Salt Lake City’s history became deeper this week when the Paul Cephus Howell House became the first property with significant African American history in Utah to be protected by a preservation easement.
Tiffany Taylor is the home’s owner and, like her mom, has kind of been a collector of hidden treasures herself. Her favorite is in the walls that surround her in the Central City neighborhood.
A friend of mine, he was a realtor, said, ‘You’ve got to see this house.’ I came in to look at it, and I fell in love with it,” she shared Friday. “I always wondered about the history, and Rachel Quist, who does historic blogs on all the history around Salt Lake buildings and houses, did a blog on my house. So, I got in touch with her, and that’s how I found out about Paul Cephus Howell.”…