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- 14400 S. Pony Express Rd.(Pt o of the Mtn IIIIIIIIIII, -Utah State Prison Draper Sal t Lake County UTAH STATE HISTORY 11 1111111111111111111111111 1111 1111111111111111111111111111 111 11 3 9222 00535 5420 0t-_ _..,51-0_ _1-t0_O_ _1+50___ 2+00___ 251-0_ _3~OO Feet I YEAR COMPLETED _ _ _ 1941 1951 1954 _ 1960 D D 1967 N W~E s Utah State Prison 14425 Bitterbrush Lane Draper, UT 84020 E 1/4, SEC 12, T4S , R1W NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. 1. Name of Property Reviewed 7/30/2020 Historic name: Utah State Prison DRAFT #1: Not for Submission Other names/site number: Utah State Prison (Wasatch Facility), Utah State Penitentiary, Draper Prison, Bluffdale Prison, Point-of-the-Mountain Prison Name of related multiple property listing: N/A (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing) ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Location Street & number: 14425 S. Bitterbrush Lane City or town: Draper State: UT County: Salt Lake Not For Publication: Vicinity: ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nomination ___ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property X meets ___ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: national X statewide Applicable National Register Criteria: X A B local X C D Signature of certifying official/Title: Date Utah Division of State History/Office of Historic Preservation State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government In my opinion, the property criteria. meets does not meet the National Register Signature of commenting official: Date Title : State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government 1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Utah State Prison Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: entered in the National Register determined eligible for the National Register determined not eligible for the National Register removed from the National Register other (explain:) _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) Private: Public – Local Public – State X Public – Federal Category of Property (Check only one box.) Building(s) X District Site Structure Object Sections 1-6 page 2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Utah State Prison Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) Contributing 1 Noncontributing buildings sites structures objects 1 Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register N/A __________________________________________________________________________ 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) GOVERNMENT: correctional facility, prison Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) GOVERNMENT: correctional facility, prison _____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions.) MODERN: PWA Moderne Section 7 page 3 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Utah State Prison Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Materials: (Enter categories from instructions.) Principal exterior materials of the property: CONCRETE, METAL Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current physical appearance and condition of the property. Describe contributing and noncontributing resources if applicable. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, type, style, method of construction, setting, size, and significant features. Indicate whether the property has historic integrity.) _____________________________________________________________________________ Summary Paragraph The Utah State Prison is located at the southern end of Salt Lake County, 20 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. The prison complex is on a partially developed parcel of 625 acres. The prison consists of six main housing units and dozens of auxiliary buildings. The historic section of the prison complex is located on approximately eight acres southeast of the center of the parcel and is currently known as the Wasatch Facility. The historic Utah State Prison was built in phases, with the historic sections built between 1941 and 1967, which corresponds to the period of significance. The historic prison blocks are arranged perpendicular from a central corridor. There are four inmate housing blocks (built 1941-1951), an administration/receiving block (1951), a kitchen (1951), a gymnasium (1951), an industrial building (1951-1954), a non-denominational chapel (1959-1960), and a manufacturing plant (1967). All of the historic sections are approximately two to three stories tall. There are two non-historic additions on either side of the administration block (1975). A separate octagonal guard tower (1951) and a one-story visiting room addition to the tower are approximately one-hundred feet from the main entrance (1980). All of the building sections at the historic Utah State Prison are utilitarian in style and lack individual distinction. There are stylistic elements associated with some of the sections. The administration block illustrates the PWA Moderne style with a curved roof over the main entrance. The chapel, built in 1967, is faced with sandstone and features a distinctive ogee-arched shaped ceiling in the worship space. The prison materials are primarily formed concrete, concrete block, and metal. The Wasatch Facility has good integrity in the qualities of workmanship, materials, location, and association for the historic period. The original design has been somewhat compromised by two minor non-historic additions in 1975 and changes in usage that have impacted the interior over the years. The formerly rural setting has also been compromised by the surrounding newer prison buildings and the development of neighboring parcels. In 2015, the Utah State Legislature voted to move the Utah State Prison to a new correctional facility to be built in west Salt Lake City. The current property will be sold and redeveloped. This draft nomination has been prepared as a preliminary step to preserving the historic portion of the prison as a potential adaptive reuse historic preservation tax credit project within the proposed post-prison development plans. It is understood that this nomination will need to be revised in the future before submission to the National Register of Historic Places. Section 7 page 4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 Utah State Prison Name of Property OMB No. 1024-0018 Salt Lake County, Utah County and State Narrative Description SITE The location of the Utah State Prison has resulted in several informal nicknames for the prison. During the historic period, the prison property was surrounded by agricultural land. In fact, the property was a prison farm before it was officially opened in 1951. The name Utah State Penitentiary does not appear in common use historically, perhaps to distinguish it from the nineteenth-century penitentiary in the Sugar House neighborhood. The current property is not far from the Traverse Mountains, an east-west mountain range that separates Salt Lake County from Utah County. An opening between the mountains at the southern end of the Salt Lake Valley is the main transportation corridor between the two counties and the route of today’s Interstate-15. This location is colloquially known as the Point of the Mountain and the prison is often referred to as the Point-of-the-Mountain Prison. The prison property is located between two historic communities, Draper to the east and Bluffdale to the west. The historic center of Draper is located at the base of the mountains in the southeast corner of