May is national Historic Preservation Month!
We have a full month of planned activities to celebrate.
List of Events:
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- May 3 - Interior Tours: McCune Mansion
- May 3 - Interior Tours: Utah Governor’s Mansion
- May 6 - Walking Tour: Modernism on South Temple
- May 11 - *Presentation: Finding your House Roots
- May 11 - *Open House: Provo Community Congregational United Church of Christ
- May 12 - Interior Tours: Meditation Chapel
- May 13 - *Volunteer Activity: Memory Grove Clean-up Service Day
- May 13 - Interior Tours: Meditation Chapel
- May 13 - Interior Tours: Memorial House
- May 15 - *Presentation: The Significance of Holladay’s Post-War Architecture
- May 19 - Walking Tour: Legacy Business Pub Crawl
- May 20 - Event: Historic Homes Tour
- May 26 - Webinar: The changing religious landscape of Salt Lake City: historical and contemporary photographs from the University of Utah’s Marriott Library
- May 27 - Interior Tours: Meditation Chapel
- May 30 - *Presentation: Too Important to Lose: Utah's Early Assembly Halls by David Amott
- May 31 - Event: Fisher Pint Night with Preservation Utah
For more Preservation Month events visit Utah SHPO to learn about their roster of events.
Presentation: Finding your House Roots
Thursday, May 11th, 6:30-7:30pm
Anderson-Foothill Library, 1135 South 2100 East
A K.E.E.P. Yalecrest event
Researched and presented by Bim Oliver, Historical Research Consultant
Open House: Provo Community Congregational United Church of Christ
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Presentation: The Significance of Holladay’s Post-War Architecture
Monday, May 15th, 7:00-8:00pm
Holladay City Hall, Council Chambers
Holladay Preservation Commission
Researched and presented by Bim Oliver, Historical Research Consultant
Bim Oliver has written and conducted studies on Utah architecture for decades, with a focus on the 20th Century. Now he turns his attention to Holladay, one of Salt Lake County's oldest communities, but where most of the development occurred in the decades following World War II. Because of their prevalence, the homes, schools, churches, and commercial buildings of this period define Holladay's character -- that of a post-war suburban community. In this presentation, he'll explore the progression of architectural styles that appeared after WWII. He'll also touch on Modernism, a style rare in most Utah communities but of which Holladay has a number of great examples.
Memory Grove Clean-up Service Day
Saturday, May 13th, 8:00am-noon
We need volunteers to help weed flowerbeds, trim trees, mulch and pick up fallen debris. SLC Parks Dept will provide equipment and supplies. Bring hats, gloves, water, sunscreen and wear appropriate shoes. Bring the whole family for some fun that serves everyone! A complimentary lunch will be served to all volunteers courtesy of Intermountain LDS Hospital.
Memorial House and Meditation Chapel (both located in Memory Grove Park) will be open for tours from 8am to 1pm.
More info on Memory Grove Clean Up can be found here.
Webinar: The changing religious landscape of Salt Lake City: historical and contemporary photographs from the University of Utah’s Marriott Library
Friday, May 26th, 4:00pm
Via Zoom
Researched and presented by Ken Rockwell with the University of Utah’s Marriott Library
Ken Rockwell, a librarian at the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library will highlight historical photographs of church buildings in Salt Lake City and his project of photographing current buildings in the city in 2018. The photos, old and new, document the religious and architectural history and diversity represented by these buildings and preserve images of some churches that have been demolished or may face such threats in the future. The presentation will introduce the Utah Religious Architecture Photograph project, in which the public is invited to contribute their own digital images of religious structures from throughout the state.
Presentation: Too Important to Lose: Utah's Early Assembly Halls
Tuesday, May 30 from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Murray City Library 166 E 5300 S, Murray
Hosted by the Historic Murray First Foundation
Hybrid Event
Researched and presented by David Amott
At any given time, there are dozens of buildings worth saving across Utah. In a state which does not often prioritize historic preservation, it is not likely that all of these buildings will be saved. Amongst these threatened buildings, however, are there some that Utah simply cannot afford to lose?
David Amott, former director of Preservation Utah, will argue that the Taylorsville Assembly Hall (currently the Alrasool Islamic Center) and the Salt Lake City Second Ward Assembly Hall rank high on the list of Utah's "must saves." Most Utahns will not be familiar with either of these threatened buildings, but David will argue that assembly halls of this type - very few of which survive today - were instrumental in establishing and then subsequently nurturing communities throughout the Intermountain West.
The importance of Utah's early assembly halls and wards is largely unrecognized by the state's contemporary residents, but the role that buildings like the Taylorsville and Second Ward Assembly Halls played in structuring early Utah makes these buildings simply too important to lose.
Photo Credits:
Utah State Historical Society (Taylorsville)
Jacob Barlow (2nd Ward)
Fisher Pint Night with Preservation Utah
Wednesday, May 31st, 5pm-8pm
320 W 800 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
A portion of all proceeds will go towards our preservation efforts. Come hang out with Preservation Utah's board and staff and learn about our state's historic preservation efforts.