Utah - Summit County
Summit County Utah has 50 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 47 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Park City Miner's Hospital, Silver King Ore Loading Station, Kimball Stage Stop, Echo Church and School and Echo Canyon Breastworks.

Learn about famous people who are associated with these Summit County historic places including Samuel P. Hoyt, Henry Shields, Wilson I. Snyder and Frederic W. Sherman.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Summit County places including William H. Kimball, Silver King Mining Co., Harry Campbell, R. Hobbs, Rod McDonald, Ralph H. Billingsley, John Shill, Scott & Welch, Joseph Durkin and Claude Fitch. Prominent architectural styles found in Summit Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Queen Anne and Art Deco.

Echo Church and School (added 1989 - #88003000)
Temple Ln. , Echo
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Local volunteers keep this 1876 red-brick Gothic outpost open, displaying original railroad lanterns and pioneer desks from the era when the transcontinental railroad first put this mountain canyon on the map.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education, Religion
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Civic, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, School
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Auditorium
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Echo Canyon Breastworks (added 1988 - #88001942)
Address Restricted , Echo
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Hikers scramble up the steep canyon cliffs to stand behind the crude stone defenses thrown up by Mormon militiamen in 1857 to ambush invading federal troops.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Hoyt, Samuel P., House (added 1982 - #82004163)
Also known as Hoyt House
Off I-80 , Hoytsville
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This commanding 1870s yellow sandstone manor in Hoytsville boasts two-foot-thick walls hand-carved by a pioneer miller, making it a striking roadside stop in the Weber River Valley.
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Historic Person:
Hoyt,Samuel P.
Significant Year:
1868, 1863
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Birch, Annie, House (added 1984 - #84000163)
Off I-80 , Hoytsville
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A quick drive past this 1884 red-brick homestead in Hoytsville serves up a solid slice of late-nineteenth-century pioneer masonry right from the roadside.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
Myrick, William and Martha, House (added 1982 - #82004164)
N of Kamas , Kamas
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This 1880 red sandstone cottage still anchors Echo, preserving a rugged piece of the era when coal trains and pioneer wagons ruled this narrow Utah canyon.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Fitch,Claude
Architectural Style:
Stick/Eastlake
Area of Significance:
Agriculture, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
O'Mahony Dining Car No. 1107 (added 2009 - #09000639)
Also known as Road Island Diner, McDermott's Diner; Tommy's Deluxe Diner
981 W. Weber Canyon Rd. , Oakley
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This 1947 steel-plated diner shipped all the way from a New Jersey factory to Henefer, and its original post-war chrome booths and neon glow still look just like they did during the highway boom.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
O'Mahoney, Jerry Co.
Architectural Style:
Art Deco, Moderne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Restaurant
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Restaurant
More Information:
Washington School (added 1978 - #78002699)
Also known as Public School District No.12
541 Park Ave. , Park City
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Miners hammered out this limestone landmark in 1889 to educate Park City''s frontier kids, and today the building operates as a luxury boutique hotel after surviving the devastating town fire of 1898.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hobbs,R.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
Park City Main Street Historic District (added 1979 - #79002511)
Main St. , Park City
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This steep mountain road still boasts rugged 1890s brick saloons and Victorian storefronts rebuilt right after the great 1898 fire wiped out the original silver-mining camp.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Other, Mission/Spanish Revival, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Politics/Government, Commerce, Industry, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
City Hall, Department Store, Hotel, Post Office, Restaurant, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Recreation And Culture, Social
Current Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant, Theater
Park City Miner's Hospital (added 1978 - #78002697)
Off UT 97 , Park City
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Silver miners chipped in a dollar a month to build this 1904 yellow-brick emergency ward, which today hosts community events in City Park.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
More Information:
St. Mary Of The Assumption Church and School (added 1979 - #79002512)
121 Park Ave. , Park City
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Miners raised these stone walls in 1884, leaving Park City with Utah''s oldest Catholic church building that somehow survived the town''s devastating 1898 fire.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education, Religion
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church School, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
REMOVED
Silver King Ore Loading Station (added 2001 - #78002698)
Park Ave. , Park City
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Skiers and hikers in Park City glide right past the weathered wooden towers of a 1901 aerial tramway that once hauled tons of raw silver down the mountain to this historic rail-shipping site.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Snyder, Wilson I., House (added 1984 - #84002356)
1010 Woodside Ave. , Park City
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Stroll down Park City?s bustling Main Street and stop by this 1888 Victorian cottage to glimpse how a premier silver-boom mining attorney lived before ski resorts took over the town.
