Salt Lake County, Utah
19th Ward Meetinghouse and Relief Society Hall
Allen, J. R., House
Allsop-Jensen House
Altadena Apartments
Amundsen, Dyre & Maria, House
Anderberg, Thomas and Beda, House
Anderson, Alfred C. and Annie L. Olsen, House
Anderson, Charles M. and Fannie M. Allsop, House
Anderson, Frederick C. and Anna, House
Anderson, John A., House
Anderson, Y. Martin and Hannah Nelson, House
Anselmo, Fortunato, House
Arbuckle, George, House
Armista Apartments
Armstrong, Francis, House
Ashby Apartments
Avenues Historic District
B'nai Israel Temple
Baldwin, Charles, House
Baldwin, Nathaniel, House
Bamberger, Simon, House
Bateman Agriculture and Development Company
Beall, Burtch W., Jr., and Susan, House
Beattie, Jeremiah, House
Beck, Reid, House
Beckstead-Butterfield House
Beehive House
Beer, William F., Estate
Beesley, Ebenezer, House
Belvedere Apartments
Bennion, Howard and Marian, House
Benworth-Chapman Apartments and Chapman Cottages
Bertolini Block
Best, Amanda Conk, House
Best-Cannon House
Bigelow Apartments
Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine
Booth-Parsons House
Boulevard Gardens Historic District
Bourne, Ernie and Irmgard, House
Bradford, Rawsel and Jane, House
Brady-Brady House
Brinton, David B., House
Brinton-Dahl House
Broadway Hotel
Building at 561 W. 200 South
Building at Rear, 537 W. 200 South
Burton, Harold W. and Evelyn, House
Butler-Wallin House
Cahoon, John P., House
Cannon, George M., House
Capitol Building
Capitol Hill Historic District
Capitol Hill Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Casto, Santa Anna, House
Cathedral of the Madeleine
Centennial Home
Central City Historic District
Central City Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Central Warehouse
Chapman Branch Library
Chase, Isaac, Mill
Cheesman, Morton A., House
Christopherson, William, House
City Creek Canyon Historic District
Clark, Isaac C. and Dorothy S., House
Clift Building
Cluff Apartments
Cohn, Henry A. and Tile S., House
Congregation Montefiore
Congregation Sharey Tzedek Synagogue
Continental Bank Building
Converse Hall
Copperton Community Methodist Church
Copperton Historic District
Cornell Apartments
Corona Apartments
Council Hall
Covey, Almon A., House
Covey, Hyrum T., House
Cramer House
Crescent Elementary School
Crossgrove House
Crown Cleaning and Dyeing Company Building
Culmer, William, House
Cummings, Byron, House
Curtis, Genevieve & Alexander, House
Cushing, Arthur George & Mary Aggie, House
Cushing, Ernest and Sadie, House
Cushing, James and Maria Long, House
Daft Block
Deaconess, Davis, Home
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Station
Devereaux House
Dininny, Harper J., House
Dinwoody, Henry, House
Dobbs, Emma Olive, House
Dowding, Hannah Nash, House
Dowding-Rasmussen House
Draper Park School
Draper Poultrymen and Egg Producers' Plant
Draper-Steadman House
Eagles Building
Emigration Canyon
Empress Theatre
Evergreen Avenue Historic District
Exchange Place Historic District
Fairbanks, J. Leo, House
Farrer, Benjamin and Jane Cook, House
Farrer, John William, House
Felt Electric
Fifth Ward Meetinghouse
Firestation No. 8
First Church of Christ Scientist
First Methodist Episcopal Church
First National Bank
First Security Bank Building
Fish-Baughman House
Fisher, Albert, Mansion and Carriage House
Fitzgerald House
Fitzgerald, Perry and Agnes Wadsworth, House
Ford Motor Company Service Building
Forest Dale Historic District
Fort Douglas
Fritsch, J. A., Block
Fuller, W.P., Paint Company Office and Warehouse
Furgis, George and Ellen, House
Gardner Mill
Gardner, Archibald R. and Violet Clark, House
Gardner, Robert Jr., House
Garside-McMullin House
