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Show OMB No 1024-0018, NPS Form United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. z Page 1 Timpanogos Cooperative Marketing Association Building, Orem, Utah County, UT Narrative Description The Timpanogos Cooperative Marketing Association (TCMA) Building was built in 1926 along the east side of the Salt Lake and Utah Electric Interurban Railroad as part of the railroad's Snow depot/station at 380 South Orem Boulevard. 1 Currently the building sits in the southwestern portion of an asphalt parking lot which covers the entirety of the property not physically occupied by the building itself. The TCMA Building is rectangular in shape, measu1ing 60 feet by 100 feet in size. A six-foot-wide by 5 l -foot-long open porch runs along the south elevation of the building. Along the west elevation of the building are a second open porch (17 feet 5 inches by 16 feet 7 inches) located just north of the southwest comer of the building, which adjoins an enclosed shed area (15 feet 7 inches by 32 feet 1 inch). The building has been only minimally modified, is in good condition, and retain historic integrity in terms of its location, design and workmanship. The few modifications made to the building have somewhat affected its architectural integrity in te1ms of ma1erials. Historic integrity has been affected due to the removal of the Salt Lake and Utah rails during the 1950s, although the street that replaced the rails Orem Boulevard, still implies the path of the rails as it runs djagonally through an otherwise grid like street system. AJso there has been sub equent residential and commercja) development in the surrounding area, and the utilization of the building has changed to varied commercial pmposes such as its cunent employment as an automobile dealership and martial arts teaching studio. As a commercial railroad-related building, the styling is simple and sports few decorative elements. The building is covered by a low-pitched hipped roof with overhanging eaves and exposed rafter tails providing a slightly utifaarian Prairie School style appearance. The pilasters on the north, west, and east elevations are shallow and located at the corners of each elevation and between the main sets of windows. A foundation with minimum three-foot crawl space is fonned of poured concrete. The windows have sills constructed of brick headers and wooden lintels. The roof is covered with asphalt shingles and the brick walls are laid in a stretcher bond with flush mortar. The brick on the north elevation has been painted a light olive-tan color, although the soft pink/red colors of the original brick undemeat]1 are occasionaJJy visible. A large loading door (rolling metal) and three pairs of double-hung aluminum-sash windows are present on this elevation. The wooden frames, headers, lintels, and brick si)]s of all six windows are painted red, a11d four of the windows are partially covered by blue, convex canopy awnings. An eight-foot-by-eight-foot wooden loading dock supported by concrete piers sits in front of the large loading door. The east elevation, facing Orem Boulevard, has been refaced at an unknown date with very light olive-tan painted plaster stucco. Five aluminum double-hung windows, one aluminum sliding window, and a large glass 1 Other addresses provided for the property are 400 South Orem Boulevard and 31 East 400 South |
