The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-25
BUNGALOW POPULAR TYPE OF
ARCHITECTURE FOR HOMES
NORTH BENCH ILLUSTRATES
GENERAL EFFECT OBTAINED
Section Growing IN Popularity as Resi-
donce Section as Result.

Characteristic Of the apparently un-
conscious movement In recent years of
the American people, and particularly
those of tho south and west, towards
distinctive type Of architecture is
the bungalow, cosy. beautiful and
bomelike, and especially adapted to eli
mates-such rs that of Salt Lake City
which are not severe.
The bungalow has become very popu-
lar locally. and is found In various
forms in all parts of the city where
roundings. Persons in moderate cir
cumstances find the bungalow suited to
their pocketbook, as well as to their
taste. and many to whom money is not
a primary consideration have built
homes that affect tho bungalow out
lines.
Locally the bungalow is especially
popular on the north bench. Several
realty dealers have been attracted to
that district by the many advantages
it has for the homeseeker and the
homebuilder; and some Of these firms
or companies have built homes there
and have found the bungalow most
suited to the modern taste, being at the
same time homelike, beautiful and not
too expensive in either construction or
upkeep.
Prominent among the companies
operating in that section is the Salt
Lake Security and Trust company,
which is one of the largest and most
substantial, as well as one of the most
active, realty corporations in the city.
This company, with an immense
amount of money invested In the local
field, and therefore anxious to assist
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along permanent and beautiful lines,
has found the bungalow admirably
suited to its purpose. 1t has built
homes that are attractive in appear.
ance, that have every comfort known
to tho most advanced type Of modern
architecture, and that are as far i'll
advance of the average in solidity and
permanence of construction as they are
in beauty and general attractiveness.
Backing its houses as it does with
its own reputation and resources, the
Salt Lake Security and Trust company
protect its patrons. In buying from
with the house insurance as to the
workmanship in it, The company has
been in the field for many years, and
by its very nature is a stable institu~
tIoD. 1t wants to remnian much long
er, and to do so it must please its
customers, in the future as it has in
tho past.
Bungalow homes on the north bench
are particularly desirable by reason of
the locality. IT is region where your
neighbors are among the most select of
the city's residents. Tt is within easy
walking distance Of the city-you en-
JOY the tramp down hill TO work every
morning And if you wish to take
street car, there are many lines trav-
ersing that section, and they all give
rapid service. Your home is above the
smoke of the city, Tt has view of
Salt Lake valley, with the city lying
in the foreground, and the frame of
mountains on the outer edge. while
river and lake add touch of color
that cannot be surpassed anywhere.
In word, a bungalow home on the
north bench is something its owner
may we'll be proud Of. And owners of
such homes are proud Of them.
The Salt Lake Security and Trust
company has built many such homes
on tho bench, Most of them are now
in the possession Of satisfied owners,
In fact, the company officials report
that it is difficult to keep the sup
ply equal to the demand. They are
doing their best, however, and they
report their sales as steady md large,
no matter what the fluctuations OF the
p,orlfot in D,oro cpocu11fiyo prnpnrfy