ZCMI Co-op Building 1890-1908
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Sandy Co-op

ZCMI Co-op Building 1890-1908, also, Sandy Co-op. . , Official outlet of ZCMI (Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution), "America's First Department Store". This building housed the "Sandy Co-op" which was part of the ZCMI co-operative system servicing more than 150 communities in the intermountain area with retail commodities and services beginning in 1868. , Sandy Co-op Caption Architectural rendering of how the original facade may have appeared. , The land was originally owned by Le Grande Young and sold to Wells Clark in 1886. Sandy Co-op purchased it in 1888. The building was constructed in 1890 with a co-op mercantile store on the bottom floor and a social hall on the top floor. Dances and other social events were held weekly as the main social gatherings. The bottom level was used by a variety of occupations including the Jenkins Funeral Parlor from 1908 until 1912. During this time period a huge advertisement for "Bull Durham” was painted on the outside south wall. Located across the street was a Utah Southern Railroad station. The old building survived the vibration of a great many trains during Sandy's coming of age., In 1912, Mingo Lodge No. 6 Knights of the Pythias purchased the building to be used as a lodge hall and rental for other social functions. It was referred to as the "K. P. Lodge” during this time period. In 1939 Sandy City purchased the building as an interim fire station until a new facility was built in 1984 at another location. The building's architecture dates from 1890 and is of a non-reinforced masonry construction (low fired brick on a quartzite-granite foundation).