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Show NPS Form 10·900-a Utah MSlM>rd 4.0 (Mac) Format (Revised Nov. 1995) OMB Approval No. 10024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 3 Crescent Elementary School, sandy, Salt Lake County, UT ~ .". ......... ;"' . ,;,Y/ .; comprises present day Sandy. His land extended from Alta Road on the South to the Lindell farm on the north, and from the street in front of the Sandy Ward [400 East] east to the county road. 9 The other half of the land belonged to LeGrand Young, who owned the land between 400 East and State Street. William H. Smith received a patent for the land on which the Crescent School is built. In 1881 Smith sold the land to William Bird, who sold it to Elias A. Smith [Pro. Judge t st~county] in 1885. Barton Snarr was next to acquire the property~and in 1889 sold it to Emil Erickson for $600 . 00. One year later, Snarr bougfi\the property back from Erickson for $800.00. Snarr must have been a shrewd investor, as in 1897 he sold the land to Frederick D. Jaynes for $1,475.00. In 1905 Jaynes sold the land to the SixtySeventh school district; two years later it was deeded it to the Jordan School District. Homer Jaynes 220 acre farm c. 19~ was a quiet little town between Sandy and Draper. The physical boundaries area between 9800 South to 11800 South, from the foot of the Wasatch Mountains to the east; to the Jordan River on the west. l~own during ~e 1860s as ~e Dry Creek area or Pleasant View, ~rly settlers included Benjamin Barr Neff, Milo Andrus, win Brown, William Taylor, John N. Eddins, Pehr August Dahl, William H. Smith, and Frederick August Olson. By 1896,a sufficient number of farmers had moved into the area, and an LDS Ward was established. The new ward needed a nam~and/'crescent"was chosen. Residents suggested the name as their valley was shaped like a crescent; others made an analogy that as the crescent moon was always on the increase, so was the population of the new ward. 10 ~~~~~the The first schools in the area were one-classroom buildingstappropriately called the North School and the South School. On occasion, the South School building was used for adult social functions. A photograph of the North School reveals that it was a simple building with a hipped or pyramidal roof. The fa~ade was symmetrical, with an arched doorway in the center and double hung windows on either side. Around the turn of the century the County School District began to consolidate the neighborhood schools and provide funds for new buildings. The County suggested that some of the children of Crescent be sent to school in Draper, and some to Sandy. However, the people of Crescent wanted their children to remain together. A location was chosen for the new school at the corner of State Street and 1110 South; this was closer to the center of town and ~~~f convenient location. The first school was built in 1894; it was one of the first~buildings in Crescent. The first teacher was Mr. Marchant. 11 When the new building was completed, the former North School property was sold to Nels August ~See continuation sheet(s) for Section 8 9 Rich. Roxie N. The History and People of Early Sandy. 19XX. 10 11 Tales of a Triumphant People. DUP, 1947. Jordan School District, 1946. |
