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Sugar House in Salt Lake City in Salt Lake County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)
 

Ferry Plaza

 
 
Ferry Plaza Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jeremy Snow, May 19, 2025
1. Ferry Plaza Marker
Inscription.
Dedicated June 1990
In grateful memory of Col. William M. & Jeannette Ferry who donated the acreage for the campus of Westminster College and one of the original buildings.

Ferry Hall 1908-1987 stood on the present site of the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business Building.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education.
 
Location. 40° 43.919′ N, 111° 51.266′ W. Marker is in Salt Lake City, Utah, in Salt Lake County. It is in Sugar House. It can be reached from South 1300 East. Marker located along the roundabout at the Westerminster University entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1840 S 1300 E, Salt Lake City UT 84105, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Wasatch Front and in Greater Salt Lake. It is also in the American Mountain West and in Colorado Plateau. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexico’s Alta
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California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Converse Hall (a few steps from this marker); Kennedy Ditch (approx. Ό mile away); Utah Penitentiary (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named Utah Penitentiary (approx. half a mile away); Previous Site of the Utah State Penitentiary (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named Previous Site of the Utah State Penitentiary (approx. half a mile away); Joe Hill (approx. half a mile away); The Old Sugar House (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Salt Lake City.
 
Ferry Plaza Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Jeremy Snow, May 19, 2025
2. Ferry Plaza Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 26, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. This page has been viewed 121 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 26, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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