Show w r S Arr t N 1 r d e ei eTI i TI TIt t 4 FAMOUS OLD HOOPER HOOP ER HOUSE Every Eer old nid Salt Laker will recognize the above Hooper residence For l or thirty years It was the home cut of at as the th that hint In late Inte of 01 L the lamous lam Ham II Hooper and his hili easy ens find and graceful gr hospitality rendered e Captain IU most sought Bought after otter homes In Utah For Par the last four lour fou 1 i It one of the th ye years t the home lion occupied by icy Mr and Mr Men David C Dunbar It being th the 7 has hns len l n pro t property of at But she Rhe recently re sold Hold It to Michael L I Ellinger the well known the lat latter for tor It Is estimated that Copt Capt Hooper expended upended aiming man nearl nearly building of the home and Improving Its surroundings The Tho house In t the ly I built by b the late tat QuIncy Knowlton nolton Captain Hooper Hoopers was original brother ln law Inn i ing In g the early sixties J and the tho taller latter bought It about 1887 Mr Mfr Ir HooDer nl to the house houlle and In remodeled 1 It It was then as ns It Is III now with the edition of ot the tho north wing In lag which has han been taken down It contains about ex M ty t Y rooms conveniently arranged It Is of at o t colonial style the typo type of ot house Captain Hooper blooper delighted In III In his day the tho house had hind as ns beautiful sTr tar Sar as ns any In the city elt Commanding n a picturesque position under un lr r the he brow of 01 0 f a hill Its 1 is natural attractiveness was wn s t aa greatly greath 6 read d enhanced by b the thc theon cs on the tho hillside arched with arbors covered with grape vines Apple AJPI and peach trees also niso hall hail n a place III ace In the beautiful orchard and with tho the broad bred well ellk kepl Pt lawns to the north anti south of or the house combined to make the home homp Meal ilea Many lInn eminent men nid Id women of at this nation and of oC others Captain Hoopers Washington friends have enjoyed tho the bounteous hospitality of ot the Hooper home which has been the scene of or many a 1 brilliant social gathering After Arter the death of ot Mrs Irs Hooper the house hOURI was used as ns n a kindergarten ach l an and l later was rented by b the state for tor the tho deaf and dumb d mb school In 1890 1596 Mrs Dun Dunbar Dunbar bar had hud the house hous overhauled and repainted after otter which she alto moved Into Inlo It and lion has lived there with the thin exception of ot one slight Interval ever since Inre the tho grounds love have not nol been keen kept as they once were the house Is In nn on excellent condition and will remain one of ot the most attractive homes In to th the city MI MN Vt A MN j |