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Show Jt - . r .rrf-i,.-.iH-'4'i,...,, -'' ;- " " v -' "- 'i V -"V'. .? . : :r :'' V -.v - 1 i ' ' - . . - ; s i , p - 5 ! " 1 1 : ' ' i 1 , : , it ' - " ? ( I j ' ' ' j ?! I 't .. ' " '"' H "r? ': 5 if ix ?t t. ''Ml " f " ! 1 i : - ",! Jj',';i;;;;. .i ; , , , i f - r ; -1-' j . : ".?;, O; ' City Offered Hospital, Relocation Proposed, Demolition Possible Park City's Miner's Hospital. The Park City Miner's hospital, nominated two weeks ago to the National Register of Historic Sites, will either be moved or demolished this spring to make way for a hotelcondominium project. Owner Monty Gibson told the Record Monday he is offering to give the building to the city and will pay the cost of moving it to a piece of city-owned property. He estimated the cost at $100,000. If the city does not accept his proposal, Gibson said, he will be forced to tear the building down. "It's not my intention to destroy the buidling," he said, "but it'has become a thorn in my side." Gibson, who returned last week from a trip to California, said he had originally planned to leave the buidling untouched and build a smaller project on the site presently occupied by the Ski Connection ski shop. He said he has recently obtained financing from a California Cali-fornia bank for developing all of his property, however, including the Miner's Hospital site. "It would be foolish not to do so," he said. Gibson met Tuesday with city councilman Eleanor Bennett, chairman of the city properties committee, to discuss his proposal propo-sal to have the building moved and turned over to the city. Councilman Bennett said she would present the idea to the council at tonight's scheduled meeting in the Treasure Mountain Moun-tain Inn. Gibson and three California based partners propose to build a four story Victorian-style structure struc-ture on his property with between 58 and 63 two-bedroom hotel condominium units and commercial commer-cial space on the ground floor. Although he emphasized that "nothing has been finalized," Gibson ' said the building would provide approximately 30,000 square feet of commercial space, which would include Space for a full line Ski Connection store, a food concession and "offices and shops depending on the demand." Underground parking would also be provided. - Gibson said his proposal to move the Miner's Hospital is "a good deal for the whole city and for us," since it would ensure the building will be preserved in the future and at the same time allow him to develop his property. He suggested that an ideal location for the building would be on Park Avenue between the now abandoned Rio Grande Railroad freight depot and the Coalition Mine building. "It would go well with Wally Wright's Depot project," he said. Although the city presently does not own the property adjacent to the Rio Grande depot, Gibson said the land could be obtained through a land trade. If the city is not willing to obtain the land, Gibson indicated Register, although he was "angered" "an-gered" at the way it was done. "I'm griped that as soon as I aired plans to develop the property, they rushed to nominate nomin-ate it," he said. The nomination will have little effect, however, on his proposal to move the building, he said. "It really doesn't effect me," Gibson said. "The only thing I lose is a tax deduction if the building is demolished." The owner expressed hope, however, that demolition would only be necessary as a last resort. "I don't think it will ever get to that point," he said. "I'm not going to tear it down out of spite." Plans for a private school for children with learning disabilities in the Miner's Hospital reported earlier, have since been dropped, Gibson added. The Miner's Hospital was built in 1904 by the local Miner's Union and functioned as a health care facility for the Park City community commun-ity until the 1950s. Built on donated land and supported by a one dollar donation from each miner, the hospital was the birthplace of most old-time Park City residents and has served as a symbol of cooperation between the community com-munity and union in the town's mining heyday. he might also be willing to pay the cost of purchasing the property as well as the moving and reconstruction costs for relocating the historic hospital, which is now used as a dormitory-style lodge. Moving the building will not be an easy task, however. Because of its size, Gibson said the building would probably have to be taken to it's new location in three pieces. He said extensive reconstruction reconstruc-tion would then be involved to re-erect the parts. Once it is moved, Gibson is asking the city to lease the building back to him at a nominal rate for a 25 year period so he can amortize the costs of the relocation. He said he would then use the building to house his business offices, but is considering other possible additional uses while he leases it. "Whether it would house a restaurant, offices or something connected with the Depot project, I don't know," he said. Gibson also mentioned the possibility of obtaining federal funding for the relocation, but said he was prepared to absorb the total cost, if necessary. Gibson said he did not have either a positive or negative reaction to the Miner's Hospital's recent nomination to the National |