the valley. Bluffdale was settled along the bluffs above the Jordan River, which runs north to south just west of the prison boundaries. In the past 40 years, both communities have experienced rapid residential development and the prison property was included in annexations to Draper City on the west side of Interstate-15. The prison has been unofficially known as both the Draper Prison and the Bluffdale Prison [Map 1]. Historically the prison property was slightly larger than its current 624.79 acres. Only about onethird of the acreage has been developed, the rest is open land. The bulk of the development as occurred around the nucleus of the historic prison blocks. The non-historic buildings were mostly built between 1975 and 2008. The prison can house approximately 4,300 inmates at capacity. Due to security concerns for the current operating prison, the narrative description is restricted to information available to the general public. Besides the historic Wasatch Facility, other nearby men’s facilities include the Oquirrh (five buildings housing 850 inmates), the Olympus (168 capacity for mentally-ill inmates), the Promontory (housing and a substance abuse treatment program), and the Uintas (800 capacity with maximum security facilities). While each facility has its own security fences, there is a perimeter road and fencing that encloses the majority of the prison facilities. There are several non-historic support buildings located outside of this perimeter. The Timpanogos Women’s Correctional Facility is located in the northeast corner of the property away from the men’s facilities. It has five buildings and a capacity for up to 570 female inmates. The prison provides public access from Bitterbrush Lane, which connects to the Pony Express Road running parallel to Interstate-15. There is a large public parking lot southeast of the main prison facilities. The historic East Jordan Canal runs along the east boundary of the property. The property has very little landscaping, just a few trees and grass in the recreation yards. The majority of the land, particularly in the west half, consist of long grasses and shrubs. The historic Wasatch facility faces south( )east and is within an approximately eight-acre section of the prison property [Photos 1-2]. Landscape surrounding the historic prison consists of grass on the visitor entrance side and asphalt parking in the rear where trucks access loading docks for the manufacturing and food preparation activities. Except for the west side of the kitchen wing, there are fenced recreation yards between each block. Each yard has some grass surrounded by a stadium-shaped walking path. There are a couple of mature trees near the exterior entrance to the chapel [Photo 11]. Section 7 page 5 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Utah State Prison Name of Property Salt Lake County, Utah County and State HISTORIC UTAH STATE PRISON (WASATCH FACILITY) For security reasons, the following description of the historic Utah State Prison is based on publicly available information only. Details will be added once all inmates and staff have been transferred to the new correctional facility (estimated completion date in 2022). The first names are shown using quotation marks for the completed cell blocks and support wings as noted in the original plan of the prison [Figure 1 & Map 2]. Two planned wings were never completed and three expansions were not part of the original plans. The cell block names were changed when the prison was completed. Current building section names are noted in parentheses. First Cell Blocks 1940-1941, Historic “B” (Dog Block) & “F” (Baker Block): The concrete shells of the first two cell blocks were completed in 1941 at the property known as the prison farm. The buildings joined a number of wood barracks built at the site in 1939 and 1940. Historic cell blocks “B” and “F” were intended to be the first phase of the five-block plan linked by a central corridor that would segregate the inmates according to the severity of their crimes [Figure 1]. The rectangular blocks were built of reinforced concrete with flat roofs. The main footprints are 234 feet long and vary in width from 34 to 41 feet wide. The blocks are three-stories high with pairs of narrow window openings. With the exception of some vertical bands, the buildings were utilitarian with very little evidence of architectural style. A smaller 65 by 40 feet cell block extended north of the hall on “F” block. A one-story classroom wing (40 by 48 feet) extended to the north from the “B” block. The exterior of the blocks were completed in 1941. When the United States entered World War II, the prison project was set aside due to restriction on building materials, as well as a lack of funds and labor. Though the prison farm continued to operate, the two cell blocks sat empty for nearly eight years with no windows, an unfinished interior, and no support facilities. Construction work on the blocks recommenced in 1948 and was completed in 1951. Today the historic “B” block is designated D-Block (also called Dog-Block). It houses mostly sex-offenders who have completed or are waiting to enter the sex offender treatment program. Newer cell doors have been installed in this location [Photo 6]. The north extension houses a prison library. Dog Block has a capacity of 192 inmates. The historic “F” block is today’s Baker Block, a mediumsecurity unit that can also house 192 inmates. The north cell block is called B-North. It housed up to 28 inmates but closed in 2015 due to staffing shortages. Completion of the Prison Plan with Modifications: Between 1948 and 1951, construction on the original plan for the prison continued after a period of dormancy. In March of 1951, the new prison was completed and ready for occupancy. The project was completed according to the original plans with two notable exceptions [Figures 1-2]. Block “A” was eliminated entirely and the maximum-security block “G” was shifted to the rear of the connecting corridor (“H”) rather than projecting forward with the earlier “B” and “F” blocks and the new “C” and “D” blocks. The historic “C” block (42 by 100 feet) is a two-story building running perpendicular to the cell blocks. The “D” block is a two-story section (48 by 168 feet) that connects the administration building to the hall. The architecture of the historic “C” and “D” blocks is similar to the original cell blocks; however, the façade of the “C” block has a projecting entrance, white panels between the upper and lower windows, a PWA Moderne curved roof above the entrance, and a medallion depicting the scales of justice [Photo 3 & Figure 2]. Section 7 page 6 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Utah State Prison Name of Property Salt Lake County, Utah County and State The “C” block serves as the main entrance to the facility and historically as the prison administration building. As administrative functions moved elsewhere, portions of the “C” block were converted to classrooms. In addition to the offices, the upper floor of “C” block had a small block of cells for housing death-row inmates near execution (built circa 1952 from parts salvaged from the Sugar House Prison, death-row later relocated to another building) [Photo 5]. The “D” block was built for receiving and classification, visiting, and observation facilities. Historically, the armory, hospital, barbershop, and delousing facilities were located in this block. The “D” block was later renamed Charlie Block and housed up to 68 low-security inmates until 