Taylorsville Cemetery
27 Thursday Sep 2018
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The Old School House
25 Sunday Jun 2017
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On this site, 6200 South and Redwood Road, in the year 1905 stood the 64th District School House. It was a red brick building consisting of two large rooms on the west side and a single large room on the east side.
The name of the school was changed three times in a four year period:
- 1905 64th District School
- 1906 (September) South Taylorsville School
- 1908 (May) Madison School
The Madison School site was sold to Bennion Ward. October 12, 1921.
The following people served as principals of the school:
W. R. Wilson 1905 – 1907
Elizabeth Bennion 1907 – 1909
Zeretta Frame 1909 – 1910
Clarissa Saunders 1910-1911
Emma J. Webster 1911 – 1912
Alta Stookey 1912 – 1913
W. R. Wilson 1913 – 1915
Note: After the site was sold to the LDS Church, a chapel was built on the site. After many years it became a Baptist Church where the monument remained. Due to a street-widening project, the building next to the monument was demolished. The monument was to be moved but it crumbled and the plaque saved. In 2010 the plaque was re-mounted on a new base a short distance west of the previous location and the old chapel cornerstone and plaque added at the base.
(SUP #9 is on the plaque and SUP #50 is not shown on the plaque)
See other historic markers in the series on this page for SUP Markers.
English Fort
23 Friday May 2014
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Cemeteries, DUP, Forts, historic, Historic Markers, Salt Lake County, Taylorsville, utah, West Valley
In 1853 the settlers west of the Jordan River were advised by President Brigham Young to build a fort, to protect them from Indians. Thick walls of rock and adobe, with one gate surrounded two acres of land. Adobe partitions separated dwellings that faced a central area containing a combined church and school and a well of brackish water. The fort was located north of the present site of Taylorsville Cemetery. The foundation of this marker is built of rock from pioneer homes of this community.
Above: The historic marker that was there from 1941 until at least 2007 when I took the photos.
Below: I returned in 2017 and the plaque is replaced with a new look and slightly rearranged wording.
Upon the advice of Brigham Young, the first settlers west of the Jordan River built English Fort in 1853 for protection from Indians. Thick walls of rock and adobe with one gate surrounded the two acres of land. Adobe partitions separated the dwellings within which faced a central area containing a combined church and school and a well of brackish water. The fort was located north of the present site of Taylorsville Cemetery. The foundation of this historic marker is built of rock from the original pioneer homes of this community.
Check out all of the historic markers placed by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers at JacobBarlow. com/dup
Taylorsville, Utah
06 Wednesday Nov 2013
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Taylorsville, Utah is made up of the historic communities Taylorsville, Bennion, and Kearns. Former names of Taylorsville are “Over Jordan” and “North Jordan.”
Historic Buildings in Taylorsville:
Historic Homes in Taylorsville:
Other Taylorsville Related posts:
- 1900 Baptismal Site
- Archibald Gardner Mill
- Bennion Ward Memorial
- English Fort
- Freedom Shrine
- Jordan River Trail
- Millrace
- The Old School House
- Taylorsville Bennion Heritage Center
- Taylorsville Cemetery
- Taylorsville Parks
- Tribute to Taylorsville-Bennion Pioneers
- Taylorsville sorted by address
