Ellen Puerzer provides the following information:
Salt Lake City—Wm. S. Godbe House-1870 East 2nd. South, . (200 East & 200 South N.E. corner) 2-story house . According to Hampton Godbe: "it was located on the corner of 2nd. South & 200 East Streets. Constructed by William S. Godbe, with three apartments, the idea being to provide housing for his three wives, Annie, Rosina, and Mary. However, the Godbes never occupied the dwelling. Having apostatized, Wm. S. renounced Rosina and Mary as wives, although he continued to support them and their children."
Became part of part of the Salt Lake Collegiate Institute of the Presbyterian Church by 1905 .The Octagon was a 14 room dwelling that would become the early boarding department of the Salt Lake Collegiate.
Godbe built a second non octagon house for himself a few blocks away by 1880.
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The image at the left, above, is from December 28, 1873, and the one on the right from February 8, 1877. Both are from the Salt Lake City Daily Tribune.
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Sources: Ellen Puerzer. Utah State Historical Society.
Entered: September, 2009.
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The image above is circa 1909.
Source: Ellen Puerzer
Entered: September, 2009.
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The image above is undated.
Source: Ellen Puerzer
Entered: September, 2009.
