Old Main Street

This is a picture of Park City's Main Street 
at the turn of the century. Notice the streets,
sidewalks and transportation. How is it different 
from today? 

Old Park City

  The town sprung up close to the many mines 
  and mills, with shops, houses, churches, 
  schools, and a RR depot.  Why? 
  
  

Old Mine Buildings

Large mining companies were attracted  
to the wealthy ore in Park City.  The Ontario, 
Daly West, Judge, and Silver King mines were our roots.

Old Mines

Mining was the most important industry in 
Park City from 1875 until the 1960s .

The population soared from 125 to over 6,000. 
Mining is what makes us different from any other place.

Old Buildings

    Businesses sprung up as more people arrived.     
    Mercantile, grocers, lawyers, fine furniture and 
    clothing stores, theaters, and many saloons were 
    available on Park City's early Main Street. 

Old House

     Notice the decoration and large front porch.     
     Life was going well for the family in this house.

Old House Today

      Fortunately,    
      we still have many of the old houses 
      from the 1890s to remind us of what
      Park City used to be like as an old 
      mining town. They remind us of our 
      past....our ROOTS

541 Main Street

  This was a shop, a commercial building.   
  Very typical -- tall windows, recessed entry
  large display windows slanted roof, decorative 
  dentil pattern near the roof to form a cup or cornice.

Egyptian Theater

 This was a community building where
  people gathered. Before the Egyptian,
  The Dewey Theater was on the same
  site and showed movies and provided 
  entertainment.

Park Garage

  This was a service building. This was an 
  old garage for some of the first cars on 
  Main Street.

National Garage

  This building on Park Avenue by the Town 
  Lift is still there! Did you ever stop to think 
  this was an old garage? Notice all the old
  signs there on the front: National Garage
  Guaranteed Workmanship, Park Motor, "Ear."
  These names display all the businesses here.     

Community Church

  All towns have buildings like this: churches. 
  This is the old Community Church. Now it is
  someone's home. However, it is still here to
  remind us of where the churches used to be. 
  It has been recycled!                                         

Old City Hall/ Jail/ Museum

  One of the oldest buildings on Main Street.  
  The police department and the fire department
  were housed in this building.  Do you know what 
  is here today.

Washington School Inn

  This is another very important type of 
  building, an old school. How would you have
  liked going to school in this old building?
  What is it used for today?