Show Landmarks Fast Fist Disappearing From Salt Lake Streets o o Office Gives Way Marh of Pro I Historians Historian's s Office Gives Way to March of Progress gres ID Y Young oung Used s d Old Structure Se Seventy nty Years Ago AgoLD t tI OLD LD historians historian's off ice of the Ch Church r h of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints on East I I South Temple street treet which is being demolished 4 c t 1 Ti I It II I t i I Ty I j c t I f JI F I 3 k d' d Hi Historic to Jc Building ng on South o th Temple to Be Replaced by Skyscraper By A. A F. F PHILIPS T Ten n ar from the present time at the old landmarks are being razed and disappearing Utah will have nothing to show visitors but blocks of ot tall buildings Just like other cities and the tradition j and tragedy which now surround so many places places' of Interest will willi j have passed Into history and be forgotten On North Ia 1 Main n street I In the past few years an n almost complete change has taken place I by the razing of ot structures about t I which a great deal of historic Interest in interest In- In terest centers centes And now it only I waits walts' to have hav the wall waIl around the 1 Temple grounds cut down more r than half and there are many who I believe that u be b done don jn order that the beauty of Temple square grounds might be seen In most of ot the greater cities of the country there are ld buildings whose whose v walls tell bf of history In Philadelphia Philadelphia Phil Phil- adelphia no po one would think of oi I Visiting that quaint old city founded found found- ed by members of of t the e Friends r enas church without visiting Independence e ence ece ce hall where the thel Declaration of ot Independence was read a and d 1 where phere ere Washington toc took k command of the American army army and also too to- s see e ethe the theold theold theold old Liberty bell which proclaimed the independence of the country Away back In the old Bay Boy state no one would visit Boston without seeing hail hall which has long been known as the cradle of American Ameri Amen can liberty no visitor to New York Yank would r. r of leaving the city without t seeing g old Trini Trinity ty church now in the he heart of ot the met metropolis And the san same applies appU s to s so many cities throughout the to The cities have taken the preservation up up- preservation preservation tion of ot these thes old time his historical od al buildings and through their chambers ham cham- hambers bers of ot commerce and other civic organizations have contributed to the purchase and protection of ot theold the theold old landmarks Everywhere there there- is an ambition to preserve and nOtto nOt noi to destroy DIFFERENT IN UTAH But here in Utah It appears dif dlf- ferent The tendency is to remove the the- theold old landmarks True the natural natural natural nat nat- ural scenery is being protected by bythe bythe bythe the creation of pf national monuments and parks like ZIon national parK like Bryce canyon like Uke Cedar like ke the cliff cUff dwellings the natural bridges and many others j I This Is brought to the attention of the people through the J ti n of the historians historian's office which I Iwas was located on East South Temple I street a a. half dozen doors doers from 1 Main n street This historic old old structure e is with the exception of ot of the Temple block practically all I that is left of or the long ago The Theold old tithing office and grounds w which Ich stood on one corner has s given way 1 to the Hotel Utah building the old 1 structure on the other corner gave way to be replaced by the Deseret I I 1 I Continued on page 10 I t LANDMARK GIVES r M WAY AY TO MARCH OF IMPROVEMENT c 7 J n from i page age 1 I tX ew's ws building on the tile other corner r t is Js a. a savings Lan band in a handsome I t t tending building that ori originally was w erected 1 I for 01 a n. t hotel and was the first hotel j I t In n the the west vest to have its dining room I Ii i bo bc top floor as also Its kitchen I 1 from which dining room was waa I I a n. natural panorama of ot I 1 t j anti nd valley and s sea sa a that I I il not not not-be be equalled in Inthe the world i L. L th 1 old Amelia p which when I. I r was wag 1 to be the i jW st t buil building in for residence puta put put- pur-I pur 8 J a between Chicago and the Pae Pa- Pa Fh coast COlst followed In th the wave of i e n. n anti and now goes the old j I orlan S office i 4 B BUILT IL T IN 1855 lt It was on March 31 11 1855 when I. I rc nc first Kid oad of cf rock with which to i egin construction o on the tIme historians historian's i 0 I lice ice now bein being was wasI I on the site Construction I egan at on once co and on June 30 1855 th the foundation foundation- was complete and ready endy for the adobe wail However er there here was delay deJay Ih itt in th the stone J table in position and it was not t until August 31 1855 that tIP tim J dobes were being laid On the theof m It of September 2 2 a windstorm rm I i royed i a part of or the gable and I progress in plating placing the tile theS S pot ot joists n position The rhe I j iro uc WIls not completed until Sep'S Sep- Sep i S 'S lU 0 and the work of j i 1 Occupying the v ne I 1 new building building- was i gun jun un by y the transfer of ot records i i JC Tand documents which was wail 4 odon Se September 13 15 5 and the buIld- buIld was dedicated that day the W prayer being delivered I ct 1 y i-y Wilford Woodruff afterwards I president of ol the church it 1 was on the tIme second foor Coor of this I b building in tIm the largest room that il many important s of f t I. I Young and the higher were held It was here lierE on f m It O October tober 4 1856 that it was was decided to oi send teams Immediately eastward j i O meet the belated handcart t cornIL com com- 1 IL es and other trains which han hao Jt Keen cri overtaken o by the heavy snow I l Iri rj tho tim mountains mount For many years i this large e room was t e meeting I Ii i t for the president his counsel- counsel i and the quorum of the twelve I t. t nry week and In this room thou thou- k If of elders were set apart thou thou-I for V The old building however proved too small for the nee needs s of ot the his his- torian of the church and his assistants assist- assist his I r. r ants and all the valuable collection I f manuscripts books records and Bother thet matters connected with the f written and unwritten history of the 2 church have long been removed to b more commodious quarters In tho the I X 1 Church f headquarters and where M I there here Is the most complete history pf of Utah ULah and Its surrounding states j un existence 0 And nd now the old building the theoM theold oM old landmark is rapidly being demolished de- de to Rive give way to erection of ot ofa S a story twelve office building |