Historic Former Heber City Library
188 S Main Street, Heber City, Utah
The historic former Heber City library was constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project during the latter years of the Great Depression.
Construction occurred between Aug. 1938 and May 1939. The PWA supplied a grant of $13,275 toward the project, whose total cost was $27,529.
The building served as the community’s library until construction of the new Wasatch County Library, completed 2004.
The New Deal facility now houses the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum.
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The plaque for the Historic Home Tour says:
Wasatch Library
1937-1939
After a fire on January 13, 1937, destroyed the Heber Mercantile Store, the Wasatch County Library was built to replace the extensive losses, which The Wasatch Wave reported at $125,000 in damages to library materials. Funded by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) under Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal program, the library was designed by Ashton and Evans and constructed by Peter Groneman & Sons. Upon completion, Wasatch County dedicated the building to the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, ensuring the preservation of artifacts and histories from Heber Valley’s early settlers, spanning from 1830 to 1900.
