(from preservationutah)
This 1915 commercial block located on Parowan’s Main Street originally housed the first Dodge dealership in southern Utah. The building also housed a telephone company and the printing rooms of the “Parowan Times” newspaper. The property later served as Parowan’s visitor’s center and a city workshop. When Parowan’s mayor, Mollie Halterman, purchased the property in 2020, however, this former Dodge dealership fell into extreme disrepair and became a dead spot in Parowan’s revitalizing downtown. Ms. Halterman’s efforts to remodel the Parowan Dodge building addressed not only the building’s aesthetic but also its structural deficiencies. The building received needed bracing, which allows all of its floors to provide badly needed commercial and residential space. The building’s ground-level storefront houses a high-end, locally-grown meat/butcher shop. A second dwelling upstairs provides a quant apartment that can accommodate a family of four. The entire building is multi-purpose and multi-functional and offers walkable access to schools, gyms, the city post office, drug and grocery stores, and other of Parowan’s amenities. Once a diamond in the rough, this building is now a polished gem that greatly contributes to Parowan’s placemaking while offering affordable commercial and residential space.

73 North Main Street in Parowan, Utah