| Utah (Salt Lake County), Copperton — Honoring with Glory |
| | The men and women of Bingham district who after God, placed their country above all and served victoriously in the Armed Forces of the United States of America in World War II. — Map (db m1437) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Magna — Early Magna Settlements |
| | In Commemoration of the First Communities Established on the West Side of Salt Lake Valley and the First Major Industry of Utah.
In 1853 Abraham Coon, an early Mormon pioneer, explored a canyon in the Oquirrh Mountains on the west side of Salt Lake Valley. He found an abundance of timber suitable for lumber and also a variety of oak tree the bark of which was useful in tanning leather. There was ample water to power a saw mill and a tan-bark processing plant. Abraham Coon obtained . . . — Map (db m1465) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Magna — 467 — Pleasant Green Ward |
| | Settlers came to this part of the valley around 1850 to farm and stock range. It was known as Pleasant Green and was part of the Brighton Ward of the Salt Lake Stake.
Traveling so far to meetings presented a problem, so members met in private homes. The Pleasant Green Branch was organized July 29, 1877, with John Hirst as presiding elder. A small adobe chapel, 40 feet by 24 feet, was built on this site, and the first meeting was held December 30, 1877. The building also served as a public . . . — Map (db m1327) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — 20th Ward Meetinghouse |
| | Formed in 1856 to accommodate rapid growth in the area, the 20th Ward originally met in a meetinghouse on 2nd Avenue between D and E streets. By 1884 when the need for a larger facility and the desire of the school board to use the location for a school playground and auditorium prompted the sale of the property.
When the present site was purchased, Lewis Telle Cannon and ward member John Fetzer, partners in one of Salt Lake's leading architectural firms, were hired to plan the new . . . — Map (db m1560) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — 35 — A Private School House |
| | Built by Brigham Young for His Own Children stood on this corner lot 1860-1903 This early school was directed by Eli B. Kelsey, who in soliciting additional students announced in the Deseret News, December 12, 1860, as follows:
“President Young not only intends it to be used for the education of his own family during the day, but proposes it to be thoroughly devoted to further educational purposes in the evenings, including the teaching of vocal music.
“Mr. David . . . — Map (db m1415) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — 52 — Brigham Young’s Office |
| | Erected about 1852. Used as the executive offices of the Territory of Utah until 1855. Headquarters of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from the time it was finished until 1917 when the new church office building was complete.
For a short time it was also the Church tithing office. Many distinguished persons have been entertained here.
Presidents of the Church who occupied these offices were Brigham Young, 1852–1877; John Taylor, 1877–1887; Wilford Woodrull, . . . — Map (db m1351) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — Commercial Street |
| | 167-169 Regent Street. This site originally housed two buildings used as brothels on Salt Lake City’s busy Commercial Street during the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Commercial Street was created in 1871, one of the first streets to be cut through Salt Lake City’s large city blocks. Commercial Street originally contained legitimate businesses but by the 1880’s the “Salt Lake Tribune” referred to the street as “a resort of gamblers and fast women” and, according to . . . — Map (db m1320) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — Congregation B'Nai Israel — Site of the First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Utah |
| | Jews have been part of Utah’s religious, economic, social, and political life since the mid-19th century. Congregation B’Nai Israel was organized in 1874. The first service was held in March, 1883. B’Nai Israel merged with Congregation Montefiore in 1972 establishing Congregation Kol Ami.
Congregation B’Nai Israel in Utah affirmed the American principles of Freedom of Religion and Assembly
Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, Utah State History, Congregation Kol Ami — Map (db m26911) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — N-83 — Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Station |
| | This railroad station was constructed between 1908 and 1910 to serve the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and the Western Pacific Railroad. The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad was completed between Denver and Salt Lake City in March 1883, and the Western Pacific between Salt Lake City and Oakland, California, in August 1910. Designed by architect Henry J. Schlachs of Chicago, Illinois, the building cost a reported $750,000 and is characterized by elements of Beaux Arts Classicism and Renaissance . . . — Map (db m1299) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — Eagle Gate 1859 |
| | The Eagle Gate marked the entrance to the homes of Brigham Young. During the early settlement of the valley, Brigham Young was aloted the land lying athwart the mouth of City Creek Canyon. His New England heritage prompted him to desire the privacy given by a high wall around the property as well as for the protection it afforded.
