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Show No. 10-3003 10-74) UMThD STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM CONTI NU ATIGN SHEET ITEM NUMBER RECStVSP^;; DATS EMT&R1O PAGE 11 The district is also a superb example of the "City of Zion" plan of town life. The blocks inside the district are ten acres each, and the original plats show that the blocks were divided into eight equal lots which were big enough for a home, barn, vegetable garden, and stock corral. These large lots have since been subdivided with the growth of the town, but the style of early development is very much present. Further, the central elements of the "City of Zion" plan are still the central elements of not only the district, but the town as well. The temple, sitting high on the east bench still is the structural symbol of the valley. The tabernacle is very prominent as well for it continues to watch over downtown Logan as the early pioneers believed God watched over them. The canals of the early pioneers that carried the valley's life blood to the outlying farm lots are still in use and in the district. The canals graphically express the determination, vision and skills of the fathers of Logan City. Finally, the styles of the later period (1890-1915) which were the styles that .were popular in other parts of America and are the ones that now dominate the Center Street are there as if to say, "Accept u*s America." We are part of the whole and are here to stay. |
