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Show STATE OF UTAH Calvin L. Rampton, Governor March 29, 1973 DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES Division of State History Melvin T. Smith, Director 603 East South Temple Salt Lake City, Utah 84102 Te!ephone: (801) 328:5755 Planning & Zoning Commission City & County Building Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Attention: Mr. Vern Jorgenson City Planning Director Re: McCune Mansion Gentlemen: The Governor's Historic and Cultural Sites Review Committee reviewed the -historical and architectural merits of the McCune Mansion some time ago, and as a result of its study, listed the mansion on the State Register of Historic Sites. It is my personal opinion, and I believe an accurate expression of the opinion of the Governor's committee, that it will merit nomination to the National Register of Historic Places when the building's disposition is determined .. It is, without question, one of Salt Lake City's very finest structures. The mansion's sale by the L.D.S. -Church, _we understand, places its future in a state of flux .. While we have no direCt jUrisdiction over the building, we have a vested inte~st by virtue of its being "part of the State's heritage .. On March 26, 1973, I attended the meeting of the City Committee on Historic Buildings, at which time the building was discussed in some depth. The committee then voted to include this structure on its list of historic buildings in Salt Lake City.. I believe their action expresses the intentions of both House Bill 180 (1967), Creation of Historic Districts I and Salt Lake City Ordinance Amending Title 25 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City I Utah, 1965, Chapter 20, creating a Committee on Historic Buildings. By such a listing, the city now assumes some responsibility for its preservation .. We realize that historic preservation quickly introduces the problems of finance .. While one solution might be for the city to purchase the structure, it seems to us that this would present additional, and perhaps unnecessary, problems .. From what we have observed in other states and communities I it may not be the best way to go, even if the funds were available.. Many other cities have established special historic districts and hcure -passed zoning regulations-that permit their historic buildings and sites to be treated as exceptional cases. We recognize that preservation of historic structures is a major prQplem, but it is important and solutions must be found to these problems. If we understand the intentions of the recent purchasers, they do plan to provide a use for the building that would be compatible with its historic integrity. But they need exceptional consideration for a historic building I because of the present zoning regulations for that area. Their uses of the building would allow its STATE HISTORY BOARD: Dr. Milton C. Abrams, Chairman, Theron H. Luke Dr. Dello G. Dayton • Dr. Dean R. Brimhall & Jack Goodman • & Juanita Brooks Clyde L. Miller .. ~ Cleo L. Jensen Elizabeth Skanchy ~ Howard C. Price, Jr. • Naomi Woolley |