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Snyder,Wilson I.
Significant Year:
1880
Area of Significance:
Law, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Kimball Stage Stop (added 1971 - #71000855)
Also known as Kimball Station
US 40, W of Silver Creek jct. , Park City
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Mark Twain ate at this heavy, hand-hewn sandstone overland station back in the 1860s, and its rugged stone walls still stand today just off the highway near Park City.
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Transportation
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Restaurant, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Marsac Elementary School (added 1985 - #85000815)
431 Marsac , Park City
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Park City''s 1936 Art Deco city hall started out as a Depression-era public school built by the Public Works Administration, and it still commands the hillside just above Main Street today.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Scott & Welch
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Government
More Information:
Bogan Boarding House (added 1984 - #84000154)
221 Main St. , Park City
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This restored 1907 wooden landmark on Park City?s Main Street lets history buffs walk the same floors where exhausted silver miners slept in shifts during Utah''s wild mining boom.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel
More Information:
Beggs, Ellsworth J., House (added 1984 - #84002240)
Also known as High West Distillery
703 Park Ave. , Park City
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This 1907 Queen Anne cottage on Park Avenue shows off the real, unpolished side of Park City''s turn-of-the-century silver mining boom.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Welch-Sherman House (added 1984 - #84002372)
59 Prospect Ave. , Park City
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This 1890 Victorian cottage on Empire Avenue still shows off the simple, rugged craftsmanship of Park City''s silver mining boom, standing as a quiet contrast to the flashy ski resorts just up the hill.
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Sherman,Frederic W.
Significant Year:
1891
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Barry, George J., House (added 1984 - #84002239)
250 Grant Ave. , Park City
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This 1890 Park City cottage puts Utah''s gritty silver mining era on display through its original T-frame woodwork built long before the ski slopes arrived.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Condon, David F. and Elizabeth, House (added 1984 - #84002248)
1304 Park Ave. , Park City
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This 1885 wood-frame cottage on Park Avenue gives a quick look at how silver miners lived during Park City''s late-nineteenth-century rush.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
House at 343 Park Avenue (added 1984 - #84002297)
343 Park Ave. , Park City
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This 1880s timber cottage survived Park City''s devastating 1898 fire, keeping the gritty spirit of Utah''s silver boom alive right next to the modern ski slopes.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Kimball, Burt, House (added 1984 - #84002325)
817 Park Ave. , Park City
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This gritty 1890 cross-wing cottage on Park Avenue stands as a rare, surviving piece of Park City''s rowdy silver mining era before the ski slopes took over.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Kimball, Ernest Lynn, House (added 1984 - #84002329)
911 Empire Ave. , Park City
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This 1899 timber cottage on Woodside Avenue shows off the simple, raw architecture of Park City''s late-nineteenth-century silver mining boom before the ski resorts took over.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Raddon, LaPage H., House (added 1984 - #84002345)
817 Woodside Ave. , Park City
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This 1890s Queen Anne cottage on Park Avenue stands as a rare, wooden survivor of Park City?s gritty silver mining boom before ski resorts transformed the canyon.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Campbell, William, House (added 1984 - #84002243)
164 Norfolk St. , Park City
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This 1890 Woodside Avenue miner''s cabin survived the catastrophic 1898 fire, letting people glimpse the gritty reality of Park City?s silver mining rush before the ski lifts took over.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Boarding House (added 1984 - #84003978)
125 Main St. , Park City
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Walk down Empire Avenue to see this weathered 1890s wooden structure, where single silver miners crammed into tight quarters long before ski lifts ever touched the Park City slopes.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Hotel
Note: At one time this property was officially determined eligible for the National Register, but it was not formally listed because the private property owner (or a majority of owners in a historic district) objected to the designation.