General Engineering Company Building
Gibbs-Thomas House
Gilmer Park Historic District
Granite Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District
Granite LDS Ward Chapel-Avard Fairbanks Studio
Granite Paper Mill
Grant Steam Locomotive No. 223
Graves, Riley H. and Sarah Ann Russell, House
Green, Alvin and Annie, House
Greenwald Furniture Company Building
Hall, Nels G., House
Hansen, Nephi J., House
Hardcastle, Orlando H. and Emma H., House
Harris Apartments
Hawarden
Hawk, William, Cabin
Henderson Block
Hepworth, Thomas and Mary, House
Herald Building
Highland Park Historic District
Hills, Lewis S., House
Hills, Lewis S., House
Hintze-Anders House
Hobbs, Edward and Irene, House
Hollywood Apartments
Holman, Abba R., Block
Holt, Samuel and Geneva, Farmstead
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Hotel Utah
Hotel Victor
Huetter, Alfred and Hennie, House
Immanuel Baptist Church
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Hall
Iris Theater, Apartments and Commercial Building
Irving Junior High School
Ivanhoe Apartments
Jacobson, Hyrum and Selma Erickson, House
Japanese Church of Christ
Jensen, Amos and Ida, House
Jensen, James B. and Ellen May Cushing, House
Jensen, Joseph F. and Isabelle, House
Jensen, Michael, House
Jensen-Clark House
Jensen-Jensen House
Johnson, David and Hattie S. Rasmuson, House
Johnson, John A. and Annie C. Olsen, House
Jordan School District Administration Building
Judd, John W., House
Judge Building
Kahn, Emanuel, House
Karrick Block
Kearns Building
Kearns, Thomas, Mansion and Carriage House
Kearns-St. Ann's Orphanage
Keith, David, Mansion and Carriage House
Keith-O'Brien Building
Kelly, Albert H., House
Kelly, John B., House
Keyser, Malcolm and Elizabeth, House
Keyser-Cullen House
Kuhre, William D., House
Ladies Literary Club Clubhouse
Landenberger, John C. and Mary, House
Langton, James and Susan R., House
Lee, Harold B. and Fern, House
Lefler-Woodman Building
Lewis, Dr. David and Juanita, House
Liberty Park
Liberty Wells Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Lincoln Arms Apartments
Little Dell Station
Livingston, William and Annie, House
Lollin Block
Los Gables Apartments
Luce, Henry, House
Lyne, Walter C., House
Mabey, Albert and Celestine, House
Mabry-Van Pelt House
Magna Commercial Downtown Historic District
Magna Community Baptist Church
Malin, Millard F., House
Marriott, Anne P., House
Mattson, John and Mary, House
McAllister,James G., House
McCornick Building
McCune, Alfred W., Mansion
McDonald, David, House
McDonald, J. G., Chocolate Company Building
McIntyre Building
McIntyre House
McLachlan, William, Farmhouse
McRae, Joseph and Marie N., House
Meek, Benjamin and Olivia, House
Meyer, Frederick A. E., House
Mickelsen, Joseph E. and Mina W., House
Mickelsen, S.J., Hardware Store and Lumber Yard
Mickelson, Hyrum and Mary A. Terry Peterson, House
Midvale City Hall
Mitchell, Alexander, House
Morris, Richard Vaughen, House
Morrison-Merrill Lumber Company Office and Warehouse
Mountain Dell Dam
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co. Garage
Muir, James A. and Janet, House
Murray City Diesel Power Plant
Murray Downtown Historic District
Murray Downtown Residential Historic District
Murray Hillside Historic District
Murray LDS Second Ward Meetinghouse
Murray Theater
Nelden, William A., House
Nelson, August M. and Mabel Jensen, House
Nelson, Harlan and Marie, House
Nelson, Nels A., House
Nelson-Beesley House
Neuhausen, Carl M., House
New York Hotel
Nielsen-Sanderson House
Oakwood
Old Clock at Zion's First National Bank
Old Pioneer Fort Site
Oldham, John and Elizabeth Brown, House
Oquirrh School
Oregon Shortline Railroad Company Building
