| Show asdance hall south wooden wall access to the movie house and staircase second floor skating rink Along long since removed the store below was when the provided closed For many yearsgranary stood at the rear of the Merc and it was here that grain and other produce were stored after being taken in exchange for groceries and other supplies When which had the old proudly Institution many where from years it will With changed quaint was the The will change to the fond memories building was torn down the metal plate proclaimed the name Fairview Co-operative the structure removed and highest taken to stand asreminder tearing down of atmosphere once in part for all Fairview of the city as time these Museum past the old structure heard described by be gone main street of the good the point brings Fairview hastourist as inevitable of the city O0ld-timers times they had there and will hold of the sounds of laughter and music which once drifted on the evening air from the upstairs windows Even the younger residents will remember buying penny candy at the old Merc The business spanned almost townhistory and the old Merc three city quarters has that changed in the hearts by old the of tie of the Interview to town structure Sources time will with one hundred years of the building stood for over With its Fairview residents Tive demise early the the days indelible face is of the gone mark but left on Golden Sanderson curator Fairview Museum The History of Fairview Utah and Its Surrounding Area unpublished by Allie Carlston and his wife Rosalin in the collection of the Fairview Museum Personal The Fairview knowledge Mercantile was destroyed -80 by fire in February 1977 |
