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about CROSSROADS URBAN CENTER's Main Building |
PictureThe building at 347 South 400 East near downtown in Salt Lake City officially became Crossroads Urban Center on February 8, 1966.
The original site of the work by the Women's
Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church was Davis Hall,
located at 41 East 300 South in 1883 and officially organized as the Davis
Deaconess Home in 1896. In the spring of 1905 the building at 347 South 400
East (originally built as a private home in 1903) was purchased by the Women's
Home Missionary Society and dedicated for use as Davis Deaconess Home. Named
for Mrs. Eliza Given Davis, the second president of the Society, the building
served as a residence for women serving local Methodist parishes and their
surrounding neighborhoods until 1936. Davis Esther Hall was established in
the building in 1937 after the Deaconess Home was closed the previous year.
Esther Hall was a home for young women working or attending school in Salt
Lake City, and part of a network of boarding homes operated by the Methodist
Women. Davis Esther Hall closed in 1965.
Crossroads Urban Center, was organized to utilize the building in 1966. The
building continues to be owned by what is now come to be known as the Women's
Division of the United Methodist Church. The building is maintained through
the National Division of Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church by
the Board of Directors of Crossroads Urban Center.
Crossroads Urban Center's Mission
is to serve and empower the disadvantaged in Utah. Its work is supported both
locally and nationally by individuals, businesses, foundations, and numerous
faith communities.
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