2015 when the inmates were moved. At the point where “D” block connected to the main corridor a gun turret was installed in the mid1950s. The final cell block to be completed was the “G” block at the north end in September 1951. Designed as a maximum-security block, “G” block has three to four levels of cells facing large factory-type windows on the upper levels. Its footprint is 44 feet wide by 175 feet long. Day rooms are located on the window sides of the block. Because the original “A” block was never built, the two halves of “G” block was renamed A-West and A-East [Photos 7-10]. Each half can house up to 192 inmates. The maximum-security block uses the manual “Johnson Bars” salvaged from the Sugar House Prison to open and close multiple cell doors at a time [Photo 13]. The largest footprint of the original plan belonged to the utility wing (“E” in Figure 1). Block “E” included most of the support services for the facility. There was a kitchen, dining hall (cafeteria), laundry, storage, school, assembly room, and a heating plant with chimney. The construction was similar to the other blocks. A two-story section connected to the main corridor with a one-story section at the rear. The main difference between this wing and the other blocks was the addition of three loading docks on the west elevation. The modifications to this wing are a result in changes in usage. Classroom space has been moved to other locations. The cafeteria is no longer in use because the inmates have meals served in their cell blocks. The kitchen, known as Wasatch Culinary, uses the cafeteria space for expanded storage since the kitchen provides meal service to nearly the entire prison complex. The gymnasium at the west end of the main corridor was not included in the original plans but was also built in 1951. The gymnasium is a two-story building with a footprint of 72 feet by 102 feet. The interior space is completely finished with a hard wood basketball court floor. From the gymnasium at the southwest end to the maximum-security facilities at the northeast end, the 16foot wide main corridor is approximately 540 feet long. The octagonal concrete guard tower approximately 100 feet from the main entrance was also built in 1951 [Photo 4 & Figure 4]. Industrial Building and 1950s Improvements: The industrial building was completed in 1954. It is a steel frame warehouse-type building connected to the north elevation of the gymnasium [Figure 3]. The building’s footprint is approximately 100 by 300 feet with a loading dock on the west elevation. Although not part of the original plan, the industrial building was a place to relocate the license plate machinery formerly utilized in the Sugar House Prison. Inmates still make license plates in the building today. There is also a full-service print shop. In addition to the industrial building, several security upgrades took place in the early to mid-1950s, including gates and grilles in the corridor between cell blocks and improvements to the central gun turret. Section 7 page 7 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Utah State Prison Name of Property Salt Lake County, Utah County and State Chapel: The non-denominational chapel was built across the hall from the gymnasium between 1957 and 1961. The footprint is 72 feet wide by 82 feet long. The chapel is Modern in style with a steeply pitched roof over the central worship space with lower office/classroom wings along either side [Photo 11]. There are large windows above the lower wings. The façade of the chapel is faced with red sandstone blocks. A stylized steeple is in the center of the façade (south elevation). The chapel is accessed from the main corridor via a short hall flanked by office space. The worship space is completely open. The ceiling is an ogee-shaped arch lined with dark wood in contrast to the light-colored walls. Wood is also used to accent the support posts and beams [Photo 12]. Manufacturing Plant: The final historic addition was the manufacturing plant, built between the southeast corner of the industrial building and the north elevation of the library. The manufacturing plant has a footprint of roughly 92 feet by 114 feet. The plant was initially equipped for processing canned foods and dairy, but today performs a variety of functions. Infirmary and Visitor Facilities (Non-Historic): The last additions to the Wasatch Facility were built in 1975-1976, just prior the completion of new construction and expansion programs at the prison property in the 1980s and 1990s. On the east side of Charlie Block (former “D” block), a one-story infirmary and meeting space was built, eliminating most of the recreation yard between Charlie and Baker blocks. The footprint is approximately 62 feet by 162 feet. A special two-story visitors wing was added in the southwest crook of the Administration wing and the Charlie Block (former “D” block). This wing is 48 feet wide by 68 feet long. In the 1980s, a one-story concrete addition was built at the base of the guard tower. This building is used to screen visitors and includes a waiting room. Minor non-historic exterior modifications to the main building include staircases at the open ends of the cell blocks. Section 7 page 8 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Utah State Prison Name of Property Salt Lake County, Utah County and State _________________________________________________________________ 8. Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing.) X A. Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. B. Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. X C. Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. D. Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Criteria Considerations (Mark “x” in all the boxes that apply.) A. Owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes B. Removed from its original location C. A birthplace or grave D. A cemetery E. A reconstructed building, object, or structure F. A commemorative property G. Less than 50 years old or achieving significance within the past 50 years Section 8 page 9 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Utah State Prison Name of Property Salt Lake County, Utah County and State Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions.) POLITICS/GOVERNMENT ARCHITECTURE Period of Significance 1941-1976 Significant Dates 1941 1951 1954 1961 1967 Significant Person (Complete only if Criterion B is marked above.) N/A Cultural Affiliation N/A Architect/Builder Ashton & Evans, architects Raymond J. Ashton, supervising architect Various builders Section 8 page 10 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 Utah State Prison Name of Property OMB No. 1024-0018 Salt Lake County, Utah County and State Statement of Significance Summary Paragraph (Provide a summary paragraph that includes level of significance, applicable criteria, justification for the period of significance, and any applicable criteria considerations.) The Utah State Prison is a multi-wing complex, built in phases between 1941 and 1976, and located at the south end of the Salt Lake Valley within the municipal boundaries of Draper City. The property has statewide significance as the first modern prison in Utah, and until 1990, the only state-run prison in Utah. Under Criterion A, the historic Utah State Prison represents themes in the area of Politics/Government. The construction and operation of the facility depended entirely on funding from the Utah State Legislature, with both good and bad results. A pay-asyou-go attitude, as well as the onset of World