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Show WINTER 2013 UHQ pp 4-90_UHQ Stories/pp.4-68 12/5/12 9:38 AM Page 63 AuTHOR SANPETE OOLITE LIMESTONE ionic columns and a pedimented portico The University of Utah’s Park illustrate the neo-classical revival style of the Building, constructed of Sanpete architecture. Construction was completed in oolite limestone, was completed 1914. in 1914. The Utah County Courthouse in Provo is a Neoclassical building constructed 1920-1926 of oolite limestone from Manti and Ephraim quarries.33 Joseph Nielson of Provo designed the Neoclassical building exterior to follow classical features of Greek buildings similar to the Park Building. The Sanpete oolite limestone was exhibited in at least two world fairs— the 1893 Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition and the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. At the 1904 Fair, E.L. Parry and Sons were awarded a silver medal for their oolite limestone exhibition.34 The Green River Formation in Sanpete County has been an important historical source of building stone and will likely continue to be an important producer in the future. Currently, the Utah State Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining reports six active building stone quarry permits in Sanpete County.35 Quarrying, cutting, and laying the stone are labor intensive and expensive. Other building materials such as brick, concrete, other natural 33 Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, A History of Utah County (Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society and Utah County Commission, 1999), 185. 34 Manti Messenger, December 22, 1893; July 6, 1905. 35 Andrew Rupke, Bryce Tripp, and Taylor Boden, Limestone, Dolomite, and Building Stone of Sanpete County, Open-file Report 589 (Salt Lake City: Utah Geological Survey, 2011), 15. 63 |
