Most of the architecturally significant homes were built between 1910 and 1930 with the majority of the larger homes built during the initial settlement decade. Original inhabitants included families Browning (first generation descendants of gun inventor
John Browning and Matthew S. Browning), Eccles (first generation descendants of 19th century multi-millionaire
David Eccles),
E.O. Wattis (of the
Utah Construction Company), Patterson, Dumke, Healy, Rowe, Larkin among other Utah (and national) notables. On Van Buren Avenue to the north but not included in the district are also the substantial
Ralph Bristol House and the
Gustav Becker House. Several families in the district also had patriarchal ties (Eccles, Patterson, Healy, Wattis, and Bigelow) in the
Jefferson Avenue Historic District to the west. The district was also later home to notables such as
Marriner S. Eccles, a
Chairman of the Federal Reserve and co-founder of First Security Bank (Marriner Browning, an original inhabitant of the district was also a founder.) The architects of these buildings are listed as
Hodgson, Leslie S. and Piers, Eber F. Hodgson was part of a later firm, Hodgson & McClenahan, that developed the famous Ogden
Art Deco buildings, including
Ogden High School, the
U.S. Forest Service Building and Ogden/Weber Municipal Building. Other noteworthy projects included the Union Stock Yard Exchange Building, Shupe-Williams Candy Company Factory, Scowcroft Warehouse,
Peery's Egyptian Theatre, Peery Apartments, Patterson Building, and Eccles Building. Most of the substantial buildings in the Eccles Avenue Historic District were based on the
Prairie School architectural style, but several variations of period styles exist including
craftsman,
bungalow and
Tudor. A few of the buildings are currently commercially utilized but the majority are privately owned residential dwellings. ==See also==