War II, delayed the occupation of the prison an entire decade between the construction of the first cell blocks in 1941 to the first transfer of prisoners in 1951. In subsequent years, funding ebbed and flowed depending on political sentiments based on riots, escapes, staff morale, inmate work requirements, rehabilitation programs, tax revenues, etc. The period of significance spans the first construction in 1941 to the last addition in 1976. A small addition made to the base of a separate guard tower was built out of period. The Utah State Prison is also eligible under Criterion C in the area of Architecture for its association with the PWA Moderne style of architecture. The overall design was influenced by a mid-twentieth-century prison-building philosophy based on the segregation of inmates according to the severity of their crimes. This was a contrast to the nineteenth-century Sugar House prison on Salt Lake City’s east bench. The Draper Prison complex was designed by Raymond J. Ashton, a principal in the Salt Lake Firm of Ashton-Evans. Raymond J. Ashton visited numerous prisons around the country and interviewed experts in prison design before creating a plan with five cell blocks, an administration building, and a utility building, all perpendicular to a secured main corridor. Because of funding shortfalls, many of the security features of the extant prison were salvaged from the Sugar House prison and are older than the building. This includes rare working Johnson bars that manually open and close multiple cell doors at a time. The Utah State Prison has the only surviving examples that exist outside of Alcatraz. The Utah State Prison will be the first state-run mid-twentieth century prison complex to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The historic portion of the Utah State Prison is currently called the Wasatch Facility. It is surrounded by newer facilities from the 1980s and 1990s. In 2015, the Utah State Legislature voted to move the entire Utah State Prison to a new correctional facility to be built on land west of the Salt Lake International Airport. Like Salt Lake City’s Sugar House neighborhood in the midtwentieth century, the communities of Draper and Bluffdale are growing rapidly and the prison property is seen as a prime residential and commercial development land. This draft nomination has been prepared as a preliminary step to preserving the historic Utah State Prison with historic preservation tax credits as part of an adaptive reuse within the redevelopment of the current prison property. This draft nomination will continue to be revised as needed. Section 8 page 11 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 Utah State Prison Name of Property OMB No. 1024-0018 Salt Lake County, Utah County and State ____________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Statement of Significance (Provide at least one paragraph for each area of significance.) POLICTICS/GOVERNMENT SIGNIFICANCE OF THE UTAH STATE PRISON The historic Utah State Prison has statewide significance under Criterion A in the area of Politics/Government. The prison’s several building phases are directly related to the funding priorities of the Utah State Legislature within the historic period between 1941 and 1976. The majority of local newspaper articles on the prison during this period describe discussions of financial priorities for construction and programs at the site. While the history of the prison has many potential themes (law, social history, community planning/development, etc.), a political history best represents by the building’s history and development. An understanding of the political significance of the Utah State Prison at the Point of the Mountain begins with a brief history of the facility it replaced. The Utah Territorial Penitentiary opened in 1855 on a 10-acre site about six miles from downtown Salt Lake City. The area on the east bench was known as Sugar House, a name derived from early attempts to produce sugar from beets at a mill on Parley’s Creek. The penitentiary was built for $32,000 with $20,000 in funds appropriated from the United States Congress. The Gothic Revival-style brick and stone structure was expanded in 1875 to house 300 inmates. From 1871 to 1896, the penitentiary was federally who practiced operated by U.S. Marshals and became famous for housing leaders of the LDS Church practicing polygamy. 1 In 1896, the prison property was given to the newly created State of Utah and the name was changed to Utah State Prison but known informally as the “state pen” or the Sugar House prison. The prison’s most notable inmate was the labor activist, Joe Hill, who was executed there in 1915. By the 1920s, the Sugar House east bench was a desirable location for streetcar suburbs during a time of rapid population growth in Salt Lake City. Neighborhood residents began to complain about the occasional escapees, catcalls from inmates in the yard, and the generally unsightly nineteenth-century buildings. The Utah State Legislature began looking at options to move the prison, which was overcrowded and difficult to maintain. In 1937, nearly $50,000 in funds were authorized to purchase just over 1,000 acres of farmland near the Point of the Mountain at the south end of the Salt Lake Valley. The purchase was supported by Warden R. E. Davis, who promoted farm jobs for inmates to avoid idleness and help with the transition back to society. The legislature was committed to a “pay-as-you-go” philosophy of funding and by 1939 only a few wooden barracks for housing inmates working on the prison’s honor farm had been built. The state eventually hired the architectural firm of Ashton & Evans to design a new prison complex for the site. Raymond J. Ashton was the principal designer of the new plan. John E. Harris was appointed warden of the state prison in 1940. Just one week after VE Day, Gov. Herbert B. Maw announced that “the board of corrections has authorized immediate resumption of construction on the new prison at the Point of the Mountain.” 2 The announcement was prompted by a fight between three inmates at the Sugar House Prison. 1 James B. Hill, History of Utah State Prison 1850-1952, Master’s Thesis, (Brigham Young University June 1952): 90. 2 Salt Lake Tribune, May 16, 1945. Section 8 page 12 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 Utah State Prison Name of Property OMB No. 1024-0018 Salt Lake County, Utah County and State According to the Salt Lake Tribune, the state had $200,000 to use for the work left over from earlier appropriations. The state also expected to receive approximately $100,000 from the sale of the Sugar House site. 3 Despite the available funds, no work on the new prison was approved. In the spring of 1947, while awaiting funding from the fiscal year, the state board of corrections went ahead with improvements at the prison farm. The new construction included a hay barn and a calf pen, built with mostly salvaged materials by prison laborers. The inmates also started a massive irrigation system, drawing culinary water from the Willow Creek Canyon and Utah Lake. 4 Meanwhile, the shells of the two cell blocks remained unoccupied without heat, electricity, windows, and security features. During the Utah state legislature’s session at the beginning of 1948, the state finally “settled into its foremost construction job” at the Draper prison site, plans of which had been drafted “two decades ago.” 5 In addition to completing the cell blocks and administration building, plans included the cafeteria, kitchen, storage, school, laundry, heating plant, and assembly room. The work, estimated at a cost of $895,000, also included a sewage treatment plant, electrical distribution, and security equipment. The push to complete construction was prompted by the “comic opera aspect” of several prison breaks, both at Sugar House and the prison farm. Four state legislators “branded the Sugarhouse prison a disgrace and the construction of the facilities at the Point-of-the-Mountain the state’s greatest blunder” with suggestions that “Every effort should be made to complete [the new prison] so a modern, safe institution can be operated there.” 