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Show OMB No. 10244018, NPS Form United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. 7 Page 4 Panguitch Historic District, Panguitch, Garfield County, UT typically wide street is utilized [Photograph 4]. The exceptions are Main Street and Center Street where the street has been widened for four lanes of traffic. Main and Center include a mix of commercial and residential development.5 The historic commercial district is primarily located on Main Street between Center and 100 North, which has a more urban streetscape [Photograph 5]. Residential infill within the original Panguitch plat has been slow and steady. The residential areas still have a semi-rural feel. There are generally no more than four residences on each frontage of a block. Many lots have not been divided; most others only once or twice, for example, the Heywood House at the northeast corner of town [Photograph 6].6 There is no inner block development, such as the key lots found in more rapidly developing Mormon towns. With few exceptions, both new and old houses have similar setbacks. One house on 175 North is the only contributing residence not within the historic town site. Commercial activity has been confined to Main and Center Streets. Traditional storefronts are found primarily on Main Street. Historic hotels/motels are scattered along Highway 89. Larger non-historic commercial buildings are located at the north and west ends of Highway 89. The district excludes several large non-historic institutional buildings. Streetscapes within the district include mostly residential streets with uniform setbacks and mature landscaping. Main and west Center Streets are the only streets with sidewalks and gutters. All four quadrants include a mix of nineteenth and twentieth-century homes. There are few examples of historic fencing left in the district and a few places where the street-side open irrigation ditches have not been filled in. Parallel parking is located along the Main Street historic commercial district, but open land for parking is at the rear of most parcels. In less dense parts of the commercial district, there is plenty of off-street parking. There are no traffic lights in Panguitch, only stop signs at Main and Center. Landscaping within the district varies considerably and, for the most part, has been left to the discretion of individual property owners and the forces of nature. Most residences have some lawn with shrubs and flowerbeds in front. Many of the backyards have large garden plots and several fruit trees. A few homes have historic fencing [Photograph 3]. Approximately eighty percent of residences have garages, although less than half are contributing. Most contributing residences from the post-war era have attached garages not included in the count of contributing outbuildings. There are large numbers of historic outbuildings (animal barns, hay barns, coops, granaries, and summer kitchens), often found in clusters frequently at the edges of the district. There is green space associated with the city schools. The city park is at the north end of town near the county fairgrounds, but outside of the historic district.7 Architectural Styles, Types and Materials by Period The contextual periods below were developed during the standard RLS conducted in 2006 to describe the makeup of the resource inventory. A statistical summary of the architectural resources is found at the end of 5 Center Street was originally named Garfield Street. The name was changed sometime before 1917. 6 Full names of original property owners, if known, are provided in the photograph Jog at the end of this nomination. 7 There is a 1860s log cabin in the city park, which was moved there in 1992. A historic grandstand is on the county fairgrounds. |
