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Show NPS Form 10-900-a Utah MSWlrd 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_6_ Crescent Elementary School, Sandy, Salt Lake County, UT j Raymond Leslie Evans was also a native of Salt Lake City, born in 1895. Evans began his career in 1912 with the local architectural firm of Ware & Treganza. In 1922,he and Raymond Ashton established their partnership. During his professional career, Evans was elected president of the Utah chapter of the AlA. Ashton & Evans designed buildings in the Salt Lake Valley as well as throughout the west. Local examples include several buildings on the University of Utah campus, including the Einer Nielsen Field House, George Thomas Library, and the first Student Union Building [n~~he music hall]. Other local buildings include the Holladay Gra~~, Capitol Hil~ward Building, Temple Square Hotel, Mountain States TelephoneA~Corrlpany~'sears Roebuck & Company, and the Utah State Prison. The firm later took on a junior partner, B. Eugene Braizer, and became Ashton, Evans, Brazier & Associates. 1B The newly completed Crescent Elementary School became a community center for civic, religious and private groups and clubs. The large auditorium was perfect for dances, scout meetings, LDS Ward socials, plays, Halloween and Christmas parties, senior citizen dinners and Lions Club meetings. In 1946,the Avalon Ballroom was built at 10330 South State Street; many of these functions shifted there. When the new LDS Ward buildings were completed the LDS socials were held in the Ward's cultural hall. School building was dedicated Thursday, November 20, 1930. A laque plaque reve trail. At the December 23, 1931,School Board meeting President Wilson reported that a request had been received from the 'National Council on School Board Problems'. He explained that the Crescent School had been selected by the National Council as a model elementary school facility. They requested that the Jordan School District prepare an exhibition of plans and photographs to be displayed at the N.E.A. convention in Detroit on February 25, 1931. 19 In 1954 another wing was added to the south side of the building. This addition contains four large classrooms, two large lavatories, a principal's office and waiting room, a sick room, and a large hall with four entrances. By the 1957/1958 school year there were seven teachers employed at the school, lawns were planted on the east and north sides of the building and the south side was hard surfaced for a playground. The Crescent School building at it exists today is comprised of elements from the three aforementioned major building periods. The facility was used as an elementary school until 1976. Today the school is called Valley High School; an alternative high school for the Jordan School District. . . , ~¢ ~~ ~ A~'? .~ -tR~~ o~ ~ ~ ~ ~b See continuation sheet(s) for Section 8 . \£1J)~~ 1 \;~. 18 USHS Architect files: Deseret News & Telegram, October 21 , 1963 1. Minutes of Board of Education Meetings, book 6 , 1930. |