6 By October 1949, Alvin O. Severson was appointed to permanently replace Warden Harris, who had been dogged by accounts he allowed inmates to walk off the prison farm. 7 At the time progress had been made toward finishing the two standing cell blocks and starting the administration building. However, the cost-to-date for construction had risen to $1,404,081 with funds for prison equipment, guard towers, and off-site residences for the warden and guards yet to be allocated. In addition, plans for the $500,000 maximum security block were put on hold. A report written by the governor’s citizen committee decried the cost overruns: “We now have two prisons, neither of which is of any real use to the state. Both are draining our resources at an alarming rate.” 8 Architect Raymond Ashton estimated that $2,000,000 would be needed to complete the prison as planned. In 1950, the state announced plans to move a portion of the prisoners to the new prison by the fall. The site was inspected by Governor J. Bracken Lee, who became governor in 1940, and a group of dignitaries in August. The tour was hosted by Raymond Ashton and Warden Severson. By this time, the estimated cost of the entire project had risen to $3,000,000. Four of the seven building would be completed by October: (two medium security blocks, kitchen and utilities, and the network of connecting corridors. The décor was described in glowing terms: 3 Ibid. 4 Salt Lake Tribune, May 11, 1947. 5 Salt Lake Tribune, February 1, 1947. 6 Salt Lake Tribune, December 4, 1948. 7 Salt Lake Telegram, October 20, 1949. 8 Salt Lake Tribune, October 2, 1949. Section 8 page 13 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 Utah State Prison Name of Property OMB No. 1024-0018 Salt Lake County, Utah County and State Each of the 6x9-ft. prison cells is designed for one-man occupancy and is painted in two-tone pastel shades to reflect the maximum light. Both the auditorium and dining room are painted a salmon color, with green door trims and white fireproof ceilings. 9 According to the Tribune article, the maximum-security block, the gymnasium, and the administration and hospital wing, were on track for a January 1951 completion. However, while the gymnasium and administration building were completed in January, the maximum-security block was delayed by several more months. Also delayed were the warden and deputy warden’s residences, the two officials who were required by law to live on the premises. 10 On Monday, March 12, 1951, 452 inmates were transported from Sugar House 20 miles south to join the 199 inmates housed in the farm dormitories. The event was “regarded as one of the greatest transfer of civilian felons in the history of American penology.” 11 It was completed without incident with seven patrol cars assigned to each of the three units of Salt Lake City buses transporting inmates, as a plane with submachine guns watched the progress. The only delay came when a handcuff key broke in a lock and Warden Severson had to manually cut the cuffs. The inmates were given an opportunity to shower before donning new clothes. Their first meal in the cafeteria was ham, eggs, potatoes, tomatoes, bread, and coffee. Photographs of the day appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune, one of which was described the prisoners’ “new home, which is still a prison despite improved conditions, greater freedom, absence of stone wall around wide grounds.” 12 One photograph showed an empty cell block in the Sugar House prison where inmates had scattered debris and broke windows as they cheered the imminent departure. As smooth as the transfer had been, the first few months of the new prison operations were less than ideal. Infrastructure failed leaving inmates with no water, working toilets, or electricity. The facility was understaffed with Warden Severson pleading for more funds to provide the inmates with work assignments, recreation facilities, and yard privileges. As the Salt Lake Tribune noted “For all its clean newness, the plant is not yet adequate for carrying out Warden Severson’s rehabilitation programs.” 13 On Sunday, May 22, 1951, a rebellion of more than 250 inmates over poor food conditions turned into “the greatest riot in Utah penal history [with] prisoners taking possession and control of almost the entire prison plant, capturing several guards and holding them as hostages, and running rampant on a spree of destruction of prison equipment” worth nor thousands of dollars. 14 The riot ended without bloodshed and no escape attempts. Prisoners returned quietly to their cells and officials agreed to investigate the rioters’ complaints. The conditions at the new prison were compounded by a turnover in leadership. On July 13, 1951, Thomas A. Callicott, a former county sheriff, took over as warden of the Utah State Prison, from Warden Severson, who resigned. Unfortunately, Warden Callicott also resigned after only four weeks on the job citing the operational budget was too low as the reason for his decision. 9 Salt Lake Tribune, August 31, 1950. 10 Salt Lake Tribune, March 9, 1951. 11 Salt Lake Tribune, March 13, 1951. 12 Salt Lake Tribune, March 13, 1951. 13 Salt Lake Tribune, May 22, 1951. 14 Deseret News, May 22, 1951. Section 8 page 14 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Utah State Prison Name of Property Salt Lake County, Utah County and State On August 14, 1951, a second riot occurred during which Acting Warden Weston H. Haslam and a guard were taken hostage by inmates. They were released after officials promised to investigate alleged abuses at the prison. Blame for the riots was spread around. Warden Haslam admitted he had let down his guard before he was taken. Some blamed Warden Severson who had nixed some security features proposed for the new prison for budget and rehabilitation programming reasons. At a meeting of the Utah Legislative Council held a few days after the August riot, former Warden Callicott reiterated his concerns that the operational funds for the prison were inadequate. He also raised objections to budget edicts that had been passed down from the governor’s office, stating “he couldn’t serve two masters, the State Board of Corrections and Governor Lee.” 15 The Utah governor was a notorious fiscal conservative who felt that the Board should try to find a “qualified administrator” stating “There’s no reason the prison can’t be operated efficiently like any other business . . . with inmate labor and a large farming area there is no reason the prison cannot be self-sustaining eventually.” 16 Architect Raymond J. Ashton took the practical approach. He “estimated it would cost $100,000 to reinstate the security features and $140,000 to complete and equip the industrial building, which is now a steel skeleton.” 