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Show ,,' : ;--.:. ., .... .., ... UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION Clipping Service (801) 328-8678 PROVO SUN . ' I Wilham 0, Robassociallon Wit 1 __ , .. 0 ,1 in the 30 7 WEST 200 SOUTH SU ITE 50 0S SALT LAKE CITY ur 84 101 Photos by Brian Dunaway CENTURY OLQ: The Russell Spencer Hines Monsion (left) wos constructed in 1895 ond is now 0 bed and breokfost. Aportrait of Kitty Hines, one of the first oristocrats in Provo, hongs on 0 woll there. The Whitney Monsion (right), locoted on South University Avenue in Provo, is currenrly not occupied, It is one of 0 number of older buildings in Provo with 0 rich history. Historical homes in the spotlight 7£/; Dan. Kleven Sun Correspondent Veri Dixon has lived in Provo for more than 80 years. As a kid, he remembers seeing Provo's main street when it was first paved. He later became mayor of Provo in the '60s and he was bishop in the old Provo Third Ward ChapeL Many of the Provo homes and buildings. he remembers growing up. are still there and some are not. "1 can remember as a kid watching BYU play basketball in the gymnasium on the top floor of the Training Building," he said. The Training Building is no longer standing. With next month designated as Preservation Month and the coming year Provo's sesquicentennial, many, like Veri Dixon, will be turning their thoughts back to days when Provo was in its infant stages. To know a town ' s history is to better appreciate and understand its present day. And as Dixon knows, a historic building can be an important reminder of former times and lives of those who once lived there. "The Landmarks Commission." Behind every door is a story said Mike Hyde. with the Provo a glimpse at how things used to Landmarks Commission. "is going be. or maybe how some things are to be tryin g to desi gnate more his- still the same. It is the stories toric buildings In the coming about the people who lived in the months and more his~~~~!s~1f homes which often toric districts so that ~ bring out the real we can try and save character and l{fe some of these buildhidden within their ings for future generawalls. tions so that they can Some homes tell have that link to the stories that reflect past. " Utah's experience "Provo ' s historic with polygamy, such architecture." savs the Provo as the Samuel H. Allen House, a Landmarks Commission. "is home built back in 1893, which is important as a tangible reminder now among the official Provo of the efforts and sacrifices of our predecessors. " |
