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Show St Mary's Named to Historic Register A church and courthouse in Summit County and a home in Heber City have been entered in the National Register of Historical Histori-cal Places, according to the Utah State Historical Society. The Summit County Courthouse Court-house in Coalville and St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church and School in Park City were entered in the Register for their poliiical. religious, educational, educa-tional, and architectural significance. signifi-cance. The Austin-Wherritt house in Heber City was listed in the Register because of its significance as the home of two leading Heber citizens. Erected in 1903-4. the Summit Sum-mit County Courthouse on Main Street in Coalville stands as an architecturally and politically significant building. Ii was designed by architects F.C. Woods and Co. in ihe Romanesque Romanes-que Revival style and is characterized by its fortresslike fortress-like appearance. After a 1902 poll of Summit County citizens, it was decided that the county seat should remain in Coalville, rather than being moved to Park City, the booming mining town which was the commercial center of the county. Shortly after the vote was taken, county commissioners commis-sioners decided to build Ihe new courthouse as a means of solidifying the Coalville location of the county seat. The building is still being used as the County Courthouse. An addition is planned to accommodate the expanding county offices. St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church was built in 1884 and is the oldest remaining Catholic Church in Utah. The church and school, rebuilt after a fire, represent both the success of the pioneer missionary mission-ary efforts of the Catholic Church in Utah as well as early educational endeavors in the town of Park City. The mining boom of the late nineteenth century accounted for much of the state's early Catholic population, popu-lation, and structures such as St. Mary's aid in the understanding under-standing of the importance of non-Mormons in the early development of mining in Utah. The Austin-Wherritt house was built in 1903 for John E. Austin, at that time a leading sheepman in Wasatch County. It is one of the most elaborate Victorian homes in the Heber Valley. The present interior and exterior are almost entirely original. In 1908. Austin moved to the Uinta Basin because there was more grazing land available there for his sheep. Dr. William Wherritt purchased the Austin home in 1908 and for many years was the only practicing doctor in Heber City. Wherritt's daughter, Lois W. Todd, is the current owner and resident of the home. |