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Show S. L. LANDMARK SOON JO FALL Again tha automobile can be blamed for tha disappearance of another Salt Lake City landmark. This time It's the old Moses Thatcher Thatch-er heme at 101 North West Temple street It's going to fall at the hands of wreckers for new modern mod-ern service station. Owned by the L, D. 8. church, the old structure will be rased beginning begin-ning the last of this week or next, and the Zion'a Security corporation will build tha new station for tha Shell Oil company, corporation officials of-ficials said Tuesday. Old-timers will recall when the late Aurelius Miner, attorney, built tha house. It was the finest In those days and coat a fancy price. The late Maaea Thatcher, when hs wss a member of the L. D. S. council of twelve, purchased the mansion and remodeled It the way it atanda today. That waa In the early 90s. According to Lawrence A. Miner, Salt Lake City attorney, and son of the builder of the structure. struc-ture. Mr. Thatcher lived In the house until he died in 1202. He recalled that Mr. Thatcher waa responsible for the fancy trimmings trim-mings in and around the house, which has about a dozen rooms. Mr. Thatcher lived In tha house when .be was junniniioryni:ed, States senator. I The old home housed the Mexican consulate offices and later waa a convalescent home for old people. |