08 Tuesday Oct 2019
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Just a placeholder until I can hike up and get some better documentation of the R above Enterprise, Utah.
See also, my collection of hillside/mountainside letters and words.
08 Tuesday Oct 2019
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Built in 1911 with $10,000 donated by Andrew Carnegie, the Murray Carnegie Library later became part of the city office building and also Mount Vernon Academy and after that it sat empty for many years.
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07 Monday Oct 2019
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The City Hall was erected in 1939. It was built through the Works and Progress Administration construction program.
It was dedicated August 23, 1939.
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07 Monday Oct 2019
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The Consolidated Furniture building was erected in 1927 by F.C. Jensen, who used the building for manufacturing and selling furniture. The building was owned by the original tenant until 1973.
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07 Monday Oct 2019
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Pioneer Sundial
Parowan was founded January 13, 1851 by settlers from northern communities under the leadership of George A. Smith. Among the early structures were a large liberty pole and a sundial.
This marker designates the site of the community sundial placed here in 1852. The base of this structure is a burr from the Pioneer Grist Mill.
This sundial is a reproduction of the original made by the pioneers of Parowan. The Liberty Pole was one block south.
Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association and the People of Parowan. No. 62 Erected May 10, 1936. (see others in the series here)
06 Sunday Oct 2019
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Todd Jay Christensen
(From FindaGrave) Professional Football Player. For ten seasons (1979 to 1988), he played at the tight end position in the National Football League with the New York Giants and Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders. Born Todd Jay Christensen, he was raised in Eugene, Oregon where he attended Henry D. Sheldon High School. He played collegiate football at Brigham Young University and while with the Cougars under Hall of Fame coach LaVell Edwards, Christensen was a contributor to four Western Athletic Conference Championship squads. Individually, he earned first-team All-WAC status and received MVP honors at the Blue-Gray Football Classic in 1977. Selected by the Dallas Cowboys during the 1978 NFL Draft, he ended up on the Giants’ roster one year later. He played only one game for New York in 1979, prior to being signed by the Raiders. Primarily a special teams player, he experienced a Super Bowl championship season in 1980, for which culminated with a victory in Super Bowl XV, as the Raiders defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 27 to 10 in January 1981. His greatness as an offensive weapon came to fruition in 1983, as he led the NFL with 92 receptions and yielded career-highs with 1,247 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns. He factored greatly in the Raiders’ Super Bowl year of 1983, for which resulted with a 38 to 9 defeat over the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XVIII in January 1984. In 1986, he topped the NFL once again in receptions with 95. In 137 regular season games, he compiled 461 receptions with 5,872 yards and 41 touchdowns. He earned Pro-Bowl honors five-times (1983 to 1987) and received First-Team All-Pro recognition twice (1983 and 1985). After retiring as a player, he served as a TV analyst for college and professional football games. He is a member of the Brigham Young Athletic Hall of Fame and the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. Christensen had suffered from a variety of health issues including liver disease.
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06 Sunday Oct 2019
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The cemetery in Alpine, Utah.
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Notable graves in the Alpine Cemetery:
The Centennial Veterans Memorial
The Information Kiosk
06 Sunday Oct 2019
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06 Sunday Oct 2019
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I love this old building in downtown Salt Lake City, it was obviously built in 1890 as indicated near the top like so many from that time period but that is all I know about it.
There was a building on the east side of State Street, between 200 South and 300 South that was torn down and it made this one visible from state street. It had been hidden back there where it would take some real exploring in narrow places to find it.
I hope I can find out what it was, but I stopped to document it just in case it goes away. It is on the same parcel as the building that was demolished.
Update:
My friend Ivan Shelton led me to a form for the state historical society and another page so I found out that it is the Cramer House.
This two story brick structure functioned as a home and business from its building in 1890. It exhibits characteristics of late nineteenth century Western commercial architecture in its use of materials, plan and construction, and decorative elements. The main facade piercing is asymmetrical below a highly decorative metal cornice arrangement. Segmentally arched openings are located at the second story level, where a double unit arrangement opens onto a small balcony. Flat arched windows with stone lintels mark the first floor level of the main facade. Stained glass panels are incorporated into these windows. Entrances and secondary window configurations are located on side elevation.
This structure is significant as one of only two single family residences remaining in the downtown area. It documents not only the probable presence at an earlier time of other single family residential architecture in the area, but also the combination of homey residence and business in one structure in the business district.
Christopher Cramer built the home in 1890. It served as not only his residence, but also housed his floral shop. Cramer was born in Denmark, December 1, 1851. He came to Salt Lake in the 1860’s and became a florist. In 1897 Cramer sold the house to ?? Crandal and moved his business to another location in the city, the corner of 15 South and 3rd East. Crandal sold to Mary K. Jost that same year. In 1905, Jost sold to John E. Johnson. Johnson operated Scandra Grocery Store near by at 156 E. ? South. Johnson was a partner of August H. and Alma Erickson.
Johnson sold this home to Erickson in 1932. Erickson lived here until 1944. . Zions Savings Bank Co. owned the. home after Ericksons. Zions sold the home to Geory and Britta C. Nilsson in 1958.
The Christopher Cramer House is located at 241 S Floral Ave in Salt Lake City, Utah
05 Saturday Oct 2019
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The historic Murray First Ward Chapel is a gorgeous building I’ve always loved.
See this page for more exterior photos: Murray LDS First Ward Meetinghouse.
I was in the area and noticed they were having a tour of the interior and fundraiser, I was very excited to see what was inside.
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Here’s a video:
and some photos:
