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Mar 24, 2002 · David Eccles was dead. In his book, David Eccles: Pioneer Western Industrialist, Leonard J. Arrington made the above statement, sighting Eccles as one of Utah’s wealthiest men in his day. Today David Eccles’ legacy continues. The Eccles name can be seen on buildings in cities around the state including Ogden, Salt Lake City and at least 10 ...
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While the foundation started six decades ago, it became more active in 1982, after George’s death. In the subsequent years, the distributions to qualified nonprofit organizations have grown annually, the report states, from $481,000 in 1982 to more than $20 million in 2017. During that same period, the number of organizations getting grants also ha...
To understand where the Eccles money originated, one must go back to the late 1800s and pioneering industrialist David Eccles. At 13, David and his family — recent converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — immigrated to the Ogden Valley from Scotland. David’s father, William, was blind, and his young son worked to help support t...
For nearly 25 years, Wasatch Community Gardens has received an annual donation from the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation for its youth gardening program, which it provides free to children in low-income families, said Executive Director Ashley Patterson. While $20,000 a year is not on the grand scale of some Eccles grants, for the Salt ...
Historic Eccles Home. The Eccles Art Center is located in a historic Victorian-era mansion, built in 1893. Originally built and owned by James C. Armstrong, the home was sold to the David and Bertha Eccles family in 1896. They raised 12 children in the home, and the family lived there for several decades.
Located in the historic home of David & Bertha Eccles in Ogden's historic Jefferson District, the Eccles Community Art Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to a continued effort to stimulate interest, foster awareness and provide education in all visual and performing arts. We believe our community is enhanced through the arts and ...
The Eccles Building that houses the headquarters of the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C. is named after him. George S. Eccles – son of David Eccles, founder and CEO of the First Security Corporation and founder of the George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation; David Christian Eccles
Founded in 1984, Thurber House is a nonprofit literary arts center, James Thurber museum, historic landmark, and gathering place for readers, writers, and artists of all ages. We are based in the restored 1873 home of humorist, cartoonist, author, playwright, and journalist James Thurber, widely considered one of the foremost American humorists ...
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Eccles Community Art Center. This home, constructed in 1893 for Ogden businessman James Clarence Armstrong and designed by Samuel Whitaker, is one of Utah’s largest and most accomplished examples of Queen Anne-style architecture. David and Bertha Eccles acquired the home in 1896 to create a home for themselves and their twelve children. Born ...
