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Show SUGAR HOUSE MEMORIES Old "2167" Coming Dow After 41 Years of Service SUGAR HOUSE will soon lose one its oldest and best known landmarks when the Granite Planing Mill frame building at 2167 South 11th East is completely dismantled. dis-mantled. Workmen are in the process of tearing down the building now. The 112x100 ft. site now being cleared, will be used for investment purposes, the owners announced. When it was built in 1909-10, the two-story frame building build-ing was one of the biggest commercial buildings in Sugar House. At that time, Sugar House was just beginning to develop as a business area, and the construction of the mill gave impetus to Sugar House expansion. F. R. Sandberg, founder of the company, who still serves as general manager, has witnessed much progress in Sugar . House since his business was organized in October, 1909. With J! his sons and employes, Mr. Sandberg planned to move to new quarters several years ago. Their dream was realized on Jan. 1, 1947, when they moved into a new, modern building at 1145 Wilmington Ave. Name of the company is now Granite Mill & Fixture Co. HISTORICAL NOTE An interesting sidelight on the old building is that another an-other prominent Sugar House citizen, Willard B. Richards Jr., poured the foundation for the mill in 1909-10. Mr. Richards, Rich-ards, present president of the Granite Furniture Co., was then a cement contractor. He remembers Sugar House in 1909 as being mostly undeveloped "rough country." Parley's Creek flowed uncovered through Sugar House at that time and it was bordered on the north side of present 21st South by a cow corral (in the vicinity of Woolworth). s The cows used to come down to the edge of the creek for a '' drink, Mr. Richards said. There was also an open canal coming north across 21st L, South and crossing Parley's Canyon in a flume about where Of the alley between the bank and bakery now is. |