Erected in 1859, the gate has through the years become the symbol of the man who built it. The original eagle and the supporting beehive were caved from five . . . — Map (db m1375) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — First Security Branch of Wells Fargo |
| | Oldest continuously operated banking site in Utah.
This site, the northeast corner of First SOuth and Main (formerly East Temple Street), was first occupied in the 1850s by an adobe building housing the Hooper & Eldridge bank. This bank was succeeded under territorial law in 1871 by the BAnk o Deseret, with Brigham Young as founder and President, who in 1872 converted it to the nationally chartered Deseret National Bank. First Security Corporation acquired Deseret National Bank in 1932 . . . — Map (db m1377) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — N-661 — Gibbs-Thomas-Hansen House |
| | The Gibbs-Thomas-Hansen House, built in 1895 for Gideon A. and Margaret T. Gibbs, is both historically and architecturally significant. Bought by the Thomas family in 1906, the house is the only residence associated with Elbert D. Thomas, who, as a U.S.Senator from Utah from 1932 to 1950, served notable diplomatic and military positions. Architecturally the house is significant as one of approximately a dozen documented extant examples of the residential design of Richard K.A. Kletting. . . . — Map (db m1411) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — 12 — Great Salt Lake Base and Meridian |
| | Latitude 40°26'04" - Longitude 111°54'00" Altitude (sidewalk) 4327.27 Ft. Fixed by Orson Pratt assisted by Henry G. Sherwood, August 3, 1847, when beginning the original survey of “Great Salt Lake City,” around the “Mormon” Temple site designated by Brigham Young July 23, 1847. The city streets were named and numbered from this point. David H. Burr, first U.S. Surveyor-General of Utah, located here in August 1855, the initial point of public land surveys in Utah, . . . — Map (db m1321) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — Hollywood Apartments |
| | Built in 1909, this imposing 31-unit apartment building, notable for its construction of rusticated and decorative ashlar concrete block, is the only remaining example of its type in Salt Lake City. All of the apartments have built-in Murphy beds, oak built-in cabinates typical of Mission style, and hardwood trim. The 1995 restoration of the building into an apartment condominium community has left many of these original interior features intact.
These apartments were constructed by John . . . — Map (db m1319) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — 65 — Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother |
| | Old Folks Day was inaugurated in Salt Lake City in 1875, by Charles R. Savage, assisted by Edward Hunter, presiding Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and George Goddard, since which time all persons seventy or more years of age have been honored at an annual celebration in nearly every community in Utah. Travel, refreshment and entertainment are free. — Map (db m1322) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — Hotel Utah |
| | The corner of Main Street and South Temple have long been important in Utah history. Prior to construction of Hotel Utah in 1909-11, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ general tithing office, bishop’s storehouse, and the “Deseret News” printing plant were located on the site. Work on the Second Renaissance Revival style hotel, designed by the Los Angeles architectural firm of Parkinson and Bergstrom, began in June 1909. Two years later, on June 9, 1911, Hotel Utah . . . — Map (db m1528) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — 39 — Jordan & Salt Lake City Canal |
| | The foundation work on the Salt Lake Temple was nearing completion and soon would be ready for the granite upper walls. The four day trip from the quarry with oxen-drawn wagons could not possibly provide stone as quickly as it was needed. To expedite deliverey and also to reduce the cost by three-fourths, a canal was proposed on which the stones could be delivered on barges. Though conceived as early as 1849 the canal was long in coming and a first venture, a segment began in 1855 from Big . . . — Map (db m1420) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — Kearns - St. Ann’s Orphanage |
| | This eclectic Chateauesque style building was constructed in 1899 by the Roman Catholic church. It was designed by Carl M. Neuhausen, architect of the Thomas Kearns Mansion and the Cathedral of the Madeleine, both located on South Temple Street. Bishop Lawrence Scanlan of the newly formed Salt Lake City Diocese began acquiring land for the orphanage but encountered financial problems. Jennie Judge Kearns, wife of mining magnate and U.S. Senator Thomas Kearns, donated $55,000 to purchase the . . . — Map (db m1343) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — N-159 — LDS Tenth Ward Square |
| | As a result of the organization of the original 19 wards of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints “Mormons” in Salt Lake City on February 22, 1849, ward squares or blocks were created on which the public buildings for each ward were constructed. Of the original squares, only the Tenth Ward Sqaure retains the buildings which served the settlers’ spiritual, economic, cultural and education needs. Still standing are the 1873 meeting house, the first building used exclusively . . . — Map (db m1417) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — 16 — Legacy of the Black Pioneer |
| | In 1824-26 the first black man came into Utah Territory. He was a trapper for the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. His name was James Beckworth. In succeeding years many black people would follow to contribute to the development of Utah, socially and economically.
