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Show uro:in 1858. It is now the Salt Lake Knitting Factory. The academy was under the supervision of the Chancellor and Regents of the University and was formally opened by Brigham Young. It took the name of Union Academy from Union Square, which was opposite, and in time became the site of thePhoto by Ben EllerbeckThe Main Building of the University from 1881 to 1991University of Deseret. The principal of the school at this time was Orson Pratt, and he, with Orson Pratt, Jr., and James Cobb, were the teachers. In the Autumn of 1867, David O. Calder became principal, and in 1868 Dr. John R. Park was elected President by the Board of Regents. From 1881 to 1901 the University was in the buildings now occupied by the Salt Lake High School. In 1901 it was moved to its present home on the hill immediately east of the City. This location was chosen for the "Parent School" by Brigham Young in 1850, but it was not until fifty years later that the dream of the founder of Utah as to a higher institution of learning, was carried out.10 |