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Show 1:M1::: The Oak Saloon Annex 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 signposts to a self-guided tour of Park City. This week's centennial site is the Oak Saloon Annex. This building was constructed in 1922 as an addition to the Oak Saloon, a frame-structure which was located on the lot to the south. , The Oak Saloon was established in 1902 by Spriggs and Prior, with Henry Spriggs as manager. It was one of the most popular, prominent and community-conscious establishments establish-ments in Park City. In 1903 the Oak Saloon financed the building of a bandstand next to Blyth Fargo' s "big store." In 1909 Spriggs founded the Commercial Club, whose members were the town's leading businessmen and whose activities benefited the entire community. com-munity. The Club's meetings were held in the rooms over the Oak Saloon. The frame structure which originally origi-nally housed the Oak Saloon was destroyed by fire in 1974. This addition to the saloon, because of its masonry construction, withstood the fire. It has accommodated such diverse businesses as the Golden Nugget pinball arcade and the Mountain Flora flower shop. From 1976 to 1984 it was the offices of The Newspaper, a weekly publication . which merged, with the Park flecord,,; in 1983. The , Park Record is the" oldest continuously published newspaper news-paper in Utah. ,tTr, ;;;r"-' -------- . Ji' ''i if If:;. '.'i-V?'- ' ' 'ill ,-v- r-s - : i; -s . I - .... j . , " i . , t I: :7 ; ; It; : ' ' 1 1 ' I ' i ' ' J ' ' i ; J . i" - I , . . ... .;;, ,. . ... 4 i. ; i ' meVW i I . . . ' ' ' -j s - f I ;! 1 I , J"! - rt ; J J J ; " ""r4, I- 1 ... t' S - !; Hi '' I ' L- !- S ll 4 if t - f ' - " . , v 1 - - , ,1 1- .. . rfs' -.i -. . . i... - ,, .... ;" -. . ..s . ...ii l |