Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-10

Architecture.
Salt Lake city has had an architectural
history which, considering the briei term
Of years covered by it-bref when con-
sidercd In connection with the develop
ment OF architecinfe--is certainly remark
able Not taking into account such tenn
porary refugees as tents and lodges or
"wick-iups" made OF willows. brush, etc
or boweries which consisted Of a horizon
tai frame work Of poles supper ed by
posts and covered with the houghs Of
trees, wi lows. etc, but considering only
such structures as were actually used rs
human habitaiions and bore character
at least approaching pefmanency and we
have as the lowest type, the
''pUG OUT"
This was an excavation into hillside
which, when covered, had one end OF It's
roof united with the side Of the hill,
while the other end covered n gable "a.
clde that was exposed TO yitw, and in
which were inserted one small window
and a door. Sometimes a short flight OF
steps led downward into the latter. and
sometimes the bottom Of the door was
on level with the earth in front o.
the domicile, this depended upon the "lay
| OF the land and the taste OF the archi
tect who supervised The structure. More
than one room in dug OUT was usual
| ~ impracticable, and in most instance
/ tie native earth formed both floor and
/ wall. The roof was made Of small pole
covered with brush and dirt. The great
/ difficulty to be overcome by those whC
| built these habitatons was to procure d
| door and window, Boards were scarce
aud glass was scarcer
Il seems incredible, but Il is true, that
| numbers Of such habitations as are here
| described, were contained In this citl
during the early days OF is settlement
/ and hundreds OF the early Utah Pioneers
have lived in them. They had three
| good qualities. They were humble, and
hence did not admit Of that pride which
fine houses are likely to engender In the
bosoms OF people who own such abodes,
/ and they were warm IN winter and cool
in summer
They had still another merit which was
/ the chief reason why their use was
adopted; they could be easily and quickly
! constructed, an important matter with
| settlers, who were arriving in great mum
| beers, and could find no shelter beneath
the sky for the women and chi'dfen. a
"dug-ouu kept the family warm aud dry,
TO matter how inclement the weather.
ADOBE HOUSES.
The next architectural advance above
the ''dug-oul," was the adobe hut OF one
room with root Of poles, brush and dirt,
and later on, shingles. Hundreds OF such
dwellings, were built In salt Lake city
during the first dozen years OF is settle
ment. The adobe Is made OF species
OF blush clay which, by a providenua
compensation OF creation Is generally
found in those regions In America suih
cienty and TO admit OF the use OF the
adobe as a building material, The clay
Is moulded into the form OF lafg,
brick and dried in toe sun. II proper,
made and OF good material, Il will last II
IN the walls OF a house, IN an arid climate
ior fifty years, or even much longer,
| The early settlers OF Utah learned L
make ana use the adobe from the Span
iards Of California and other sections O
the ard west, and Il was OF incalculabl,
value TO them Burned brick were GU
| OF the question because oi the cost anS
| difficulty OF producing them in early Pic
neer days; and material for frame house.
was almost equally as FAR beyond iii,
reach OF the settlers, owing TO the scarcity
| OF timber and the expense OF producn,
lumber. And so the adobe came to b,
very extensively used building mater
ial.
LOG HOUSES.
The log cabin, that institution which
has always been Synonymous with N,
dawn OF civilization on an American
! frontier, was contemporary In this cit.