In July of 1847, three black men, slaves, were selected to journey with Orson Pratt, Mormon apostle, into the Salt Lake Valley. They were: Green Flake, Oscar Crosby, and Hark Lay, each in turn provided by their owners James Flake, . . . — Map (db m1379) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — McIntyre Building |
| | The McIntyre Building was constructed in 1908–1909 for William H. McIntire, Sr. who became wealthy after the development of his mammoth mine in Utah’s Tintic Mining District. This building, designed by Richard K. A. Kletting and constructed of reinforced concrete, is one of the first fire-proof buildings west of the Mississippi River. It is also the earliest and best remaining example of Sullivanesque architecture in Utah.
— Map (db m1378) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — Modern Irrigation |
| | Commemorating the beginning in America of Modern Irrigation in this vicinity on July 23 and 24, 1847, by the “Mormon” pioneers.
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“Encamped near the bank of a beautiful creek of pure, cold water. •• In about two hours after our arrival we began to plow, and the same afternoon built a dam to irrigate the soil.”
“July 24th •• This forenoon commenced . . . — Map (db m1376) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — Morrison-Merrill Lumber Company |
| | Constructed 1909-1910, the Morrison-Merroll Lumber Company Office and Warehouse is historically significant as the headquarters of on eof Utah’s largest and most important lumber companies. The construction of this facility marked the beginning of both the physical and economic expansion of Morrison-Merroll and its transformation into a major regional supplier of wood products. Under the direction of George Merrill, who served as the company’s president from 1911 to 1947, Morrison-Merrill grew . . . — Map (db m1409) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — 288 — Old City Hall |
| | Now Known as Council Hall. Constructed in 1864-65 at 120 East 1st South, this red sandstone building served for nearly 30 years, 1866-1894, as the seat of government. Here the Territorial Legislature met and passed laws establishing free public schools, made appropriations for the first University of Utah buildings, and granted woman suffrage. From its cupola, a 1700 lb. bell sounded fire alarms and curfews while its clock chimed the time of day. In 1961 the structure was removed, stone by . . . — Map (db m1326) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — Park (Rio Grande) Hotel |
| | The Park Hotel is significant for its association with the early 20th-century development of Salt Lake City’s transportation and industrial district. Built immediately after the completion of the nearby Rio Grande and Union Pacific railroad stations (both built in 1909-10), the Park Hotel provided housing and services for blue collar workers, many of them ethnic immigrants, employed in local transportation, manufacturing, commercial, and construction enterprises. Designed by Ware and Treganza, . . . — Map (db m1426) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — Pioneer Telegraph Office |
| | At this location on October 18 1861 stood the telegraph pole, shown on above plaque, on which telegraph wires were joined which spanned a continent and united two oceans.
On that date the first two telegrams transmitted were as follows: Great Salt Lake City, U.T. Oct. 18, 1861 “Hon. J. H. Wade, President of the Pacific Telegraph Company Cleveland, Ohio:
“Sir: Permit me to congratulate you upon the completion of the overland telegraph line west to this city, to commend . . . — Map (db m1367) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — Primary Children’s Hospital |
| | The Primary Association, a children’s organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, operated a children’s hospital near hear for 30 years, from 1922 to 1952.
· Located at 44 West North Temple Street.
· Founded by Sarah Louise “Louie” Boulton Felt, the president of the Primary Association, and her counselor, May Anderson.
· Most operating funds came from birthday pennies donated by the Primary children and from an annual fund-raiser, the Penny Parade.
. . . — Map (db m1363) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — S-13 — Salt Lake Stock & Mining Exchange Building |
| | Built 1909 of sandstone & brick.
Exchange organized 1888.
Played essential part in development of nation’s resources as financial center for mining activities of the west. — Map (db m1380) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — Sesquicentennial Mormon Trail Wagontrain |
| | (150 Years). Winter Quarters, Nebraska to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake,
April 21, 1997 to July 22, 1997.
