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95* W 100 SOUTH SANTAQUIN ELEMENTARY (CENTRAL SCHOOL) SANTAQU IN, UTAH COUNTY 1I I Illrrn~ll~~IiIlj~lflllllll l 3 9222 00576 7111 HISTORIC SITE FORM (UHCS version) Utah State Historic Preservation Office UHCS 10#: 351160 1. Identification Plat: Block: Property Name: SANTAQUIN ELEMENTARY (CENTRAL SCHOOL) Address: *95 W 100 SOUTH SANTAQUIN City: Site#: County: UTAH COUNTY 2. Documentation/Status Dates Surveyed or Added to SHPO Filing System: General/Miscellaneous File: / OK Reconnaissance Level Survey: / Intensive Level Survey: / Evaluation: (A) ELIGIBLE/SIGNIFICANT National Register Status: National Register Listing Date: Delisted date: Thematic or Multiple Property Affiliation: 3. Building Information Date(s) of Construction: 1903 Original Use: SCHOOL Constr. Material(s): Architectural Style(s): Height (# stories): PlanlType: SCHOOL BLOCK REGULAR BRICK VICTORIAN ECLECTIC VICTORIAN ROMANESQUE REV. Theme(s): Architect: Comments: Outbuildings: (non-contrib./ contrib.) 0/ 4. Other SHPO File Information State Tax Project No. (s): 106 Case No.: Federal Tax Project No.: Historic Photo Date: De vel. Grant(s): HABS/HAER Record No. (s): Printout Date: 8/1/00 Utah Endowment for the Humanities Ten West Broadway, Suite 900 Salt Lake City, Utah 84101-2068 [phone] 27 October 1987 COMMITTEE MEMBERS Bette Arial st. George Stephen Baar Sa lt Lake Ci ty Kathleen C. Bened ict Blanding Wallace 5. Brooke Sa lt Lake Ci ty Carol Browning Ogden Gord on Campbell Salt Lake City jani ce White Clemmer Sa It Lake City Rona ld G. Coleman Salt Lake City Demont H . Howell Ephraim Ed wa rd Heriberto Mayer Bou ntiful joyce Nelson Provo Linda King Newel l Salt Lake City Am y Owen, Vice Chair Sa lt Lake City Ross Peterson Logan Allen D . Roberts, Fiscal Agent Salt Lake City Neila seshachari Ogden Gibbs M . Smith Kaysvi lle Di ana Major Spen cer M ayfield Stephen Swindle Sa lt Lake City Nancy jacobus Taniguchi Pri ce Robert G. Young, Chair Cedar City STAFF Delmont R. Oswald Executive Director Cynthi a Buckingham Associate Directo r Susan Burke Secretary Donna S. Bott 219 South 200 West Santaquin, Utah 84655 Dear Mrs. Bott: Thank you for your letter describing your project to restore Santaquin's elementary school building. We are happy to know that our grant announcements attract attention. Unfortunately, UEH cannot help with the project you have described. UEH has grants available for public pvograms such as lectures, conferences, and other meetings where members of the community can discuss ideas with humanities scholars. For instance, a lecture or slide-lecture on Utah architectural history or country .school architecture might qualify for a grant. Our guidelines prohibit UEH funds from being used for building construction, restoration, or maintenance. I have sent your letter and photo to Kent Powell at the Utah State Historical Society, with a request that he check to see if the Historic Preservation section can help you. You might also want to contact the Utah Heritage Foundation (355 Quince St., SLC, UT 84103, phone: [phone]); they work to preserve and restore historically significant buildings in the state. Good luck! Si ncerely, ~~~ fJuG.lu' C~:~~~ Buckingham Associate Director Enc. cc: Kent Powell, USHS Utah Heritage Foundation Donald Hartley <[e-mail]> Re: Threatened structure in Santaquin Donald Hartley <[e-mail]> To: Jennifer Ortiz <[e-mail]> Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 1:29 PM Jennifer, if a portion of the building is being used as a Senior Center it may be eligible for some Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) assistance. CDBG funds are intended to help low- and moderate-income segments of the population . By definition , seniors fall into that category. CDBG funds might be available for improving accessibility (restrooms , elevators, ramps, etc.), program support such as food service , and limited building repair. Here's a link to the program at Housing & Community Development's website: www.jobs.utah.gov/housing/cdbg/index.html . Communities below 50,000 in population typically have to apply for CDBG funds through their regional planning authority. I believe Santaquin is is in the Mountainland Association of Governments: https:llmountainland.org . This might be another opportunity to bring some funds and increased value to the Chieftain Museum / Santaquin Elementary (Central) School. Thanks , Jennifer. Don On Fri, Jul 31 , 2015 at 4:49 PM, Jennifer Ortiz <[e-mail]> wrote: Thank you for this information, I appreciate it. I'll make sure to pass this along with my report and encourage them to pursue designation. I too was caught off guard by the Director's comments that the city was interested in demolishing the building ; she may have been mistaken and rather than demolishing it, the building is to be re-purposed for something else. I can't speak to the structure itself, but the interior has some serious needs of repair which makes me think the city has been allowing the building to fall into a state of neglect. It's a beautiful building and I'm trying to help the museum as best as I can with their collections. That's great news about the CLG program and something that would make sense for this space-there's a Senior Center connected to the building and between the two spaces I imagine the building serving many purposes. Thanks again for being so speedy with your response--I'II pass along your contact information so that the director may touch base with you personally. Happy Friday, Jennifer Jennifer Ortiz Museum Specialist (801 ) 245-7288 [e-mail] artsandmuseums.utah.gov On Fri, Ju131, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Donald Hartley <[e-mail]>wrote: Hi , Jennifer. Yes , the Chieftain Museum is located in the Santaquin Elementary (Central) School. The building