An Olympic Memory
Another Olympics is on the horizon for Park City, and while it may seem like yesterday, our…
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Park City’s Music Man, part 2
This is the second of two articles about Parkite Jim Santy, continued from last week. Above all…
The Durkin Boarding House
One of only a few boarding houses from any part of town to survive until today, the…
Piecing Together A Home
The following is an excerpt from an oral history with three of the Sundstrom children (Doris, Patricia,…
A Neighborhood of Tragedy
Content warning for description of injuries. The Park City Museum’s Annual Historic Home Tour returns on June…
Preservation of the McPolin Farm, Part 2
This is the second article covering preservation of the historic McPolin Farm on Highway 224. There had…
Preservation of the McPolin Farm, part 1
One of the places that everyone passes while driving into Park City is the McPolin Farm. Considered…
Two Worlds Coming Together
One of Park City’s most unique buildings sits at the southeast corner of Park Avenue and Heber…
A Hundred-year Home
December 2022 marks the 100th birthday of the Elks Building at 550 Main Street. The Benevolent and…
The Hewitson Family Tradition
The following is first-person oral history from Jim Hewitson as told to David Nicholas. It is the…
Ski Era Just As Important
Recreation and tourism, most notably skiing, are incredibly significant and relevant to the history and development of…
The Park City Bottling Works, A Soda Pop Legend
Dig deep enough into the hillside below the Fireside Condominiums parking lot – site of the old…
Preserving Park City 2: Changing attitudes
After two decades of hard times during the 1950s and 1960s, Park City began to redefine itself…
Preserving Park City 1: A Lack Thereof
There was a time when Park City wanted nothing to do with historic preservation. During the 1950s…
Watch Out for the Strawberries
The McFalls’ home at 501 Woodside will be featured on this year’s Historic Home Tour, put on…
From Frontier Justice to Justice of the Peace
Through films, reality TV, and media the phrase ‘snitches get stitches’ has entered the lexicon of everyday…
North Park Still Central to Park City’s Story
Once considered “North Park” or the outskirts of Park City, the land by the mouth of Thaynes…
A Parkite’s Letter Makes A Long Journey
By October 1919, World War I had officially been over for nearly a year and life, at…
803 Norfolk and the History of Quarantine in Park City
Quarantine as we understand it was first implemented in Venice in the mid-14th century. In an effort…
The Larremores and 733 Woodside Avenue
The house at 733 Woodside Avenue stands out from its neighbors. While its floor plan is, at…
Historic Home Owner a Busy Parkite
Most of Park City’s historic houses follow a handful of standard architectural forms. The hall-parlor, noted for…
Park City Grew Into an Elegant Town
Three major factors are usually necessary to successfully usher a silver mining town beyond the immediate boom…
A Public Library for Park City
“It seems evident to all that there is a crying need in our town, a live town…
Welcome to the Neighborhood
Welcome back to our series following the history of the Union Pacific Depot, in its own words.…
Home Sweet Home
Readers, welcome back to our series on the history of the Union Pacific depot, now 660 Main…
The Lone Survivor
Being 131 years old I look and feel great, though it's a miracle that I am still…
Parkite Served in WWI Bakery Company
As you may have read in this column last time, William Neil and his mother Ellen moved…
The Neils of Norfolk Avenue
920 Norfolk is an example of T/L-cottage style of architecture. The style was popular in the 1890s,…
Deason’s Accident and Home
The house at 835 Norfolk Avenue started life as a standard T/L-cottage, typical of Park City’s mining-era…
The Pyramid on Norfolk Avenue
Park City’s mining-era homes reflect three distinct types of architectural styles: the hall-parlor home; the T-cottage; and…
Park City’s Whistle Woes
In 1902, Park City installed a bell in the tower at City Hall (now the Park City…
Thanksgiving in the Park
Thanksgiving Day, November 1903, dawned unseasonably warm, “the most spring like…that Park City has ever had,” according…
Uncommon Valor
The United States Marine Corps War Memorial is located on a high ridge overlooking the nation’s capital.…
An Imperial Legacy
John Bogan was a Park City pioneer. He emigrated from Ireland to Illinois in 1857 where he…
Park City’s First Hospital
In 1893, laborers in Park City joined together to form the Western Federation of Miners Union #144.…
New Buildings for Park City High Schoolers
“All schools will open for the regular school year next Monday, September 28, at 8 a.m.,” the…
The Muddle of Snyder’s Addition
In 1872, enterprising Mormon pioneer George Snyder and his sixth wife Rhoda began homesteading the area that…
Rectangles, T’s, and Pyramids
Each summer, the Park City Museum hosts its annual Historic Home Tour featuring different neighborhoods around town.…
The Williams Family of 10 Daly Ave
Take the red trolley up to the top of Main Street and you will see a green…
The House on the Hill
The house at 27 Hillside Avenue was built prior to 1889. It was likely originally constructed in…