National Register of Historic Places - Utah (UT), Iron County

Iron County Utah has 21 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 10 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Long Flat Site, Old Irontown, Evans Mound (42IN40), Gold Spring and Modena Elementary School.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Freemont Culture, Native American, Archaic and Fremont dating back to 8999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Iron County historic places including Jesse N. Smith and Silas Smith.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Iron County places including Union Iron Works, Frank J. Jackson, Jesse N. Smith, George H. Wood, Ebebezer et al. Hanks, William Adams, Civilian Conservation Corps, James Green, George A. Wood and Jack & Harvey Faubian. Prominent architectural styles found in Iron Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Classical Revival and Gothic.

Caretaker's Cabin (added 1983 - - #83004385)

Off UT 14 , Cedar City

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Civilian Conservation Corps

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Park

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Park

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Cedar City Historic District (added 2004 - - #04000677)

Roughly bounded by 100 W. and 300 W., College Ave. and 400 S. , Cedar City

SreeBot, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Religion, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Health Care, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Hospital, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Business, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

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Cedar City Railroad Depot (added 1984 - - #84002184)

Also known as Union Pacific Railroad Depot

220 N. Main St. , Cedar City

SemiSRS, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wellman,W.T., Wood,George A.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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Ensign-Smith House (added 1983 - - #83004400)

Also known as Silas Smith House

96 N. Main St. , Paragonah

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Smith,Silas

Significant Year:

1870, 1862

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Evans Mound (42IN40) (added 1985 - - #85003387)

Also known as 42IN 40

Address Restricted , Summit

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Freemont Culture

Period of Significance:

1499-1000 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Village Site

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Underwater

Gold Spring (added 1977 - - #77001305)

Address Restricted , Modena

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Institutional Housing

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Underwater

Hunter, Joseph S., House (added 2007 - - #82004126)

86 E. Center St. , Cedar City

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Stick/Eastlake

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business

Long Flat Site (added 1979 - - #79002496)

Address Restricted , Parowan

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Historic - Aboriginal, Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Native American, Archaic

Period of Significance:

7000-8999 BC, 5000-6999 BC, 3000-4999 BC, 1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Extractive Facility, Processing

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Unoccupied Land

Lyman, William and Julia, House (added 2000 - - #00000355)

191 S. Main St. , Parowan

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Lyman, William Horne

Architectural Style:

Gothic, Other

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Meeks--Green Farmstead (added 1994 - - #94000295)

Approximately 40 N. 400 West , Parowan

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Health/Medicine, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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Modena Elementary School (added 1985 - - #85000806)

Off UT 56 , Modena

SemiSRS, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Old Irontown (added 1971 - - #71000843)

About 22 mi. W of Ceder City, 3 mi. S of UT 56 , Cedar City

Inopes, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Industry

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Underwater

More Information:

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Old Main and Science Buildings (added 1984 - - #84002186)

Also known as Old Main and Old Administration Buildings

Southern Utah State College campus , Cedar City

C.Maylett, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

College

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

College

More Information:

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Page, Daniel R. and Sophia G., House (added 1985 - - #85000961)

Also known as Page Ranch House

Richie Flat at W. edge of Harmony Mountains , Page Ranch

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Faubian,Jack & Harvey, Page,Daniel & Sophia

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Parowan Gap Petroglyphs (added 1975 - - #75001806)

Also known as Parowan Gap

Address Restricted , Parowan

Tillman, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Art, Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Fremont

Period of Significance:

1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Parowan Meetinghouse (added 1976 - - #76001818)

Also known as Parowan Rock Church

Center block of Main St., between Center and 100 South St. , Parowan

C.Maylett, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hanks,Ebebezer et al.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

More Information:

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Parowan Tithing Office (added 1985 - - #85003672)

21 N. One Hundred W. , Parowan

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Religion

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Smith, Jesse N., House (added 1975 - - #75001807)

45 W. 100 South , Parowan

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Smith,Jesse N.

Architectural Style:

Other, No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Smith,Jesse N.

Significant Year:

1858, 1856

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

More Information:

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US Post Office--Cedar City Main (added 1989 - - #89001993)

Also known as Cedar City Main Post Office

10 N. Main , Cedar City

SemiSRS, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Cannon & Fetzer

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Post Office

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Post Office

More Information:

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Visitor Center (added 1983 - - #83004386)

Off UT 14 , Cedar City

Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Civilian Conservation Corps

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Park

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

More Information:

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Wood, George H., House (added 1978 - - #78002662)

432 N. Main St. , Cedar City

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wood,George H.

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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