Tickets for the Tour cost $15 for UHF Members and $20 for the public. The tour was headquartered at the Fuller Paint Building, home of Big-D Construction Corporation at 404 West 400 South. Visitors drove to each place on the tour.

After the railroad came to Salt Lake City in the 1870s, the blocks just west of West Temple became the literal "gateway" to the of the city. Here ethnic and economic diversity belied the homogeneity of the residential east side. Colorful ethnic business—Greek coffeehouses or Japanese noodle shops served a population different from that of the mainstream. In the same way, today you see sharp contrasts of the rich historic fabric of industrial complexes like the Ford Motor Company or the Firestone Building sit kitty- corner to new hotels. Downtown has always been distinguished by the the mix of old and the new, but nowhere in a more authentic and textured mix than on its West side.

Our 2005 Historic Homes Tour was held May 21, showing seven homes from B to H Streets along 11th Avenue in Salt Lake City.

On the northern edge of Salt Lake City and to the east of Utah's magnificent capitol building, you can see the rising slopes that make up the Avenues neighborhood.
Salt Lake City's Avenues district creates distinctive neighborhoods known for their charming historic houses, mature streetscape, and a prominent, small block grid plan that climbs up the hill and reinforces the continuity of the street grid below.