17 The industrial building was designed to hold the license making equipment and other workshops, but had not been adequately funded during the recent phase of construction at the prison. In the same meeting, former Warden John E. Harris, who served from 1940 to 1949, “attributed recent riots not to lack of building guards or money, but to the destruction of morale among the prisoners.” Harris pointed out that he operated the prison in Sugar House and the prison farm with a biennial budget of $500,000 and 35 employees, in contrast to the current budget of $800,000 and 51 employees. This observation caused newly appointed Board of Correction member, Kingsley E. Clawson, to quip: “I am new but I want the truth. Why didn’t someone tell me of the accomplishments of Warden Harris at the old prison so I would have known it was unnecessary to build a new prison?” 18 The year 1951 ended with the naming of a new prison warden to replace Acting Warden Haslam. Marcel Graham, a Midvale City Marshall, was appointed to the post on December 29th. He served as the warden until 1958. Although the leadership had stabilized, the fight for funding was ongoing. The delayed maximum-security block was completed in April 1952, after security features such as the Johnson bars were relocated from the empty Sugar House prison. The following is a sample of newspaper headlines for articles that document both the political battles for funding and the penny-pinching that took place during the new prison’s first years: “Council Urges Funds for Point Security” (August 18, 1951), “Change to Save $45,000 in Prison Work” (March 10, 1952), “$100,000 Frame for Building Still Vacant at State Prison” (May 3, 1952), “Prison Board Says Lee’s Request Short” (June 12, 1952), “Convict Labor Saves Large Sum for State” (December 28, 1952), “Salvage Street Grates Save Taxpayers $80,000 in Materials” (December 12, 1952 - death row), and “Prison Eyes Plan to Slash Cost” (January 9, 1953). 15Salt Lake Tribune, August 18:1951. 16 Deseret News, August 7, 1951. 17 “Council Urges Funds for Point Security.” Salt Lake Tribune, August 18:1951. 18 “Harris, Callicott Decry Absence of Morale at New Institution,” Salt Lake Tribune, August 18:1951. Section 8 page 15 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Utah State Prison Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State As prisoners settled into the new prison, the site was not without problems. There were sporadic hunger strikes and riots over the lack of water, food conditions, and the choice of radio programs piped into the cells. 19 The distance from Salt Lake City resulted in a facility that was perpetually understaffed. The warden, deputy warden, and guards had to live in the administration building after the move. In December 1951, the state paid for three houses to be moved to the Point of the Mountain to be rented to guards and their families. 20 It was the 1960s before the warden and deputy warden’s residences were constructed. The isolation also made tracking down escaped prisoners more difficult than spotting them on the streets of the Sugar House neighborhood. The first prisoners to escape from the new prison were two maximum-security inmates who stole tools to cut through the fences. The two men were captured after a day of searching when they were spotted hiding in a raspberry patch by a woman watering her garden. 21 The battle over funding the incomplete industrial plant kept the building from being completed until 1954. It was only after the license plate making machinery was moved to the Point of the Mountain that the Sugar House prison was completely demolished and the land transferred to Salt Lake City. The site was converted to Sugar House Park, becoming the second largest park in the city. Prior to the completion of the industrial plant, the Board of Corrections voted to “raise wages for inmate labor from 10 to 15 cents a day” and to acquire an “infrared lighting rack to dry license plates.” 22 Warden Graham oversaw a dramatic increase in work opportunities for the inmates in the 1950s, including starting up the licensing plant, operating a dairy and a fruit/fish cannery. The cannery was especially cited as “A step toward self-support of the Utah State Prison and savings in tax money.” 23 However, efforts to instill an entrepreneurial spirit in the prisoners had drawbacks. In 1952, an inmate was knifed during a “drinking party” made from secret liquor-making equipment. 24 The distribution of illegal drugs was an ongoing problem. Eventually Warden Graham resigned in 1958 after a counterfeit driver’s license operation was discovered at the prison. 25 The next warden of the Utah State Prison was John W. Turner who was appointed in 1958. John W. Turner was employed as a prison guard starting in 1948 and was the first guard to rise to the top leadership position, after serving as both deputy warden and acting warden. Warden Turner was the longest serving warden in the prison’s history, serving for fifteen years until his retirement in 1973. His time as a guard gave him a practical perspective. At his retirement he commented, “Anybody who says you can have a prison without homosexuality, violence, internal politics and drugs is wrong . . . You have these things in any prison.” 26 Warden Turner oversaw the construction of several projects: a barbershop in 1959, a small women’s facility in 1960 in the southwest corner of the site, several updates to the minimum-security area (to alleviate overcrowding) in the early 1960s, and a manufacturing plant built in 1967. 27 19 Salt Lake Tribune, October 1, 1952. 20 Deseret News, December 15, 1951. Deseret News, May 11, 1953. 21 Salt Lake Tribune, April 11, 1952. 22 Salt Lake Tribune, June 12, 1953. 23 Deseret News, February 6, 1953. 24 Deseret News, January 8, 1952. 25 Salt Lake Tribune, October 6, 1958. 26 Ogden Standard-Examiner, September 3, 1973. 27 Until 1960, the state’s female inmates were sent to a facility in Colorado. Section 8 Salt Lake Tribune, July 28, 1950. page 16 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 Utah State Prison Name of Property OMB No. 1024-0018 Salt Lake County, Utah County and State The Utah State Prison Chapel represented the ultimate pay-as-you-go prison project. Fundraising for the chapel began in 1958, which was built with donated funds. Work on the chapel across the hall from the gymnasium began in 1959. Materials and labor were donated, with inmates providing much of the labor. Warden Turner noted the “prison is getting $2 of value for every dollar” of the estimated $130,000 cost. 28 Work proceeded so slowly that an unknown number of inmates had started an escape tunnel under the foundation. The tunnel was discovered before any escape attempts. 29 The chapel was eventually completed and dedicated in 1961. Clergy from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Catholic Church, and various Protestant congregations took turns holding services. In 1973, retiring Warden Turner was replaced by Samuel W. Smith, his deputy warden with eighteen years of service at the prison. 30 Warden Smith guided the final expansion projects on the prison facility, which included visitor facilities and a modern infirmary in 1976. Between 1951 and 1960, seven men were executed at the prison, but none garnered international attention until Gary Gilmore was executed. Gilmore was the first death row inmate to be executed in the United States after a nearly ten-year moratorium. He insisted that his death sentence be carried out. The execution took place on January 17, 1977 by firing squad in the abandoned cannery building. Toward the end of Warden Smith’s tenure in 1978, the population of the prison had doubled since the transfer in 1951. Warden Smith noted “We have had some men sleeping on the floors and others on beds without mattresses because of the lack of these facilities.” 