On a cold rainy morning in April 1997, modern day pioneers left Florence, Nebraska, the old winter quarters, to re-enact the migration of Mormon Saints 150 years earlier. ten thousand participants would take part along the trail, from the banks of the Missouri river to the valley of the great salt lake. the journey of wagons, handcarts, outriders and walkers would take three . . . — Map (db m1449) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — 20 — Social Hall |
| | This monument marks the site of the Social Hall, the first recreation center in the intermountain west. Built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints under the direction of Brigham Young. Made of plastered adobe walls with native wood floors and roof. Auditorium 40 by 60 feet, seating 350 persons, stage 20 by 40 feet, dressing rooms and banquet hall in basement. Dedicated January 1, 1853.
Here the Deseret Dramatic Association conducted many home talent theatricals, musicales . . . — Map (db m1352) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — St. Mark’s / Westminster School of Nursing |
| | In April 1, 1894, the St. Mark’s Hospital Board of Directors authorized the establishment of the first Official Nurses Training School in the Intermountain Region. Mary Edith Newitt was employed as Superintendant of the Training School.
The first nurse to come to the school was Miss Anna Stair. Of a class of twelve, only four were graduated. Anna Stair, Ethel Newitt, Florence Bowler and Hattie Durfee. This was a two year program.
In 1898 Mrs. Nellie Crossland became Superintendent . . . — Map (db m1430) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — Stairs Hydroelectric Power Plant |
| | The Stairs Project was built in 1894-96 as the first hydroelectric power plant to provide electricity to Salt Lake City. It was also one of the first plants in Utah to transmit power long distance, using alternating current rather than direct current. In addition to the powerhouse, other elements of the historic complex include the dam, conduit, and penstock—all critical components of a hydroelectric plant. The power plant is ideally located to take advantage of the Stairs cascade on Big . . . — Map (db m1305) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — 50 — The Bee-Hive House |
| | Erected about 1852 by President Brigham Young as the official residence of the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and occupied by him from the time it was completed until his death in 1877.
From 1852 to 1855 it also served as the executive mansion of Governor Brigham Young of the Territory of Utah.
It was also the home of presidents Lorenzo Snow (1898-1901) and Joseph F. Smith (1901-1918), both of whom died here.
The bee-hive is the state emblem signifying industry. — Map (db m1350) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — The Crowds Cheered On . . . |
| | In 1845, it took six months to get a message from the east coast of the United States to California—by the time it arrived, the news was old. In the late 1850s, a half million people had migration west, and they wanted up-to-date news from home. Something had to be done to deliver mail faster and to improve communication in the expanding nation.
“The Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company,” a subsidiary of Russell, Majors, and Waddell, announced the . . . — Map (db m1433) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — The National Pony Express Monument |
| | A Moment in Time.
Running as fast as the mustang pony could run, Pony Express riders raced across nearly 1900 miles of wilderness carrying the U.S. Mail between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California. With nostrils flaring, lungs gasping for air, and muscles burning every ounce of energy the pony could muster, horse and rider climbed over mountains, crossed dry deserts, and forded rivers and streams through cold of winter, heat of summer, and threat of life—setting a . . . — Map (db m1432) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — The Old Sugar House |
| | Home of one of the earliest efforts toward the creation of local industry in Utah. At these crossroads, in 1853-55, a structure was erected which stood for many years as a symbol of pioneer enterprises and courage. Its site was approximately two hundred feet east of this spot. After the sugar project was abandoned, the old mill served many other useful purposes. Its life ended in 1928. — Map (db m1436) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — The Salt Lake Theatre |
| | Long, long be my heart with such memories filled; / like the vase in which roses have once been distilled. / You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, / but the scent of the roses will hang ’round it still.