is not listed in the National Register Historic Places or the Utah register, and I doubt that Santaquin has any type of local historic designation program. I've attached a copy of the information we do have on the property. It's designated in our files as "ELIGIBLE/SIGNIFICANT" so its likely that it could be listed in the National Register without too much difficulty if the owner was willing to hire a consultant or someone local was able to compile the necessary research . Here's a link to information at our website about National Register listing: http://heritage.utah.gov/history/national-register . As you pointed out, NR listing doesn't necessarily protect buildings , but its useful to raise awareness of the significance of a historic resource. Our means of providing financial assistance to communities is through our Certified Local Government (CLG) program. If Santaquin was willing to become a CLG we could provide small ($10,000 or less) matching grants every other year to assist with listing and rehabilitating/maintaining the building. Here's a link to the CLG program information: http://heritage.utah.gov/history/cigs . Payson City has been a CLG for years and has used these grants on a continual basis to stabilize and renovate the Peteetneet School for use as a museum and community center. It seems odd that in a community as sparsely populated as Santaquin that this is the only land available to the city government and its necessary to demolish the historic Central School. It appears they have done a good job of maintaining the building - demolishing it now would only undermine their investment. I'd be happy to speak with the museum director to see what advice we might provide. Thanks , Jennifer. Don Donald Hartley, Historical Architect Utah Division of State History 801 .245 .7240 [e-mail] On Fri, Jul 31 , 2015 at 2:47 PM , Jennifer Ortiz <[e-mail]> wrote: Hi Don : I recently visited with the Santaquin Cheiftan Museum to conduct a preservation assessment and the museum is facing possible eviction/destruction of building by city officials who may be interested in using the property for something else. The Director of the museum has been kept largely out of these conversations which tells me the outlook probably isn't great, but in our discussions she requested more information on getting the building designated as a historic building. We did have a lengthy conversation about how designating a building does not necessarily save it, but I told her I would get her additional infonrnation with my report. From what it sounds like, the historic structure is significant to the town and is one of the oldest buildings in the area-is this something you would like to be alerted of when I come across it? Would you mind if I put the two of you in touch? Jennifer Ortiz Museum Specialist [phone] [e-mail] artsandmuseums.utah.gov Donald Hartley, Historical Architect Utah Division of State History 801.245.7240 [e-mail] Donald Hartley <[e-mail]> Re: Santaquin Museum Status Donald Hartley <[e-mail]> To: Jennifer Ortiz <[e-mail]> Thu , Aug 6, 2015 at 4:50 PM Yeah, very interesting. Does the city want to move the museum out of the building to reduce their liability? Usually, seismic upgrades are only required when a building permit is issued for an alteration, repair, addition or a change of occupancy. As long as the building remains in its current use and receives only basic or routine maintenance, there is nothing in the building code that requires the city to undertake a seismic upgrade. Also,l haven't seen the engineer's report or estimates , but the $3.4 million price tag seems very high for seismic improvements. If rehab costs were indeed that high, nobody in Utah could ever afford to fix up an existing or historic building. And we know communities use and re-use and re-purpose existing buildings for cultural purposes all the time. I've also seen instances where an architect or engineer will inflate the cost of rehabilitation so that a new building - which is what they REALLY want to design seems like a much a more responsible option. On Thu , Aug 6, 2015 at 4:03 PM, Jennifer Ortiz <jenniferortiz@utah .gov> wrote: FYI , Denis works directly with Santaquin city and recently attended the Legal Issues and Museums workshop . I believe at this point they are moving forward with inventorying the entire museum and attempting to tie up loose ends before removing the museum from the building. Thought this would be of interest to you. Jennifer Ortiz Museum Specialist (801) 245- 7288 [e-mail] artsandmuseums.utah .gov - - - Forwarded message - - - From: Dennis Marker <[e-mail]> Date: Thu , Aug 6, 2015 at 3:53 PM Subject: Santaquin Museum Status To: "Jennifer Ortiz (jenniferortiz@utah .gov)" <[e-mail]> Hello Jennifer, I just received your report on the Santaquin Chieftain Museum. Thank you for taking the time to put that together. I'm sorry I wasn't able to be there for your tour. FYI. During the Santaquin City Council meeting last night, our structural engineer consultant presented his final report on the museum building. The bottom line is a $3.4M seismic upgrade, which does not include architectural, structural, electrical, or HVAC costs . All together the cost to save the building will be close to $5M. After hearing that news I presented the attached powerpoint to the Council and Santaquin City Museum Board . The two focus areas resulting from the meeting are completing a thorough inventory of the museum and working with any living members from the original museum foundation to determine intent regarding the collection 's future. Thank you again for your help. Sincerely, Dennis L. Marker, AICP Community Development Director 275 West Main Street Santaquin, UT 84655 W (801 ) 754-1923 C [phone] [e-mail] JULY 25. 2000 23 23 JULV 25, 2uOO 24 24 ,JULV 25, 2000 25 25 I