History

A native of Illinois, Edward Day Woodruff arrived in Utah in 1890 via Rock Springs, Wyoming where he had been a surgeon for the Union Pacific Railroad. He did not practice medicine in Utah, instead he became involved in civic affairs and entrepreneurial ventures. He was the President of the Brown, Terry and Woodruff Company who founded the successful Troy Laundry. Edward D. Woodruff was also a Mason and a member of the Commercial Club.

Edward hired the prestigious architectural firm of Headlund and Wood to build the 11,000 square foot home for his family. The building was completed in 1906 in the architectural style of Second Renaissance Revival. It resulted in one of the grandest homes on Capitol Hill. In it’s day, State Street was not graded as it is today and an old pioneer road curved west of the home north to Hillside Avenue therefore the carriage house doors faced west.

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