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Show -5- Remarks: The interior partition has been removed; also, the owners of the Market Basket grocery store, the previous occupant, blocked up the large front windows and indented entrance on the west side. Delos Lombard, large early property holder, owned the land which was purchased by Fennell and Shriver. Current owner: E. R. Tomkinson GARRITY BUILDING (Vacant) Construction: Ca. 1898, presumably by Frank Garrity. Archi teet/Contractor: Unknown Function: West half served as Frank Garrity's Barbershop, and east section as the Utah Power and Light Office. Currently vacant. Significance: Example of mining town commercial architecture--fa.1sefronted building. Exterior has remained ruch the same. Remarks: Juab COlmty Recorder's records show that in 1898 the land was owned by Delos Lombard, a big property holder in Eureka. Jay Chatterton occupied the barbershop from about the mid-1940s to approximately 1971. Barber furnishings still adorn the interior. Current Owner: Chief Consolidated Mining Company. "OLD" L.D. S. WARD CHURGI (two-family dwelling) Construction: 1902 by the Mormon Church Architect/Contractor: Very likely Richard C. Watkins was the architect Function: Eureka L.D.S. Ward Meetinghouse and social hall. New church build in 1976. Significance: The Gothic-style structure also aids in the documentation of Tintic I s religious history. From a small church in Dutchtown (far west end of Main Street on the south side) to this structure, dedicated in 1904 by Apostle Reed Smoot (U.S. Senator). The Gothic-style architecture is unique. Remarks: The hall (to the east) was added in 1909, under Bishop Peter Borup. Its cost was about $2,000.00 and was designed to be similar in style as the rest of the building. It was constructed for dancing, banquets, and general social purposes. Unfortunately the Gothic windows on the doors at the bottom of the tower were changed, and similar windows on the tower proper were removed and covered. The hall windows were also squared -off. Current Owner: John L. Pratt, Eureka resident. |
