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Show ae The SaltLake Tribune UTAH Friday , August 25, 2000 Above, Rebekka Peterson, a textile conservator, works at preservingfirefighter helmets from the late 1800sfor the Ottinger Hall museum at This is the Place Heritage Park. Farleft, Alan Delimontputs finishing touchesonthe paint in the: hall. The new museum's facadeis shown at left. It will house a collection offire equipment from the earliest days ofSalt Lake City. Photos byAl Hartmann/TheSalt LakeTribune ThisIs the Place park opens Ottinger Hall today BY LORI BUTTARS THE SAI Salt Lake Among the artifacts are the RIBUNE irst firefighters city’s first. hand-operated water pump and acollection of fire helmets dating back to the 1860s. painted pictures, read books and Thereare also various buckets and socialized while keeping watchfor laddersused to fight fires. There are a numberof portraits of firefighters and fire scenes painted by George Ottinger. The centerpiece of the collection is likely to be Ottinger’s hand- fires froma large red brick building east of the city in what is knowntoday as MemoryGrove. Those paintings and books, as well as the hats firefighters wore and the equipment they used to fight fires, go on display todayat This Is the Place Heritage Park ina newreplicaof that old building. The artifacts had been out of public view, except by appointment, in recent years. And that wasn't good enoughforoneinterested party, car dealer and Utah Jazz ownerLarry Miller, who is footing the bill to replicate the fireman's social hall andrestore theartifac painted silk bannerthatSalt Lake City firemen carried in parades. Until recently, the collection hadnever been cataloged. Carol Nixon,directorat This Is the dawning of a new era at the heritage park. It is the first building in the park's second stage, covering the time period in Utah from 1869 to 1900. “I rememberthedayLarry first The original building, called me like it was yesterday,” says Nixon. “It was in March 1999. Ottinger Hall after the cit Andhesaid he knew ofthese arti- paid fire chief, George Ottinger, still stands in Memory Grove. Officials say the newbuilding offers a facts and-knew whatweare trying todo uphereat the park and asked more tinger Hall.” Nixon could not give an estimate on the cost of the project, be- accessible and more museum-like setting to house the historical items. “We didn't have the resources orthe expertise to maintain these items and make them available to the public like they should be,” says ValPope, Salt LakeCity parks director. “There was a_ glass- e ed flag in there that is so fragile, there’s no wayI would ever even think oftouchingit.” Popesaidcityofficials are evaluating the original hall and looking at ways to makeuseof its historical status with respect to the MemoryGrove neighborhood. At Miller's behest, the city will loan the artifacts to This Is the Place park to be housed inits newest attraction. Kenyon Kennard, afree- lancearchivist based in Salt Lake City, has been hired byMiller to preparethecollection for display. BACK TO SCHOOL TRUCKLOAD SAVINGS the Place, says the building marks FOOD 4 LESS dN if we would be interested in Ot- cause Miller has notfinalized his “donation” to the park. Miller was in business meetings and unavailable to comment on the building project this week, said his administrative assistant Marilyn Smith. Miller will attend a dedication service for the building tonightat 6. Entertainer Michael Ballam will perform and LDS general author- ity M. Russell Ballard will speak. Miller enlisted Salt Lake City architects FFKR and Sahara Constructionto research and build the replica. They considered moving the original hall, but determined it was too expensive, Nixon says. Thenewhall is built to the exact scale of the original. Rather than using bricks and mortar, contractors put up a red-brick facade. 5345 South 4105 West’ ENT: — ne Kearns, UT 84118 (801) 967-3365 ASSIGN Savings Check Out FOOD 4 LESS*® ROSE PARK ) heerios (20 oz. real (40 02.) 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