Eden in Weber County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

J.M. Wilbur Company Blacksmith Shop

Utah Historic Site

— National Register of Historic Places —

J.M. Wilbur Company Blacksmith Shop Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 21, 2025

1. J.M. Wilbur Company Blacksmith Shop Marker

Inscription. The J.M. Wilbur Company Blacksmith Shop, built in 1895 by Jesse Wilbur and restored 2011-2014, is a brick, one-part block commercial building with a stepped gable parapet and Late Victorian Commercial details. The building is historically significant because of the essential blacksmith and related services the shop provided to local farmers and others in the Ogden Valley. Following Jesse Wilbur's death in 1951, his son Glenn carried on the business for two more decades. The building was originally designed and constructed to be a blacksmith shop-a once very common and necessary business in frontier life-and is the only known continuously functioning blacksmith shop remaining in the region. Following a recent careful restoration, the building continues to operate as a blacksmith shop today.

Erected 2018 by Utah Division of State History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Utah Historic Sites (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1895.

Location. 41° 17.892′ N, 111° 48.941′ W.

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Marker is in Eden, Utah, in Weber County. It is on North 5500 East near E 2200 N, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2145 N 5500 E, Eden UT 84310, 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 California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Eden World War II Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Settlement of Eden (within shouting distance of this marker); Early Life in Eden (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); David Eccles / Northwestern Shoshone--Early Sojourners of Ogden Valley (about 400 feet away); Eden's Founding (about 400 feet away); David Eccles (about 400 feet away); Liberty (approx. 3½ miles away); Leon's Market Building

Wilbur Blacksmith Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 21, 2025

2. Wilbur Blacksmith Building

(approx. 3½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Eden.

Wilbur Blacksmith Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 21, 2025

3. Wilbur Blacksmith Marker

Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 21, 2025

4. Wilbur Blacksmith Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 6, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 6, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. This page has been viewed 218 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 6, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.