Possessing a symmetrical facade, the detailing of the home exhibits "a broad entablature with a boxed cornice with egg and dart ornament and dentils on the frieze, swan's neck pedimented dormers, Ionic capitals on quoins that are meant to resemble pilasters, pilasters on the corners of the dormers and flanking the first floor windows, and the Ionic columns" (Utah State Historical Society p. 2).

Built between the years 1893 and 1908 in Provo, Utah, this group of Victorian mansions are historically significant and represent not only fine architecture but some of the most successful men of the city and state at the time.

All of these homes derive from the high style: Eastlake, Shingle, Craftsman, Italianate, Classical, Moorish, Colonial, and Romanesque.

Made primarily of brick, these homes exhibit the finest architecture and most ornate detailing to be found in the city of Provo.

The successful commercial mining of precious metals and minerals transformed Utah's economy from basically an agrarian base to a more industrialized state.