Latest National Register Listings
Check out the latest historic buildings in Utah listed on the
National Register of Historic Places:
- Neck & Cabin Springs Grazing Area
- The O’Mahony Dining Car
- Crockett House
- Forest Dale Historic District
- Utah-Idaho Sugar Factory
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Neck & Cabin Springs Grazing Area
The Neck and Cabin Springs Grazing Area is located in Canyonlands National Park, approximately
18 miles southwest of Moab, San Juan County, Utah. The northern section of the park consists of a
triangular area lying between the Green River on the west and the Colorado River on the east,
containing a 43-square mile mesa known as the Island in the Sky and numerous red sandstone
canyons.
The Neck and Cabin Springs Grazing Area is significant under Criterion A in the area of Agriculture,
for its association with the history of livestock grazing in San Juan County, Utah. Beginning with the
Taylor family in the early 1880s, the high tableland in the territory between the Colorado and Green
rivers in the northwestern corner of the county provided grazing for cattle, sheep, and horses.
Numerous stockgrowers from the local area as well as western Colorado grazed livestock and wrung
a livelihood from area. Always part of the public domain, the range has been managed successively
by the Division of Grazing, the Grazing Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and, since 1964,
by the National Park Service as part of Canyonlands National Park.
The nominated area is also significant under Criterion A in the area of Social History, for its
association with range development activities of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), one of many
New Deal agencies established to counter the effects of the Great Depression. The advent of the
CCC in 1933, coupled with the creation of the Division of Grazing in 1934, led to CCC camps devoted
to carrying out the range improvement mission of the grazing agency. Workers from the Dalton Wells
CCC camp north of Moab engaged in such diverse activities as spring improvement, dam
construction, well drilling, road building, noxious weed eradication, and rodent control in all of Grand
County and the northern part of San Juan County. The program also provided its young enrollees
with training, education, food and lodging, and funds for their families, while pumping dollars into the
local economy through camp expenditures, local experienced men (LEMs) wages, and enrollee
spending.
The district is further significant under Criterion C in the area of Architecture for its inclusion of
structures that represent types and methods of construction used for watering rangeland livestock in the first half of the twentieth century. Developing and delivering sufficient water for grazing livestock
is a critical aspect of rangeland management. Resources within the nominated area illustrate
construction techniques, materials, and designs used to develop marginal seeps and springs through
improving water flow at the source and piping it to troughs some distance away. This solution
protected water resources by keeping livestock at a distance and delivered water to a location that
was more convenient for animals. Troughs within the area display a standardization of design using
a wood framework and metal trough sections that could be easily expanded to a desired length. The
simplicity of design also permitted workers with relatively little experience or skill to erect and maintain
the structures. The Cabin Spring water lift system represents an innovative design effort to overcome
geographic obstacles in order to deliver water more than 100’ vertically, from its source at the bottom
of a canyon to mesa-top grazing land.
The period of significance for the district extends from c. 1881 (when the Taylors first started grazing in the area) to 1959 (a time fifty years from the present, since no more specific date can be defined to
end the historic period).
The O’Mahony Dining Car
The O’Mahony Dining Car #1107 in Oakley, Utah, is a custom-built stainless steel monitor-roof dining car manufactured by the Jerry O’Mahony Company in 1939. The Streamlined Moderne and Art Deco-style Dining Car #1107 is being nominated for its architectural significance under Criterion C for its contributions to the mobile diner industry, and in particular, the national trend toward stainless steel diners that emerged in the pre-World War II period. Dining Car #1107 is a one-of-kind, custom-built model that marks the pivot point in diner design for the O’Mahony Company and represents the transition from the standard pre-war design of diners to the post-war direction of the mobile diner industry in general. Just a few years prior to World War II, the O’Mahony Company began adding rounded corners and applying steel/porcelain bands to the exterior of its traditional monitor-roof dining car model. Historic photographs from company brochures and extant examples show the typical model of the period was compact with steel bands above and below a wide porcelain panel base with room for lettering. The design of Dining Car #1107 broke with the company’s tradition with the emphasis on alternating bands of stainless steel and porcelain that more fully realized the design objectives of Streamlined Moderne movement, invoking the sleekness of the stainless steel rail cars of the period. In size and materials, Dining Car #1107 was the prototype for the O’Mahony dining cars of the late 1940s and early 1950s: much larger and all stainless steel-constructed two-part dining cars.
