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Show (J Architect/Builder: city-(mason and tmllders.^ised .•below):'_ » Building Materials: stone_________Building Type/Style: £ Description of physical appearance & significant architecturalfeatures: Jj p1lh1 ^ (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) H 1 * .<- ' ' ' -•'" ;- :- ' : This gable facade rectangular building is typical of early public buildings found in New England and the Upper Midwest, The facade is plain and the plain returns on the faces and the cornice suggest a Greek influence but the roof is steeply pitched. A hipped roof bell tower stands at the west gable. The hall is built from stone quarried locally. The masons were -J.D. Carison, J.J..Sorenson, and John F. Bohlin, all Scandinavians. The carpenters were William Donnard and Marines Mortensen, Mortensen also served as painter. ' ; Statement of Historical Significance: D Aboriginal Americans D/Agriculture S) Architecture D The Arts D Commerce D D D . D Communication Conservation Education Exploration/Settlement D Industry D Military D Mining D/Minority Groups Ea Political D D D D Religion ; Science Socio-Humanitarian Transportation D Recreation This hall was built in 1893 as -a civic meeting hall. The building was also used as a school house until the big school was opened in January •1900. The hall is historically significant as one of the few surviving vernacular civic buildings remaining in Sanpete County, 18?0 deed to Henry Taylor. |
