William D. Kuhre House
N 40° 35.725 W 111° 53.165
12T E 425024 N 4494223
The William D. Kuhre House is located in Historic Sandy Utah
Waymark Code: WMAR95
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 02/16/2011
Views: 9
Built in 1890 in a Victorian Eclectic sttyle, this house was substantially remodeled in 1910 with features more typical of early twentieth-century architecture. This remodeling included the addition of the fron porch and a new roof. The house was built for William D. Kuhre, who was born in 1863 in Ephraim to Danish immigrants. Two years later his parents were killed there by a band of Indians under Chief Black Hawk. Kuhre was adopted by John and Ellen Dobbie, who subsequently moved to Salt Lake City. In 1881 Kuhre gained work as a bookkeeper at the Pioneer Ore Sampling Mill in Sandy. He later became a partner in Jensen & Kuhre Lumber & Hardware Company, one of the most long-lived businesses in Sandy. Kuhre was elected mayor in 1901 and served on the school board for many years. He moved during the 1930's, but the house remained in possession of the family until the early 1960s.
Marker placed in 1991
Marker Name: William D. Kuhre House
Marker Type: City
Addtional Information:
The Historical marker is on the 1887 Hansen House Bed & Breakfast Inn in Sandy Utah
County: Salt Lake
City: Sandy
Group Responsible for Placement: The National Register of Historic Places
Date Dedicated: 1991
Web link(s) for additional information:
http://nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/UT/Salt+Lake/state4.html
Marker Number: Not listed
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