George M. Cannon House, Victorian house in Forest Dale, Salt Lake City, United States
The George M. Cannon House is a two-story brick residence in Salt Lake City featuring late Victorian architectural details. Its design includes brick corbelling, round arch windows, stained-glass transoms, and porch ornamentation characteristic of the Eastlake style from that era.
The house was built in 1890 and originally belonged to George Mousley Cannon, who developed the surrounding land into a residential subdivision. His transformation of the area marked the beginning of Forest Dale as a distinct neighborhood.
The residence now operates as a bed and breakfast with guest rooms decorated according to different artistic themes. This use allows visitors to stay within the house and experience its spaces firsthand while contributing to its preservation.
The house stands at 720 East Ashton Avenue (2340 South) in the Forest Dale area of Salt Lake City. It is the only separately listed property in the Forest Dale Historic District, added to the National Register on April 23, 2009. Brigham Young's Forest Farmhouse once stood near this site before being moved in 1975 to This Is The Place Heritage Park.
Before becoming a bed and breakfast, the house was owned by Jeff and Karin Gauvin, whose 2006 attempt to buy it was filmed for HGTV's House Hunters; reruns aired as late as October 19, 2009. Each guest room was named after a different Maxfield Parrish painting, which gave the property its Parrish Place name.
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