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Show Fopr Sites Listed on EBstoric Register- v. .'..;. . . ....... transmitted 40.000 volts of . power over a 34-mile line to the mining community of Mercur. At the time, it was the largest plant in terms of power, , and , had the longest . distance transmission lines in the United States. The electrical power supplied sup-plied by the Nunn Plant to the mining communities of Mercur. Eureka, and Bingham Bing-ham greatly enhanced the operation of the mines and served to hasten the electrification electrif-ication of much of Utah. .. The Wasatch Wave Publishing Pub-lishing Co. building, 55 West Center Street in Heber City, is historically significant because of its importance in the development of communication commun-ication in Wasatch County. It is also one of the oldest newspaper offices in the state, of Utah and one of a handful of unaltered wood Victorian boomtown storefronts store-fronts in the State. The :, . building was the home of the local newspaper. The Wasatch Wa-satch Wave, from 1901 until the early 1970s. Judge family to the economic history of Utah. The seven-, story structure was built in 1907, has 228 rooms, and is brick-faced; The Judge family fam-ily fortune was made in mining and was used by Mary Judge to invest in many buildings in downtown Salt Lake and to support numerous charitable institutions institu-tions in and around Salt Lake City; The Judge Building is also historically significant because of the building's contribution to the creation of a Gentile financial center. The Nunn Power Plant, located in Provo Canyon in Utah County, is significant to the development of longdistance-transmission of electrical power for commer-. rial use. When completed in 1898, the plant successfully Four sites from across the state have been approved for listing in the National Register Regis-ter of Historic Places, announced an-nounced the Utah State i Historical Society. "Listing in the National Register calls attention to the historic, cultural and architectural significance of buildings in ' our communities'," said A. Kent Powell, coordinator of historic preservation research re-search at the Historical Society. The buildings recently listed are the Edwin Robert Booth house in Juab County, the Judge Building in Salt Lake, he Nunn Power Plant in Utah County, and the Wasatch Wave Publishing Co. building in Wasatch Countv. The National Register status of these buildings now qualifies them to apply for federal matching grants in : - aid for preservation work and tax incentives for money spent on. preservation work. The preservation office of the Historical Society may be conducted for further infor- ' mation about these programs. pro-grams. . ; , ;' ; ; The Edwin Robert Booth house is a two story brick Victorian house constructed in 1893 at 94 West 300 South in Nephi. Booth, a businessman, business-man, was active in local governmental activities. He served as Nephi City Recorder, Record-er, a councilman in Nephi' s first city government, and was elected mayor of Nephi in 1899. Booth's house stayed in his family Until 1931. Since then it's had several different owners and was left to deteriorate, The new owners are already restoring the home. The Judge Building, 8 East 300 South in Salt Lake, ; is a significant structure because it is a symbol of the contribution of the John |
