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Show 10-900-a NPS Form WordPertec15. Format (Revfsed Feb. U1ah 1 OMS No. 1993) 10024·0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. ~ Page ~ Clark Lane Historic District. ~armington. Davis County. UT is 1ikely that this "citizens committee" was comprised of the owners and stockholders of the floral company, the benefits of such activit;es were felt throughout the community and district as well. During the next ~hree years the economy underwent an expansion which affected nearly every business in town. The Mill~r Floral Company grew to contain 150,000 square feet of enc losed greenhouse by 1913 4. In 1910 The Farmington Commercial and Manufacturing Company expanded its retail space by 7,600 square feet and was transformed into a modern department store 35 . Following this example were several other businesses who 37expanded during 1910 ~rd 11 including L.H. Ovi~~t &Company 36, Ra~pton Drug Stor-e , Wood General Store , and the VanFleet Hotel . In May of 1910 4 the old steam locomotives on the Bamberger Railroad were replaced by electric cars. In 1911, a new public school building (Hilltop School) was completed, as well as a horse race~rack at Lagoon. Under these prosperous circumstances , a group of Farmington merchants joined to create the Farmington Commercial Club which functioned from 1912 to ;920 41 , with Robert Miller (owner of Miller Floral) fittingly named as president 4 . All previously mentioned businesses were represerted in the club inc luding Simon Bamberger, owner of the railroad and resort 4 • A number of Clark's sons who lived in the district were instrumental in the success of the Farmington Commercial Club, including Edward B. Clark who served as Vice President, and Amasa L. Clark who served as treasurer of the club as well as mayor of Farmington. Another son, Joseph S. Clark, was listed as a resident member of the club in 1913 wh ile serving concurrently as president of the Davis County Bank44. This period of development had no small effect on the district and the community, both socially and economically, which was expressed in part through its architecture. While no significant structures were built within the district during thi s period, a number of existing homes were updated by the use of bungalow-style porcnes and other 34Gould, Robert F. Ezra Thompson Clark's Ancestors and Descendants. 35 (Bethesda Maryland, 1975). p. 32. Ibid. p. 37. 36Ibid. p. 41. Ib id. p. 39. 36Ibid. p. 43. 37 39Balle, Wayne L. 1991. National Reoister Nomination, VanFleet Hotel, Farmington, Utah. 40Hess, Margaret Steed, My Farminoton (Salt Lake City: Moench Letter Service, 1976) p. 383. 41 Ibid. p. 401. 4~hite, John S., Farmington. The Rose City (Kaysville, Utah: Reflex Print, 1913) p. 49. 43 Ibid. p. 50. 44white p. 25,50. ..L See continuation sheet |
