Ashby Apartments

Salt Lake City, United States · 1925–1926

Ashby Apartments

A Mission Revival apartment building completed in 1926 for the Bowers Investment Company, the Ashby Apartments reflects the early twentieth-century expansion of residential housing in Salt Lake City.

At a glance

The Ashby Apartments is a historic residential building designed in the Mission Revival style and constructed over 1925–1926. Also known as the Gooch Apartments and Suzanne Apartments, it stands as a record of Salt Lake City’s apartment-building boom during the interwar period.

History

The building was erected for the Bowers Investment Company and completed in 1926. The Eflow Investment Company acquired it that same year. From 1936 until 1963, it was owned and managed by Ralph A. Badger, a prominent figure in Salt Lake City’s rental housing sector who also served as president of the Apartment House Association of Utah and owned four other apartment buildings in the city.

What you see

The structure was designed in the Mission Revival style, which draws on Spanish colonial ecclesiastical architecture. This approach was popular in the American West during the 1920s for both domestic and commercial buildings.

Cultural significance

The building documents the residential development patterns of 1920s Salt Lake City and the role of investment companies and individual entrepreneurs in shaping the urban housing stock. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 16 November 2006.

Key facts

Country: United States
City: Salt Lake City, Utah
Coordinates: 40.76694444, −111.88027778
Date: 1925–1926
Also known as: Gooch Apartments, Suzanne Apartments
National Register of Historic Places: listed 16 November 2006

Practical information & getting there

The Ashby Apartments is located in Salt Lake City. Visit during daylight hours to view the exterior architecture from public sidewalks.

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