Midway in Wasatch County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Midway Town Hall

Utah Historic Site

— National Register of Historic Places —

Midway Town Hall Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 18, 2025

1. Midway Town Hall Marker

Inscription. The Midway Town Hall was designed by architect Claude Shepherd Ashworth and built by Fredrick O. Hauter. Originally known as the Midway Recreation Center, it was constructed with Works Progress Administration (WPA) funds and local labor in 1941. Built of local limestone know as "pot rock," this structure has characteristics reminiscent of the Arts and Crafts and Tudor Revival Styles with its rustic wooden lintels, brackets on the gable ends, steeply pitched roof, half-timbering, and scribed wooden pendants.

The Midway Town Hall helps document the impact of New Deal programs in Utah, one of the states that the Great Depression affected most severely. Located on the site of Old Fort Midway in the civic and recreation center of the town, it has been in continuous use as a gathering place for the town's social, recreational, and governmental activities. It remains the focal point of the community, serving as home for local chapters of national and state organizations, the post office, and civic offices.

Erected 1995 by Utah Division of State History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these

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topic lists: Architecture • Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the Utah Historic Sites (NRHP), and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1941.

Location. 40° 30.739′ N, 111° 28.504′ W. Marker is in Midway, Utah, in Wasatch County. It is on West Main Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 120 W Main Street, Midway UT 84049, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Wasatch Front

and in Greater Provo.

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 California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Midway Fort (within shouting distance of this marker); Midway Social Hall (approx. 0.2 miles away); Social Hall/Cannery Building (approx. 0.2 miles away); George Bonner, Jr. House

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 18, 2025

2. Midway Town Hall Marker

located to the left of the center entrance door

(approx. ¼ mile away); Lime Kiln (approx. 0.6 miles away); Wasach County Memorial Hill Veterans Monument (approx. ¾ mile away); Pioneer Cemetery (approx. 1.2 miles away); Heber Valley Railroad (approx. 2.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Midway.

Also see . . . Midway Town Hall. (Submitted on July 10, 2025, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)

Midway Town Hall Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 18, 2025

3. Midway Town Hall Building

Credits. This page was last revised on August 7, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 19, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. This page has been viewed 172 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 19, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.