Ashton, Evans, and Brazier architectural blueprints

Collection

Identifier: MS 0499

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains working blueprints for additions to the YWCA in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Library Building at the University of Utah, and for renovations of Saltair, a once-popular resort on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake. These drawings are extensive and highly detailed. Most of them have notations and corrections made by the architects. The Saltair drawings are dated 1926, the Library Building drawings are dated 1933, and the YWCA drawings are dated through the 1950s and 1960s.

Dates

1923-1963

Creator

Ashton, Evans, and Brazier, Architects (Organization)

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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical Sketch

Raymond J. Ashton was born January 23, 1877. Very little information about him is available. His approximate practice dates are 1912-1969. He worked with several firms, including Aston-Parry Co. (1915); Rutherford and Ashton (1919-1920); Ashton & Evans (1923-1946); Ashton, Evans, Brazier, & McClenahan (1948); Ashton, Evans, & Brazier (1949-1961); and Ashton, Brazier, Montmorency, & Associates (1964-1969). He died circa 1969. Raymond Leslie Evans was born January 30, 1895, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the brother of prominent Utah architect Clifford Evans. He began his architectural career in the office of Ware and Treganza in 1912; then, in 1923, he and Raymond J. Ashton formed a partnership lasting the duration of his career. Evans sometimes designed buildings in a neo-classical style, such as the old Union Building on the University of Utah campus (now called Gardner Hall). More often, he chose contemporary styles, such as with the Utah State Penitentiary and the George Thomas Library (now the Utah Museum of Natural History). At one point in his career, he served as president of the Utah chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Evans married Marie Lewis in 1924. He died October 20, 1963. Bernis Eugene Brazier was born June 15, 1908. He was first educated in engineering at the University of Utah, and then in architecture at L'Ecole National Superieu de Beaux-Arts in Strasbourg, France. When he returned to Salt Lake City, he became architect for the Manhatten Project in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Later, he organized a firm called Brazier, Montmorency, Hayes, and Talbot, Architects. This firm designed many large buildings around Salt Lake City, including the Veterans Administration Hospital, Salt Lake International Airport Terminal, University of Utah Medical Center, and Zion Lutheran Church. In 1948, Brazier joined the Raymond Ashton and Raymond Evans office. The YWCA in Salt Lake City is a product of their collaboration. He died May 4, 1970.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Ashton, Evans, and Brazier architectural blueprints (1923-1963) detail the additions to the YWCA in Salt Lake City, Utah, the Library Building at the University of Utah, and the renovations of Saltair.