Daly--Judge Mine Superintendent's House (added 1984 - #84003979)
Snow Ln. , Park City
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This 1902 wood-frame cottage on Empire Avenue shows how high-ranking bosses lived in comfort during Park City''s chaotic silver mining boom.
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Unknown
Note: At one time this property was officially determined eligible for the National Register, but it was not formally listed because the private property owner (or a majority of owners in a historic district) objected to the designation.
Gibson, James, House (added 1984 - #84003981)
835 Empire , Park City
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This 1894 timber cottage on Park Avenue shows how local silver miners lived during Park City?s late-nineteenth-century mining boom.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Unknown
Note: At one time this property was officially determined eligible for the National Register, but it was not formally listed because the private property owner (or a majority of owners in a historic district) objected to the designation.
Hansen, Arthur E., House (added 1984 - #84003984)
1215 Park , Park City
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Walk past this preserved 1899 timber cottage in Park City to see how silver miners lived during the Utah silver boom.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Unknown
Note: At one time this property was officially determined eligible for the National Register, but it was not formally listed because the private property owner (or a majority of owners in a historic district) objected to the designation.
House at 651 Park (added 1984 - #84004009)
651 Park , Park City
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This tiny 1890s timber cottage stood its ground through Park Citys catastrophic 1898 fire, preserving the gritty daily reality of Utah''s silver miners long before ski resorts took over the slopes.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Note: At one time this property was officially determined eligible for the National Register, but it was not formally listed because the private property owner (or a majority of owners in a historic district) objected to the designation.
Kimball Double Dwelling House No. 1 (added 1984 - #84003986)
690 Park , Park City
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Walk down Park Avenue to eyeball a rare 1890 wooden duplex that shows just how tightly silver miners packed together during the town''s late-nineteenth-century boom.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Unknown
Note: At one time this property was officially determined eligible for the National Register, but it was not formally listed because the private property owner (or a majority of owners in a historic district) objected to the designation.
Larson, Fred, House (added 1984 - #84003988)
920 Norfolk , Park City
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This 1895 timber cottage on Woodside Avenue survived Park City''s catastrophic 1898 fire, standing today as a rare, gritty survivor of the town''s hardscrabble silver mining era.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Unknown
Note: At one time this property was officially determined eligible for the National Register, but it was not formally listed because the private property owner (or a majority of owners in a historic district) objected to the designation.
McDonald, Thomas J., House (added 1984 - #84003995)
733 Woodside , Park City
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This 1890 wooden cross-wing cottage on Park Avenue offers a direct look at the modest daily life of a silver boomtown miner.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Unknown
Note: At one time this property was officially determined eligible for the National Register, but it was not formally listed because the private property owner (or a majority of owners in a historic district) objected to the designation.
Williams, Reese, House (added 1984 - #84002420)
Also known as Park City Hospital
421 Park Ave. , Park City
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A Welsh immigrant miner hand-crafted this 1880 Coalville cottage using sharp, local brickwork, though today folks have to admire his gritty masonry skills from the sidewalk since it remains a private residence.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Beggs,Ellsworth J.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Health/Medicine
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Wilson-Shields House (added 1984 - #84002422)
139 Park Ave. , Park City
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This 1883 Park City cottage still stands with its original wood frame, showing how ordinary silver-boom laborers lived before the ski resorts took over.