31 The cannery was remodeled into a dormitory until funds for new cells blocks could be allocated. During the 1980s and 1990s, the population of Utah exploded, and the prison population increased concomitantly and exponentially. The pay-as-you-go, penny-pinching, and selfsupporting aspirations of the prison’s early years were forgotten as the Utah State Legislature authorized a construction boom of new cell blocks and other facilities. The Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison opened in 1990. By the time the Utah State Prison celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2001, the Point-of-the-Mountain complex had grown to 50 buildings and housed approximately 3,650 inmates. Today the historic portion of the prison complex is the known as the Wasatch Facility, a minimum-security area where inmates attend classes, have work assignments, prepare meals for the entire prison, and attend chapel. 28 Salt Lake Tribune, August 14, 1959. 29 Salt Lake Tribune, July 11, 1959. 30 Salt Lake Tribune, July 7, 1973. 31 Salt Lake Tribune, March 17, 1977. Section 8 page 17 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Utah State Prison Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE UTAH STATE PRISON under Criterion C The architectural significance of the Utah State Prison will be informed by what percentage of the historic facility is preserved. The significance of the current facility can be seen in both its style and layout. The prison as completed in 1951 is a late example of the PWA Moderne style. It is significant that the supervising architect Raymond Ashton, of Ashton & Evans, chose not to alter for the eventual 1948 building the style and design elements^from the firm’s original 1940 plans for the prison. Several reasons may account for this decision. One may have been the need to keep the design uniform with the cells blocks completed before the start of World War II. Another reason may have been reluctance of the state to pay for additional design work. A third may have been Raymond Ashton’s relatively utilitarian and conservative approach to his work. By the time Raymond J. Ashton (1895-1973) began work on the state prison, he was one of Utah’s most prolific architects. At the peak of his career, Ashton and his partner, Raymond L. Evans (1895-1963), specialized in large institutional and commercial commissions, which were mostly box-like structures with modest stylistic elements. Examples include the Mountain States Telephone Company, Bushnell Hospital, and the Sears & Roebuck Department Store. The University of Utah’s Student Union building is a notable exception, along with a few churches and his early residential work. The Utah State Prison is also architecturally significant for its design and layout, which Raymond Ashton based on extensive interviews and numerous visits to other state prisons. He also relied on modern research into best practices for prisons. Ashton was the supervising architect from the initial construction in 1941 through to the early 1950s, a remarkably long time to be associated with a project. He remained hands-on and attended nearly every meeting where funding and design decisions were being made. When construction started again in 1948, the Salt Lake Tribune observed, “Plans for the prison were begun two decades ago by Ashton & Evans architects who have altered specifications to meet requirements of advanced prison science. Present plans include the latest ideas in security and segregation and are recognized by prison officials from all parts of the country.” 32 The “latest ideas” were primarily based on the concept that inmates should be segregated based on the severity of their crimes. The facility should include separate recreation yards. This was a substantial change from the Sugar House prison where all inmates shared the same yard. In his 1952 thesis on the history of the Sugar House prison, James Hill noted. “The new prison, built to accommodate over 600 prisoners, is very modernistic in design and is conspicuous with its absence of a wall.” The prison was built with a double-row of fencing and three guard towers. Hill also suggested “The new prison proper seems to have to have taken advantage of all innovations in penal architecture and philosophy. It is clean, well ventilated, and the surrounding are comfortable and pleasant. Nicely painted walls have replaced the dreary, dark cells.” 33 Raymond Ashton concurred stating, “the bright colors [sky blue ceilings, dusty rose cells, deep rose dining room, sunshine yellow kitchen, white bakery] would shatter the traditional penal drabness.” 34 32 Salt Lake Tribune, February 1, 1948. 33 Hill: 63-64. 34 Salt Lake Tribune, March 13, 1951. Section 8 page 18 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Utah State Prison Name of Property Salt Lake County, Utah County and State ____________________________________________________________________________ 9. Major Bibliographical References Bibliography (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form.) Carter, Thomas and Peter Goss. Utah's Historic Architecture: A Guide, 1847-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press, 1988. Draper Historical Society. Sigovah to Draper City, 1849-1977: the History of Draper, Utah. Volume Two. Salt Lake City, Utah: Agreka Books, [2000]. Deseret News. Various issues. Hill, James B. History of Utah State Prison, 1850-1952. (unpublished master’s thesis), Brigham Young University, June 1952. Ogden Standard Examiner. Various issues. Salt Lake Telegram. Various issues. Salt Lake Tribune. Various issues. ___________________________________________________________________________ Previous documentation on file (NPS): preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested previously listed in the National Register previously determined eligible by the National Register designated a National Historic Landmark recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # recorded by Historic American Landscape Survey # Primary location of additional data: X State Historic Preservation Office Other State agency Federal agency Local government University X Other Name of repository: Draper Historic Preservation Commission Sections 9-11 page 19 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Utah State Prison Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Historic Resources Survey Number (if assigned): ______________________________________________________________________________ 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property approximately 8 acres out of 624.79 total acres Use either the UTM system or latitude/longitude coordinates Latitude/Longitude Coordinates Datum if other than WGS84: (enter coordinates to 6 decimal places) Latitude: 40.490024° Longitude: -111.900906° Or UTM References Datum (indicated on USGS map): NAD 1927 Zone: 12 or X NAD 1983 Easting: 423641 Northing: 4482549 Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property.) Legal Description: BEG S 89¿58'46" E ALG SEC LINE 1038.34 FT FR NW COR SEC 1, T4S, R1W, SLM; S 89¿58'46" E 307.925 FT; S 0¿58'09" W 2610.66 FT; S 89¿46'52" E 3802.39 FT; S 0¿13'03" W 37.60 FT;S 0¿13'03" W 2469.575 FT; SW'LY ALG A 1859.86 FT RADIUS CURVE TO THE TO R 1221.67 FT (CHD S 19¿32'44" W 1199.83 FT);S 37¿54'46" W 438.58 FT; S 89¿35'19" E 788.73 FT; S 0¿21'24"W 664.93 FT; S 54¿36'21" W 