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Show Old Manila , courthouse relocated MANILA. .The old courthouse was moved to a new location, June 27. It was built in 1911 for a school house, one old timer has reported. Records were not available this week to confirm this, however. It was built for a school house and quite a few older residents of the area attended school there. In 1918 Daggett county became a county and Daggett School District met for the first time in January 1918. Prior to this time Daggett had been part of Uintah County and the school was part of the Uintah School District. The old building housed the school until 1922, when the new school house was built. The county then became owners of the old building. Between the time of Daggett becoming a county and the county acquiring the building, the county office was in the old hall which was torn down about seven years ago. The jail house was a separate con-i con-i crete building. Later this was used for storage, as it did not meet requirements for a jail any longer. Prisoners have, for some years, been incarcerated in Vernal. A concrete safe building was added to the building later. That addition will be disposed of j now. but the jail house which was I moved a few years ago to the back of I I the lot will be left where it is. December 19, 1978, a new courthouse was dedicated and the old building, which was on the same lot was sold to the Lingle Brothers, who operate the Vacation Inn Motel, across highway 43, a short distance southwest of the courthouse. The building was moved to the front of this condominium style motel. The space, where the old courthouse was, and the area surrounding it is to be used for the new park. It is a total of two acres. To get the building off the lot, two trees had to be removed. The movers and others were astounded at the condition of the wood under the courthouse. cour-thouse. They said it looked like a new building. The only part that showed any deterioration was where the outside had come in contact with the ground and the weather. The rest of it had been supported on cement and showed no deterioration. The movers, Lynn S. Porter House Movers, Inc. is a father and son firm including: Lynn S. Porter, Neal L. Porter. Blair A. Porter and Scott L. Porter of Preston, Idaho. The building was moved from its foundation to the highway Tuesday, but was to high to take under the power lines. It was moved to its resting place Wednesday after the power company arrived to oversee the move under the powerlines. |