Newton at 1604 Princeton Ave. and was run by Clarence Duffin in conjunction with William Wood & Sons meat market. Duffin's was the only market within Yalecrest and designed to have the sam…
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Yalecrest Doors
As I take my daily dogwalk in the Yalecrest neighborhood, I marvel at the beauty, craftsmanship and diversity of the original doors on our homes. The character of the original front entry doors are intimately associated with the houses’…
Read →Why Preserve Yalecrest?
The United States has many historic places that can be considered links to the past, places that help us remember our past and honor the people who shaped our nation. California has its famous historic bungalows of the 1920’s; Newport,…
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Protecting Our Elderly
I think my block has always had widows and widowers. Looking through the Polk Directories, I can identify widowed/single women. It's not as easy when it comes to the men, but they existed too. In 1946 there were 5 widows/single women li…
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Secrets of Old Homes
Last night I decided it was time to knock that item off the list. The fluorescent light in there burned out, maybe a year ago. I figured the fixture should be replaced, but what's the hurry? I bet Bill (the guy I bought my house from) pu…
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Where Have All the Drive Strips Gone?
Drive strips are historic site features that have largely been lost in Yalecrest. It's often one of the first things people change when they buy into the neighborhood.
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Yalecrest Members of Historic Ladies' Literary Club
The Ladies Literary Club recently donated their 100-year-old building at 850 E. South Temple to the Utah Heritage Foundation. UHF is refurbishing and will open for public events in 2014.
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