Because the Dining Car’s significance is based on architecture, the period of significance has been limited to the year of manufacture, 1939. And as the only dining car in Utah, it is being nominated at the statewide level of significance. Dining Car #1107 was originally custom-built for exhibition and use at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York City. At the close of the fair, the dining car was purchased by Al McDermott, who moved it to Fall River, Massachusetts, where he operated it as McDermott’s Diner. In 1953, McDermott replaced the O’Mahony dining car with a newer model. It was sold to Tommy Borodemos, who moved the dining car to Middletown, Rhode Island, where it operated as Tommy’s Deluxe Diner for fifty-three years. Dining Car #1107 has a remarkable level of historic integrity and is an excellent example of the Modern Movement in architecture as applied to a pre-World War II-era dining car. In 2007, the current owner, Keith Walker, purchased the dining car and had it transported to Oakley, Utah. The dining car was restored and opened for business in July 2008 as the Road Island Diner. The O’Mahony Dining Car #1107 was completely rehabilitated to its original appearance using extant physical evidence, historic photographs and contemporaneous O’Mahony dining cars as a reference. All of the original elements of the Streamlined Moderne and Art Deco design of the original dining car have been preserved or replicated. All recent modifications, including the addition of a kitchen/banquet room annex, are compatible with the historic function of mobile diners and do not impact the overall historic integrity of the building. With the exception of the time spent in transport or rehabilitation, the Dining Car #1107 has been a functioning roadside diner for six decades. The dining car qualifies under Criterion Consideration B, as a moved building. It was designed as a moveable building type and therefore the most recent move should be considered compatible with its original function.
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Crockett House
Crockett House, Logan, Utah
The Crockett House, in Logan, Utah, originally a two-story brick Gothic Revival-style house with Eastlake and Craftsman influences, was built in two phases between circa 1887 and 1915. It is significant under Criteria C for the development of its architecture over time, exhibiting characteristics of the more popular trends in Utah during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Crockett House, at the time of its construction, was one of the first brick dwellings and one of the most elaborate homes in the Island neighborhood of east Logan. Alvin Crockett was a mason and built the original house. The current appearance of the house is a unique hybrid of the Gothic Revival with Eastlake influence combined with an early 20th century Craftsman bungalow-style addition, built in 1915. The updated look following the addition reflected both the popularity of the bungalow at the time and the Crockett family’s prosperity. The residence was home to two mayors of Logan: Alvin D. Crockett and his son, John A. Crockett. Alvin Crockett, the first mayor of Logan, built the original section of the home for his second polygamous wife, Annie Peel Crockett. His son John Crockett later inherited the house. He and his wife, Anna H. Crockett, were responsible for the 1915 addition. The street where the home is located was named Crockett Avenue during the time the Crockett family lived in the area. The period of significance covers the era of the architectural stylistic progression between the original construction date, circa 1887, and when the house was updated in the then current trends of the Craftsman style in 1915. The Crockett House is in excellent condition and is a contributing historic resource in Logan, Utah.
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Forest Dale Historic District
Forest Dale Historic District, Salt Lake City
Forest Dale Historic District is locally significant under Criteria A and C for three primary reasons: 1) its key association with streetcar development in Salt Lake City; 2) its unique incorporation of a subdivision as an independent town; and 3) its architectural merit. Under Criterion A, the district is significant for its association with suburban (streetcar) development in Salt Lake City. The original Forest Dale subdivision, most of which is encompassed by the district, was one of the first and largest platted subdivisions within the Big Field plat of Salt Lake City. Unlike most other nearby subdivisions, which were platted around the same time by out-of-state developers and non-Mormon businessmen, the Forest Dale Historic District is a rare example of suburban development by active and high-ranking individuals of the LDS church, who effectively acted in the face of the church leaderships' disapproval of Mormons being involved in activities such as land speculation. Early residents of the subdivision were hand selected (through invitations to purchase property) by George M. Cannon and his partners, and they were frequently members in high-standing within the church and the broader LDS community. This is in sharp contrast to other contemporary and subsequent subdivisions in the area, which were settled on the premise of simple financial transactions and involved no particular effort to influence or control the social or religious complexion of the neighborhood. The incorporation of the subdivision as a town is also unique among other subdivisions of the period, which remained as simple neighborhoods within the corporate boundary of Salt Lake City.