Orem, Frank M., House
Orpheum Theatre
Orton-Malstrom House
Ostler, John Thomas and Myrtle Bodell, House
Ottinger Hall
Pacific Northwest Pipeline Building
Park Hotel
Parmley, Mary Ellen, House
Parrish, Lowell and Emily, House
Pearsall, Clifford R., House
Peery Hotel
Peter Pan Apartments
Peterson, Charles, House
Piccardy Apartments
Pierson, Peter and Ingrid C. Larson, House
Platts, John, House
Price, John and Margaret, House
Price, Lorenzo and Emma, House and Barn
Pugh, Edward, House
Ramsey, Lewis A., House
Richardson-Bower Building
Riverton Elementary School
Riverton Historic District
Rosenbaum, Edward and Harriet, House
Ross Hame
Rowan, Matthew and Johanna, House
Rowland Hall-St. Mark's School
Royle, Jonathan C. and Eliza K., House
Rumel, Eliza Gray, House
Salt Lake City and County Building
Salt Lake City East Side Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Salt Lake City Public Library
Salt Lake Country Club and Golf Course
Salt Lake County Library
Salt Lake Engineering Works-Bogue Supply Company Building (Additional Documentation)
Salt Lake Hardware Company Warehouse
Salt Lake Northwest Historic District
Salt Lake Stamp Company Building
Salt Lake Stock and Mining Exchange Building
Salt Lake Union Pacific Railroad Station
Sampson Apartments
Sandy City Bank
Sandy Co-Op Block
Sandy Historic District
Sandy LDS Stake Recreational Hall
Sandy Second Ward Chapel
Sandy Tithing Office
Sarah Daft Home for the Aged
Seventh-day Adventist Meetinghouse and School
Silver Brothers' Iron Works Office and Warehouse
Smith Apartments
Smith, George Albert, House
Smith, Joseph M. and Celestia, House
Smith, Lauritz H. and Emma, House
Smith, Lauritz, House
Smith, Mary, House
Smith, Ray F. and Ethel, House
Smith-Bailey Drug Company Building
South Temple Historic District
Sprague Branch of the Salt Lake City Public Library
St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral
Stairs Station Hydroelectric Power Plant Historic District
Steiner American Building
Stratford Hotel
Sugar House LDS Ward Building
Sugar House Monument
Sugden, Roberta, House
Sweet Candy Company Building
Tampico Restaurant
Taylor, Thomas & Margaret, House
Technical High School
Temple Square
Tenth Ward Square
Third Presbyterian Church Parsonage
Thompson, Niels and Mary Ann Fitzgerald, House
Tracy Loan and Trust Company Building
Tribune Building (Additional Documentation)
Trinity A.M.E. Church
Twenty-Ninth Ward LDS Meetinghouse
Ulmer, Frank M. and Susan E., House
University Neighborhood Historic District
University of Utah Circle
US Post Office-Sugar House
Utah Commercial and Savings Bank Building
Utah Copper Company Mine Superintendent's House
Utah State Fair Grounds
Utah State Liquor Agency #22
Van Dam, Louis E. and Florence Jensen, House
Veterans Administration Hospital
Vincent, William Tyler and Amorilla Gammet, House
Walbeck, Glen M. and Roxie, House
Walker Bank Building
Walton, Wesley and Frances, House
Warehouse District
Warenski-Duvall Commercial Building and Apartments
Wasatch Mountain Club Lodge
Wasatch Springs Plunge
Weeks, Charles H., House
Wells Historic District
West Jordan Ward Meetinghouse
Western General Agency Building
Western Macaroni Manufacturing Company Factory
Westminster College President's House
Westmoreland Place Historic District
Wheeler, Henry J., Farm
Whipple, Nelson Wheeler, House
Whitaker, John M., House
Wilson, William W. and Christene, House
Woodruff Villa
Woodruff, Asahel Hart, House
Woodruff, Wilford, Farm House
Woodruff-Riter House
Yalecrest Historic District
Yardley, Thomas, House
Young, Brigham, Complex
Z.C.M.I. Cast Iron Front
ZCMI General Warehouse
20th Ward Meetinghouse
A Moment in Time
