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Show Park Record Thursday, January 17, 1991 Page A7 Summit County's oldest and most distinguished citizen speaks by NICK BILLINGS Record Staff Writer "Three things are to be looked to in a building: that it stand on the right spot; that it be securely founded; that it be successfully executed." Most buildings in our cities and towns indeed can be appreciated through the limited yet practical criteria Johann Wolfgang von Goethe articulates. Yet there are some buildings that rise above generic consideration. Some rise high enough to push important Park City citizens off the profile page. The Summit County Courthouse, Cour-thouse, located at the end of Main Street in Coalville, is one of those buildings. The historic import of the building is unrefuted. In 1975, the National Register of Historic Places honored the building with an engraved plaque, signed by the Secretary of Interior and late Governor Scott Matheson. The award, which now hangs in Clerk Douglas Geary's office, reads: "in recognition of its architectural and historical significance and to encourage en-courage its preservation." Constructed in 1903-4, the cost was a lean $20,000. The architect, F.C. Woods and Son, crafted a Romanesque revival design, much like the City and County Building in Salt Lake. The old Jailhouse was added a year later in 1905. The structure is white sandstone that, according to janitor Edmund "Ted" Crittenden, was quarried locally and cut by hand. The intricate in-tricate clover leaves over the south entrance show sure craftmanship. Above the entrance is a tower which, according to the National Register Inventory Form, shows "an unusual pre-modern ele-ment.of ele-ment.of flat three-story reces-sion... reces-sion... giving it a very rectilinear appearance." It appears that Park City was disgruntled at the placement of the county seat in Coalville. A July 11, 1903 Record editorial held no punches pun-ches in conceding to Coalville. The building as planned is "most conveniently arranged and is just what Summit County has needed for a long time.. .had it not been for a few measely and narrow-minded 'chumps' who call themselves citizens, it would have been erected in Park City, yet nevertheless we are glad the commissioners have decided to build." A new wing, with a jail, a cour- The real difference in how you live is where you live. Together we'll make certain your homestyle and lifestyle blend. 333 Main Street, Park City 1375 Deer Valley Dr., Deer Valley WELCOMES THE FILM FESTIVAL TO PARK CITY Come see us for a Special Gourmet Lunch LUNCHES AND TAKE OUT: Flown in from New Orleans; Seafood Gumbo, Shrimp Creole, Crawfish Etoufee, Oyster & Articoke Soup, Shrimp Stuffed Peppers, Stuffed Softshell Crabs and Corn & Crab Bisque. Experience a great Greek Salad, Chinese Chicken Salad, Pasta Salad, Pizza Rustica or Veggie Pocket. 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The first two hours of the County Commissioners' Jan 8 meeting were spent on a guided tour of the bowels and brains of the Courthouse. Cour-thouse. The purpose was bureaucratic ("to survey potential office space"), but it turned into an odd sideshow of Summit County history. The attic corners and the basement shadows illustrated the " ', Real Estate Services HOMES CONDOMINIUMS LAND For professional service call... LUCY MURPHY.grx (801) 649-4663 or 649-9200 Toll-free 1-800-999-7355 SERVICE - INTEGRITY EXPERIENCE ZE5 upecia Park City Profile Summit County Courthouse a guided tour of the bowels and and brains " many years of use and disuse. The original stairs, secured with wooden pegs, lead down to the cavernous basement. Three people with three different sets of keys came down to open the many locked lock-ed doors. A two-foot, full-blown rainbow spans the door to what is now the Highway Patrol offices. County Clerk Doug Geary told us that the offices used to be for county coun-ty health officials, who now have a clinic in the Coalville Health Center down the road. The rainbow, we surmised, was to comfort children headed for measles vaccinations; a precursor to the lollipop. A more useful remnant of the health department are the sinks located in each of the offices. Utah Highway Patrolmen have the freshest breath west of the Mississippi. On the main floor, off the west entrance, is the old Treasurer's office. of-fice. It is now used as a lunchroom. The mammoth vault is now a kitchenette. kit-chenette. Your lunch is safe in the Summit County lunchroom. A , magazine rack next to the couch holds an interesting selection; in addition to county publications and Reader's Digest, there is a HOME FINANCING IN PARK CITY AND DEERMLEY CHASE MAKES IT EASIER. rt t H 'A Chase Pre-approved Jumbo Mortgage is subject ir':i:: . ...... , ,.. 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As I stepped out of the tour, I stopped for a soda. The machine does not take dollars, but the Treasurer's office down the hall makes good change. Soda in hand, I walked the hallway of the new wing toward the District Courtroom. Cour-troom. The walls of this hallway were stark and cold, in sharp contrast con-trast to the rural warmth of the anecdotes I'd learned that morning. Outside the courtroom, I joined the crowds of television and print journalists jour-nalists awaiting the preliminary X' . hearing for the two suspects in a grisly Kamas double-murder. Nostalgic wonderings were quickly muffled as the noise of the real Summit County Courthouse business filled my ears. petitive rates and highly flexible terms. And our low dosing costs help you save on initial expenses Outstanding service from your Cbase Personal Financial Consultant. 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