The Forest Dale subdivision itself is significant in the overall history of streetcar subdivisions in Salt Lake City and reflects the relationship between the availability of mass transit and the success of the development. The incorporation of the interurban street car system as a necessary and integral component of the subdivision paved the way for future development of streetcar suburbs in the surrounding area (e.g., the many subdivisions of the West Sugar House area: Sixth East, Wilmington, Country Club Place, Adamson, Fairmont Springs Addition, etc.), thereby establishing a distinctive pattern of community expansion for the southeastern portion of Salt Lake City. Forest Dale and the incorporation of transit into its planning was influential in the development of contemporary, subsequent, and nearby subdivisions.
The Forest Dale Historic District also contains an impressive collection of late-Victorian era residences that render the district significant under Criterion C. Further, the building stock represents the work of numerous architects and designers, including both locally trained draftsmen and nationally practiced architects, such as Taylor Woolley. The residences of the neighborhood, the vast majority of which are considered contributing resources within the district, are among the most well-preserved collection of turn-of-the-century residential architecture in the Salt Lake Valley, lending visual cohesiveness to the district and distinguishing it from the surrounding neighborhoods. The patterning of architectural types and styles on the landscape within the district clearly demonstrates how the Forest Dale area was developed over time. One residence within the district, the George M. Cannon house at 720 East Ashton Avenue, is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places for its architecture.
The overall period of significance for the Forest Dale Historic District extends from 1890 to 1959. 
This time frame, and its relevance to the district, is best understood when divided into four contextual eras based upon significant events and trends within the area's history. These four eras are bracketed by two other eras that, while not directly tied to the significance of the district, establish the broader context for those periods that are. Thus, for the purpose of statement of significance, the following eras are discussed: The Big Field and Agricultural Use (1847 to 1889); Speculation and Platting the Subdivision (1890 to 1900); Forest Dale Town (1901 to 1912); Streetcars and Suburban Development (1913 to 1929); Urban Growth and Infill (1930 to 1960); and Interstate 80 and Neighborhood Decline (1961 to 2008).
The four primary contextual eras—Speculation and Platting the Subdivision, Forest Dale Town, Streetcars and Suburban Development, and Urban Growth and Infill—are marked by key milestones in the history of the district. The Speculation and Platting the Subdivision era begins with the platting of the Forest Dale Subdivision by George M. Cannon in August 1890, Cannon having purchased the property in 1889 from the estate of the late LDS church president Brigham Young. This era also encompasses the arrival of the first transit (streetcar) service in the Forest Dale area in 1891. The Forest Dale Town era is highlighted by the incorporation of the platted subdivision as Forest Dale Town on January 6, 1902 and ends with the disincorporation of the town due to financial constraints. Although the Forest Dale Town did not survive, the neighborhood did, and it thrived during the Streetcars and Suburban Development era as the transit system reached the peak of its development and served as a major factor in the sale and purchase of residential real estate in Forest Dale and surrounding neighborhoods. The final primary contextual era, the Urban Growth and Infill period, marks the final phase of historical development in Forest Dale, when most of the platted lots had been developed and only occasional individual parcels or small sections of contiguous parcels were available for construction of the distinctive housing stock of the period.
Click here to see the entire Forest Dale Historic District National Register nomination and photos (pdf file)
Utah-Idaho Sugar Factory
Utah Idaho Sugar Company, West Jordan
The Utah-Idaho Sugar Factory in West Jordan, Utah, is a large industrial complex, built in phases between 1916 and 1955. It is significant under Criterion A as one of the best remaining examples of Utah’s sugar industry in the twentieth century. The production of beet sugar was a very important early industry and contributed substantially to Utah’s economy for nearly a century. The Utah-Idaho Sugar Company was the largest and most profitable of Utah’s beet-sugar producers. The West Jordan sugar factory was the only successful sugar factory in the Salt Lake Valley and became one of the company’s regional centers of production after the company’s first plant in twenty miles south in Lehi, Utah, was closed in 1924. The West Jordan sugar factory gained prominence for the various research facilities housed on site where scientists developed disease-resistant and increasingly productive strains of sugar beets. The West Jordan complex was second only to the sugar factory at Garland, in northern Utah, in the length in time of continuous operation and the amount of sugar produced. After the closure of the factory in 1971, the West Jordan facility continued as a storage and distribution center until 1980. The complex includes three historic buildings and two historic structures built within the period of significance from 1916 to 1958. The Utah-Idaho Sugar Factory, currently undergoing adaptive reuse as a cultural arts complex, is a contributing historic resource of West Jordan and represents the contribution of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company to the history of Utah.
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