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Bungalows have broad front porches with exposed rafters and the cottages are modest examples of English Tudor and Spanish Colonial Revival styles. Scott & Welch, a Salt Lake City based architectural firms drew up nearly all the house plans and even the town’s layout. Not surprising given the size of the community and wealth of buildings, Provo’s downtown was one of the earliest districts in Utah listed to the National Register. While the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Tabernacle, now modified into a Temple, is outside the District boundaries, its imposing Gothic Revival style frames this district to the south.
See historical and contemporary monuments and learn about the city’s Mormon pioneers. Traveling on a replica streetcar, you'll see the city's historical districts and make several photo stops at landmarks and attractions. The Pioneer Memorial Museum will be closed to the public beginning May 3, 2010 for interior and exterior renovation. The Pioneer Memorial Museum houses the world’s largest collection of artifacts on pioneer history, including excellent displays about the lives of Brigham Young and Heber Kimball. Explore 6 floors of displays featuring a large collection of artifacts, manuscripts, and paintings. Upper floors feature exhibits of dolls, handwork, clocks, weaponry and art.
Preservation Utah is hosting its 51st Annual Historic Homes Tour in one of Salt Lake City’s oldest neighborhoods.
Hear some of the city’s most terrifying legends and visit the oldest buildings in Salt Lake where ghosts sightings are frequent. Attempt your own paranormal investigation by trying out ghost hunting equipment on this tour. Enjoy a performance from the world-renowned Tabernacle Choir plus a sightseeing tour of Salt Lake City, Utah on this tour.
People on the tour get to learn about the interior and exterior of the homes and their history. Next stop, This is the Place Heritage Park - the landmark where the early church pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley in 1847 and Brigham Young uttered the now famous words, "This is the place...". The final stop will bring you to Salt Lake City's newest historic wonder, the Salt Lake Public Library. This unique architectural triumph has won over 10 architectural awards including "Best Unexpected Place to Bring Out of Towners" in 2004. A good history lesson about the way salt lake city originated. Driver and tour guides were friendly, knowledgeable and humorous.
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Simon Bamberger, who would go on to become Utah's governor, even built his home in the northern edge of Central City in 1888. Some of the homes are farm-like estates because they were built while Liberty Park was still a farm, while some of the slightly-pricier homes were built on the main blocks in the neighborhoods. The other working-class homes were constructed inside courts built into the blocks on miniature roads that still exist in the area today. Yet what really sealed the deal for them is the neighborhood.
Go sightseeing in Salt Lake City with ease on this 2 and a Half Hour Bus Tour. You’ll see some of Utah's top urban attractions like the Mormon Trail, Temple Square, Old Deseret Village, the State Capitol Building, Fort Douglas and sites from the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Plus, purchase lunch at the Lion House, the former home of pioneer Brigham Young, and take in a live recital at the renowned Mormon Tabernacle. Search experiences that may have limited interaction with crowds. While in the area you can head north a couple of block to tour theHistoric Capitol Hill Ward.
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Formally platted on May 1, 1854, Bountiful grew quickly as a result of its close proximity to Salt Lake City, and the core of the city’s oldest residential and commercial buildings are within this historic district. The survey of Bountiful’s historic buildings show peaks in construction in roughly 30 year intervals, in the 1870s-1880s, 1920s-1930s, and 1950s-1960s. The earliest homes were log cabins, with adobe and stone houses in Classical, Greek or Gothic Revival styles. Later, availability of fired brick changed the materials for buildings and coincided with the Victorian style homes being constructed in the 1880s-1900 period, and bungalow styles in the 1920s.
Saturday's tour will be Preservation Utah's 51st, but one of the first in recent history to dive into the past of this particular area — and for good reason. Those who attend Saturday’s tour will have access to six houses in Central City, including one that was converted into an architecture office and another that belongs to Tiffany and Edward Paulsen. The Original Brew Tour takes guests on a craft beer experience never seen before in Salt Lake City! On this all-inclusive tour, you will learn about the history and brewing process of beer as your expert beer guide takes you behind-the-scenes into the breweries’ production areas.
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Attendees are not required to visit all the homes, and may go to each home at their leisure during open hours.
"This is an area that has unique treasures, unique flavor and unique texture. That's what we're really hoping to call attention to through this tour." "It's about people. I guess the housing defines the population that lives here in the neighborhood," Bernie Hart says, explaining the area isn't a stereotypical idea of what a suburban neighborhood should look like. "Here, it's so diverse. You can't guess what someone does for a living or what they do because of the house they live in. ... You have that certain mixture that brings a certain character to the neighborhood." What ultimately happened is, it meant a bank president could live next door to their plumber, Amott explained. Every house has a different story from a family living a completely different life.
"This is one of the parts of the city that relatively few people actually know or engage with outside of the shopping centers that happen to fall under the historic district boundaries," he said. This year our tour will be held in the Central City neighborhood. Its diverse architecture represents the changing styles of Salt Lake’s early years of growth when the community was transforming from an agrarian village to an industrial and commercial center in the Intermountain West.
For nonmembers of Preservation Utah, tickets cost $25 in advance and $30 the day of the tour. Preservation Utah will accommodate anyone who signs up for the tour, Amott said. Tickets are available online in advance or in person the day of the tour. Participants will receive a booklet with information about the tour and footwear coverings to wear inside the houses. The Paulsen home is full of quirks, like a giant re-created painting of Perseus and Andromeda on her living room ceiling, a ring of skeleton keys and a different doorknob on each door.
During the 1890s and early 1900s, Payson boomed economically which led to a number of Victorian-style brick homes being built in the residential neighborhoods, all with ornamentation. The Liberty Wells neighborhood in Salt Lake City is the largest of the state’s Historic Districts, with over 3000 contributing buildings, most of which are residential. This neighborhood is exemplified by its tree-lined streets, uniform setbacks, and remarkable similarity of architectural styles and materials. In particular, the neighborhood is noted for its dense concentration of bungalow style brick homes dating to the first 30 years of the 20th century and is one of the most coveted areas of Salt Lake Valley. When the pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in July 1847, they immediately began constructing simple homes in their new surroundings.
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