The Byron Cummings House at 936 E. 1700 South, in Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...

, was built in 1891. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1983.

It is significant in part for association with Byron Cummings, known as "the father
of athletics" at University of Utah

University of Utah

The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...

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It is one of seven identical-plan buildings in the Perkins Addition, built from the same pattern-book design. The Perkins Addition was a "streetcar subdivision" development of 13 brick houses, all built in 1891 by a Denver investment company, ten of which survived in 1983.

The ten Perkins Addition houses are:

• Harper J. Dininny House, 925 E. Logan Avenue, NRHP-listed
• Charles H. Weeks House, 935 E. Logan Avenue, NRHP-listed
• Thomas Yardley House, 955 E. Logan Avenue, NRHP-listed
• John W. Judd House, 918 E. Logan Avenue, NRHP-listed
• Clifford R. Pearsall House, 950 E. Logan Avenue, NRHP-listed
• Alexander Mitchell House, 1620 S. 1000 East, NRHP-listed
• Henry Luce House, 921 E. 1700 South, NRHP-listed
• Elgin S. Yankee House, 955 E. 1700 South
• Byron Cummings House, 936 E. 1700 South, NRHP-listed
• Mabry-Van Pelt House, 946 E. 1700 South, NRHP-listed