787.85 FT; S 0¿38'36" W 1066.50 FT; SW'LY ALG 1469.65 FT RADIUS CURVE TO R 357.46 FT; S 50¿47'55" W 541.79 FT; N 0¿36'36" E 1468.40 FT; N 89¿31'32" W 2666.41 FT; N 0¿34'36" E 552.95 FT; N 89¿53'19" W 50 FT; N0¿34'36" E 822.53 FT; N 89¿35'19" W 772.53 FT; S 0¿34'36" W 50 FT; N 89¿35'19" W 508.58 FT; S 89¿42'03" W 1400.31 FT; N 0¿55'34" E 1319.88 FT; S 89¿31'31" E 79.61 FT; N 0¿34'54" E 1440.32 FT M OR L TO N LINE OF BANGERTER HWY; NE'LY ALG 2116.14 FT RADIUS CURVE TO L 355.42 FT M OR L; N 28¿45'39" EALG W'LY LINE OF RR 4270.24 FT TO BEG. LESS & EXCEPT BEG N 0¿21'24" E ALG SEC LINE 1329.87 FT & N 89¿35'19" W 33.31 FT FR E 1/4 COR SEC 12, T4S, R1W, SLM; S 0¿21'24" W 33 FT; N 89¿35'19" W 195.37 FT; NE'LY ALG CURVE TO L 39.50 FT; S 89¿35'19" E 173.63 FT TO BEG. LESS & EXCEPT BEG S 89¿58'34" E ALG SEC LINE 1152.39FT FR NW COR SEC 1, T4S, R1W, SLM; S 89¿58'34" E 193.88 FT TO NE COR OF W 1/2 OF NW 1/4 SD SEC 1;S 0¿56'17" W 552.98 FT; N 89¿49'27" W 105.99 FT; S 0¿10'33" W 72 FT; S 89¿49'27"E 105.03 FT; S 0¿56'17" W 1331.21 FT TO N LINE OF BANGERTER HWY; S 45¿00'12" W 1749.64 FT; S 54¿10'13" W 569.71 FT; S 63¿31'12" W 310.33 FT; S 77¿46'48" W 228.51 FT TO E LINE OF RR; N 28¿45'51" E 4236.05 FT TO BEG. LESS & EXCEPT BEG S 89¿58'03" E ALG SEC LINE 1346.17 FT& S 0¿56'22" W 625 FT FR NW COR SD SEC 1; N 89¿49'22" W 105.03 FT; N 0¿10'38" E 72 FT; S 89¿49'22" E 105.99 FT; S 0¿56'22" W 72.01 FT TO BEG. ALSO LESS & EXCEPT BEG N 00¿38'59" E 1183.32 FT FR THE SW COR OF THE SE 1/4 OF THE SE Sections 9-11 page 20 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Utah State Prison Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected.) The legal description above represents the boundaries of the current prison complex. The boundaries for this nomination will be revised with a new legal description and parcel number for the historic portion of the prison in the future. Current legal parcel number: 33-01-300-007. ______________________________________________________________________________ 11. Form Prepared By: name/title: Korral Broschinsky, Preservation Documentation Resource organization: prepared for the Draper Historic Preservation Commission e-mail: [e-mail] telephone: [phone] date: July 14, 2020 Property Owner information: (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) name: State of Utah Department of Administrative Services, Division of Facilities Construction & Management 4315 South 2700 West, FL 3 Taylorsville state: Utah zip code: 84129-2128 address: city or town: telephone/email: Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.460 et seq.). Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 100 hours per response including time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Office of Planning and Performance Management. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1849 C. Street, NW, Washington, DC. ___________________________________________________________________________ Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: Sections 9-11 page 21 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Utah State Prison Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State • Maps: A USGS map or equivalent (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. • Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Key all photographs to this map. • Additional items: (Check with the SHPO, TPO, or FPO for any additional items.) Photographs Submit clear and descriptive photographs. The size of each image must be 1600x1200 pixels (minimum), 3000x2000 preferred, at 300 ppi (pixels per inch) or larger. Key all photographs to the sketch map. Each photograph must be numbered and that number must correspond to the photograph number on the photo log. For simplicity, the name of the photographer, photo date, etc. may be listed once on the photograph log and doesn’t need to be labeled on every photograph. Photo Log Name of Property: Utah State Prison City or Vicinity: Draper County: Salt Lake Photographer: Various Date Photographed: Various State: Utah Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of camera: Due to security concerns, photography is not allowed at the Utah State Prison. The following photographs have been found online and in other public records. It is anticipated that upto-date photographs will be taken prior to submission to the National Register of Historic Places. The historic photographs are also placeholders for better copies that can be obtained in the future. Sections 9-11 page 22 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Utah State Prison Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Photograph 1 Overview of prison site, Wasatch Facility in center. Camera facing northeast. Photograph 2 Overview of Wasatch Facility. Camera facing northwest. PHOTOGRAPHS page 23 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Utah State Prison Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Photograph 3 South elevation of administration building. Camera facing northwest. Photograph 4 Guard tower in front of administration building. Camera facing north. PHOTOGRAPHS page 24 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Utah State Prison Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Photograph 5 Interior, “C” block, cells. Camera facing northwest. Photograph 6 Interior, “B” Block. Camera facing northwest. PHOTOGRAPHS page 25 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Utah State Prison Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Photograph 7 Interior, dayroom in A-West. Camera facing southeast. Photograph 8 Interior, single-inmate cells in A-East. Camera facing southwest. PHOTOGRAPHS page 26 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Utah State Prison Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Photograph 9 Interior, A-West cell block. Camera facing southeast. Photograph 10 Interior, A-West cell block. Camera facing northwest. PHOTOGRAPHS page 27 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Utah State Prison Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Photograph 11 View of historic prison with chapel on left. Camera facing northwest. Photograph 12 Chapel interior, camera facing southeast.. PHOTOGRAPHS page 28 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Utah State Prison Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Photograph 13 Interior, Johnson bars, manual levers. Camera facing east. PHOTOGRAPHS page 29 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Utah State Prison Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Figure 1 Architect’s Rendering of Prison Plan Published in the Salt Lake Tribune, February 1, 1948 Figure 2 Guards lined in front of Administration Building during inmate transfer in 1951 Published in the Salt Lake Tribune, March 13, 1951. FIGURES & HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS page 30 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 Utah State Prison Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Figure 3 Bird’s Eye View of Prison Photograph courtesy the Utah State Archives, circa 1952 Figure 4 Guard Tower and Administration Building Photograph courtesy the Utah State Archives, circa 1956 FIGURES & HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS page 31 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 Utah State Prison Name of Property MAPS OMB No. 1024-0018 Salt Lake County, Utah County and State page 32 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 Utah State Prison Name of Property MAPS OMB No. 1024-0018 Salt Lake County, Utah County and State page 33