A Private School House
Agriculture
Alfred W. McCune Mansion
Alta Club Building
Anderson Tower
Andrus Halfway House and Farm
Answering the Call
Assembly Hall
Beehive House
Bertolini Block
Big Mountain
Bingham Canyon
Bingham City Cemetery Veterans Memorial
Brigham Young Historic Park
Brigham YoungÂ’s Office
Broadway Hotel
B'nai Israel Temple
Calder's Park
Capitol Theatre
Carlisle Family Historical Marker
Cathedral of the Madeleine
Cedar Tree
Central Warehouse Building
Chase Mill
Church Administration Building
City Creek
Commercial Street
Congregation B'Nai Israel
Congregation Montefiore
Copperton Community Methodist Church
Council Hall
Crane Building
Daniel Cowan Jackling
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Station
Deseret Hospital and Quilt Museum
Deseret Telegraph Office
Devereaux House
Dinwoodey Cabinet and Chair Shop
Dinwoodey Pottery Shop
Donner Hill
Donner Trail 1846
Dr. Ellis Reynolds Shipp Park
Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon
Dudler's Inn
Dudler's Wine Cellar
Eagle Emporium Building
Eagle Gate 1859
Early Magna Settlements
Early Monuments
Early Riverton and the Magnificent Dome Church
Edward H. Harriman
Edward Snelgrove Boot Shop
Eliza R. Snow - Leader of Pioneer Women
English Fort
Ensign Peak
Ensign Peak
Ern and Molly Green Cabin
Fairbanks Home
Federal Reserve Bank
First National Bank Building
First Presbyterian Church Salt Lake City
First Security Branch of Wells Fargo
Fort Herriman
Frank E. Moss Federal Courthouse
Fur Trappers and Traders
Gardner's Saw Mill
Gibbs-Thomas-Hansen Home
Gibbs-Thomas-Hansen House
Godbe-Pitts & Company Drugstore
Gordon Place
Granite Settlement
Granite-Butler Church
Grave of Brigham Young
Great Salt Lake Base and Meridian
Great Salt Lake City Station
Great Salt Lake Social Hall
Handcarts
Hastings Cutoff - Utah Outlet (Jordan River)
Heber East Ward School
Henderson Block
Herald Building
Hollywood Apartments
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother
Honoring with Glory
Hooper and Eldredge Bank
Hotel Utah
Hunter
In Honor of Brigham Young and the Pioneers
In Ten Days or Less...
Irrigation Station
Jewkes-Draper Home
John Gardiner Cabin
Jordan & Salt Lake City Canal
Joseph Smith Memorial Building
Kearns - St. AnnÂ’s Orphanage
Kimball-Whitney Cemetery
L.D.S. Tenth Ward Square
Last Camp Site
Learn About The Pony Express
Legacy of the Black Pioneer
Lest We Forget
Liberty Park
Lincoln Arms Apartments
Lion House
Madsen Furniture Company
Major General George P. Holm
Manti Fort Gristmill
Mary Fielding Smith Home
McIntyre Building
Millrace
Mingo Smelter
Mining
Modern Irrigation
Morgan Commercial & Normal College
Mormon Pioneer Monument
Mormon Tabernacle
Morrison-Merrill Lumber Company
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Building
Murray Smelting
Native American Village
Nauvoo Bell
Nelson Wheeler Whipple House
New Grand Hotel
New York Hotel
Niels and Josephine Anderson Home
North Jordan Canal
Odd Fellows Hall
Old City Hall
Orson Pratt Observatory
Ottinger Hall
Ottinger Hall and Firehouse
Park (Rio Grande) Hotel
Patrick Dry Goods Company Building
Peery Hotel
Pine Valley Chapel
Pioneer Camping Grounds
Pioneer ChildrenÂ’s Memorial
Pioneer Flour-Mill Site
Pioneer Home
Pioneer Memorial Museum
Pioneer Pavilion
Pioneer Rock Church
Pioneer Silk Industry
Pioneer Square
Pioneer Telegraph Office
Pleasant Green Ward
Plugging into Water
Pony Express Goes to the Olympics
Pony Express Station
Primary ChildrenÂ’s Hospital
Relief Society Granary
Riverton Tithing Yard Hill
Rockwell Station
Rocky Mountain Goat Lookout
Salt Lake and Utah Railroad
Salt Lake City & County Building
Salt Lake City and County Building
