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Show x'ggg x Ceimiteimimfial Me - . ' tylJ. 1 - f -jl rii - :k: iff '''V Zt r U "ti Xiiid Bogan Boarding House Editor's note Each week throughout the centennial year a historic site in Park City will be identified with a descriptive plaque. By the end of the year the numbered markers will act as a self-guided tour of Park City. This week's centennial site is the Bogan Boarding House, now known as the Imperial Early Park City miners, unless married with a family living in town, were required to live in company-owned company-owned lodge situated in the canyons close to the mines. These were considered the poorest of accommodations. accom-modations. When 1901 state legislation legisla-tion revoked the right of mine management to stipulate where workers were to live, many miners moved back to the city proper. Several large boarding houses were constructed to lodge them, of which this is one of the best examples extant. This structure was built in 1904 by John Bogan, owner of the Bogan Mine which later became part of the Silver King Consolidated Mine. Bogan died in 1907, but the property remained in his family and was managed by his sons until 1925. Except for emergency conversion to a hospital during the 1981 flu epidemic, it has always functioned as a boarding house. The building is two and one-half stories, with the first floor raised above street level. It is fronted by a . stone base through which stairs are cut; two ground level shops flank the steps. The structure exhibits no particular architectural style, but has the standard elements common to many turn-of-the-century Park City houses. With only minor alterations over the years, its architectural integrity has been retained. Restoration Restora-tion in 1974 saved the building from condemnation. A second major restoration began in late 1984. Known for many years as The Imperial, the building is listed ori the National Register of Historic Places. |