The Ivy lane mansion was originally the Eccles home.  The home was built at a cost of more than $100,000 for LeRoy and Myrtle Eccles.  Leslie Hodgson was the architect of this premier example of residential Italian Renaissance.  The building is noted for it’s beautiful imported Italian wood staircase, a peerless art nouveau window on the landing, elegant stained glass windows.  Tuscan columns, and a red clay tile roof.  LeRoy Eccles was predominant in the sugar industry and was vice-president and general manager of the Amalgamated Sugar Company.  He was also involved with the Ogden, Logan & Idaho Railroad, the Sumpler Valley Railroad Company, the Empire Cooper Company, and served as President and Director for the First National Bank and Ogden Savings Bank.

LeRoy Eccles sold the home 11 years later after business reversals to E.G. Harness in 1928 for $30,000.  Mr. Harness,  from South Carolina, was in the nursery business.  After Holmes died in 1956, the house was occupied and owned by William C. Hedges, a black man who was born a slave on the Harness plantation in South Carolina.

In 1959, the home was sold to the Weber club.  The remodeling and improvements came to $150,000 and was done by Ensil Hampson.  The changes included the formal breakfast room and large pantry on the southwest corner of the structure which were enlarged to make a dining room for the Weber Club.  Also the formal sunken garden to the south of the building was taken out and replaced with a parking lot.  The large room on the second floor was formerly two bedrooms with a bathroom between the rooms.

Kier Corporation purchased the building in 1982 and remodeled it putting  back much of the elegance of the original mansion.  The Weber club occupied the basement level, and the other levels have been used on occasion as a restaurant , meeting rooms, wedding facility and was purchased by Dick and Rita Geisler.  In 1996 Judith Miler Rogers purchased the building.  Her son Eric Rogers continued to run the Weber Club in the basement.  However the Weber Club closed with the closure of the building in June of 2000.

In December of 2000 the home was purchased by Maria and Chris Reid and Maria’s parents Louise and Kent McArthur.  The historical significance and the Italian Renaissance beauty of the building were of great interest to the new family from the Salt Lake Valley whose ancestors were originally from Italy, their interest was piqued by this architectural and historical treasure.  Their background in the wedding business gave them the push they needed to restore the natural beauty  of the building once again .  The Reids and The McArthurs have appreciated the warm reception of the Ogden people.  They are anxious to serve the community.  They will host weddings, receptions, wedding breakfasts, and other events.

In May of 2009 Larry and Annie Beddome purchased the mansion. Owning and running a wedding venue was a dream that Annie has had since she was a young child. The couple immediately fell in love with the mansions elegance and beauty.

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