Salt Lake City High School
Salt Lake Herald Building
Salt Lake Stock & Mining Exchange Building
Salt Lake Stock and Mining Exchange
Salt Lake Temple
Sandstone Wall & Aquaduct
Sesquicentennial Mormon Trail Wagontrain
Shaving Parlor
Silica Beds
Sisters of the Holy Cross
Smoot Hall at Brigham Young Academy
Social Hall
South Butler School
South Jordan Settlement
St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral
St. MarkÂ’s / Westminster School of Nursing
Stairs Hydroelectric Power Plant
Stamp Mill Foundation
Statue of Massassoit
Temple Granite Quarry
Temple Quarry Amphitheater
Temple Stone Quarry
Templeton Building
The 18th Ward Chapel
The Bee-Hive House
The Beehive House
The Cedar Tree Shrine
The Constitution Revered
The First Statewide Pioneer Day Celebration
The Flag of the United States of America
The Lion House
The Mormon Battalion
The Old Clock
The Old School House
The Old Sugar House
The Salt Lake Theatre
The Spanish Explorers
The Town of Bingham Canyon
This is the Place Monument
This Is The Place Monuments
Thomas Butterfield
Thomas L. Kane
Thomas Phillip White Cabin
Tithing House
Transcontinental Railroad
Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church
Twentieth Ward School
Union Fort
Unsung Heroes
Utah Idaho Sugar Factory
Utah's First Fort
Utah's First Pioneer Burial Site
Warm Springs
Welby
Welcome to the Cottonwood Heights Historic Walk
Welcome to the Temple Quarry Trail
Welcome to the Temple Quarry Trail
West Jordan
West Jordan Industry
West Jordan Pioneer Church
West Jordan Settlement
Westgate Fine Arts Center
Willard T. and Caroline Y. Cannon House
William Atkin Home
William Staines and William Jennings
Your Roots
Z.C.M.I. (ZionÂ’s Cooperative Mercantile Institution)
In the mid-19th century, Salt Lake County experienced a significant transformation with the arrival of Mormon pioneers led by Brigham Young. Seeking religious freedom, the Mormons established Salt Lake City as their permanent settlement in 1847. Under Young's leadership, the city became the center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and the capital of the Utah Territory.
As the population of Salt Lake County grew, economic development expanded. The pioneers constructed irrigation systems to cultivate the arid land, enabling farming and the establishment of small towns throughout the county. The area's natural resources, such as timber, mining, and later on, petroleum extraction, also contributed to its economic growth.
Salt Lake County played a significant role in the national stage during the early 20th century. It was the center of the Progressive Movement and witnessed social and political reforms. The county also hosted important events, such as the 2002 Winter Olympics, which brought international attention to the region. Today, Salt Lake County remains a vital cultural, educational, and economic hub in Utah, preserving its history while embracing modern progress.
Brief timeline of the history of Salt Lake County, Utah:
- 1847: Salt Lake County is founded by Mormon pioneers led by Brigham Young
- 1850: Salt Lake City becomes the capital of the Utah Territory
- 1869: The First Transcontinental Railroad is completed, bringing economic growth to the county
- 1870: Salt Lake County's population reaches over 20,000
- 1892: The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is completed
- 1902: The Great Salt Lake is designated as a wildlife refuge
- 1920: Salt Lake County's population exceeds 200,000
- 2002: Salt Lake City hosts the Winter Olympics, bringing international attention to the county
This timeline provides a concise overview of the key events in the history of Salt Lake County, Utah.