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Shields,Henry
Significant Year:
1889
Area of Significance:
Law, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Austin, William, House (added 1984 - #84002226)
247 Ontario Ave. , Park City
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Walk down Woodside Avenue to stand right in front of a surviving 1891 wood-frame cottage from Park City''s gritty silver mining boom.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Barnes, Charles, House (added 1984 - #84002230)
413 Ontario Ave. , Park City
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An English shoemaker built this 1881 cross-wing cottage, which still shows off the exact moment Utah pioneers traded crude adobe for stylish, locally fired red brick.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Barrett, Richard, House (added 1984 - #84002238)
36 Prospect Ave. , Park City
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This 1880s timber cottage on Ontario Avenue shows how average miners lived long before Park City became a playground for the wealthy.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Buck, John W., House (added 1984 - #84002242)
1110 Woodside Ave. , Park City
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Pioneer masons hand-chiselled the local red sandstone blocks of this 1880 Coalville home, leaving their distinct tool marks visible on the exterior walls to this day.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Billingsley,Ralph H.
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Carling, Benedictus, House (added 1984 - #84002244)
660 Rossie Hill Dr. , Park City
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This simple 1890 timber cottage on Ontario Avenue stands as a rare surviving piece of the gritty world Swedish immigrants built during Park City''s legendary silver boom.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Cassidy, James, House (added 1984 - #84002245)
33 King Rd. , Park City
Tricia Simpson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Standing on Park Avenue since the 1880s, this weatherboard T-frame cottage shows how ordinary silver miners lived long before the ski slopes took over.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Cavanaugh, James House (added 1984 - #84002246)
564 Woodside Ave. , Park City
Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This 1891 Park Avenue cottage preserves the simple, weathered timber framing built by Utah silver miners during the town''s brutal nineteenth-century boom.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Clark, Peter, House (added 1984 - #84002247)
1135 Park Ave. , Park City
Ntsimp, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
This 1880s red-brick Victorian home in Coalville gives folks a quick roadside look at the solid craftsmanship from Summit County''s nineteenth-century coal mining era.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Cunningham, John F., House (added 1984 - #84002249)
606 Park Ave. , Park City
Tricia Simpson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Stroll past this restored 1890 Park Avenue cottage to see the exact kind of modest, wood-frame housing that sheltered everyday miners during Utah''s wild silver boom.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Doyle, John, House (added 1986 - #86000162)
339 Park , Park City
Tricia Simpson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Walk past this 1898 silver-boom cottage on Grant Avenue to see the gritty, real-life housing of Park City''s early miners before ski resorts redefined the town.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Durkin Boarding House (added 1984 - #84002253)
176 Main St. , Park City
Tricia Simpson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This 1897 wooden survivor on Empire Avenue still shows where exhausted silver miners crammed into cheap rooms during Park City''s rowdy mining boom.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Durkin,Joseph
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Domestic
More Information:
Durkin, Joseph, House (added 1984 - #84002262)
22 Prospect Ave. , Park City
Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This humble 1897 wood-frame cottage on Woodside Avenue survived the devastating 1898 fire, offering a rare look at how Park City''s hard-rock silver miners lived.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Farthelos, Peter, House (added 1984 - #84002267)
1150 Park Ave. , Park City
Ntsimp, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
This weathered 1895 timber cottage on Woodside Avenue shows how Greek immigrant miners lived during Park City''s brutal silver boom.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
McDonald,Rod
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Frkovich, Mike, House (added 1984 - #84002270)
162 Daly Ave. , Park City
Tricia Simpson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This unassuming 1901 frame cottage on Park Avenue shows how average silver miners lived during the town''s gritty turn-of-the-century boom, long before ski resorts took over.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Gray, Levins D., House (added 1984 - #84002272)
355 Ontario Ave. , Park City
Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
This 1878 sandstone cottage in Coalville still displays the rugged, hand-chiseled blocks shaped by one of the county''s first frontier stonemasons.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Hansen, Frank, House (added 1984 - #84002274)
1025 Park Ave. , Park City
Ntsimp, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Walk past 955 Woodside Avenue to see a surviving 1885 T-frame cottage that housed Park City silver miners long before the ski slopes took over.
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:

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