“The people must have amusement as well as religion” —Brigham Young
The Salt Lake Theatre, 1860–1923, erected on this site under the direction of President Brigham Young, dedicated March 6, 1862. — Map (db m1306) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — This is the Place Monument |
| | This is the Place Monument, dedicated July 24, 1947, commemorates the arrival of the Mormon pioneers into the valley of the Great Salt Lake one hundred years before, and also the role of others—Spanish Catholic fathers, trappers and fur traders, official government explorers and California immigrants, who contributed to the successful
founding of an empire in “the top of the mountains.” Driven from their homes in Missouri and Illinois because of political and religious . . . — Map (db m1525) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — S-73 — Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church |
| | Organized during the 1880’s by the Reverend T. Saunders, this congregation has served as a focus of black religious, social, and cultural activity in Utah from territorial days to the present. In 1907 property at this spot was acquired, and a church designed by Hurly Howell was constructed through the sacrifice and energy of the congregation under the Reverend T. C. Bell. Restoration was begun in 1976 under the Reverend D. D. Wilson. — Map (db m5527) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Salt Lake City — Unsung Heroes |
| | Strategically placed relay stations across the western frontier proved to be a major contributing factor to the early success of the Pony Express mail service. “Station keeps,” assigned to of these outposts readied swift horses, fresh and rested, for each rider. Often working in pairs, day and night they kept a vigil for incoming riders.
Life at these stations covered a broad spectrum of living conditions depending upon location and situation. Home stations were generally . . . — Map (db m1434) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), Sandy — Mingo Smelter |
| | The Mingo Smelter was the largest single producer in Utah of metals such as gold, silver, and lead. When it began in 1873, it was known as the Mountain Chief Smelter and was renamed the Mingo smelter in 1876 when it was expanded. By 1881 it produced 19,000,000 pounds of unrefined metal which was shipped to Pennsylvania. The rich ores came from Little Cottonwood Canyon, Bingham Canyon and Lark and provided work for 500 to 1,200 men. Power for the smelter was provided by water traveling through a . . . — Map (db m1307) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), South Jordan — The Town of Bingham Canyon |
| | The history of the town began in August 1848 when two young Mormon pioneers, Sanford and Thomas Bingham, settled in this narrow wilderness canyon to herd cattle. Within a few years the area became a supplier of timber for local saw mills. Much of the timber used in the construction of the Salt Lake Tabernacle came from this canyon.
In 1850 the Bingham brothers took samples of assayed ore to Brigham Young who advised them not to engage in mining at that time. Following the discovery of . . . — Map (db m1365) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), West Jordan — 114 — Bingham Canyon |
| | Bingham Canyon was named for Erastus Bingham and sons, Sanford and Thomas, Utah Pioneers of 1847, who in 1848 took up grazing land in this vicinity, first for private herds and later as a community enterprise. The built a small cabin at the mouth of the canyon, where Sanford, his bride Martha Ann Lewis, and Thomas, a member of the Mormon battalion, made their home.
Accidental discovery of mineral-bearing rock led to some prospecting with promising indications. Advised by Brigham Young that . . . — Map (db m1364) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), West Jordan — North Jordan Canal |
| | Gardner Mill and Mill Pond, 1915.
The Garder Mill was built next to a natural pond which was a much used pioneer and later day picnic and recreation area until it was drained in the 1950’s. Note Midvale Smelter in the background.
Utah’s First Important Canal
In Archibald and Robert Gardner dug a millrace diverting water from the Jordan River approximately 2.5 miles south of the Gardner Mill. The canal water was first used as millrace for the Gradner Mill. The flowing water . . . — Map (db m1446) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), West Jordan — 35 — Salt Lake and Utah Railroad |
| | The Salt Lake and Utah Railroad—better known in Utah as the “Orem Line”—extended from Salt Lake City though the city of South Jordan, at this location, and to Payson, a distance of 67 miles. A branch line of 9 miles in length served the town of Magna. Service between Salt Lake City and Provo was established early in the year 1914.
July 18, 1915, twenty trains a day ran to Springville. By July 1, 1916, these runs extended to Spanish Fork, Utah. May 20, 1916, saw the . . . — Map (db m1561) |
| Utah (Salt Lake County), West Jordan — 12 — Utah Idaho Sugar Factory — West Jordan, Utah, 1916-1970 |
| | In 1849 Governor Brigham Young sent Apostle John Taylor on a mission to France to investigate industries that could be successfully established in the New Mountain Empire. There he met Philip De Lamare, a man of exceptional talents and substantial means, who had a knowledge of the sugar industry.
In Orras, France, they carefully examined the sugar beet industry, and convinced of its possibilities raised funds in England and purchased equipment in Liverpool, England. Early in 1852 the . . . — Map (db m1559) |
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