Landmark and Historic Sites: Informational Guide of Historical Sites within the City of St. George, 2nd edition, revised 2011

City of St. George Community Development

Introduction: "This publication began as a summer school project in 2009 for City of St. George Planning Department Intern, Tiana Larsen. Before the first edition was compiled and printed, the City did not have any published documentation of many of the historic and landmark properties within the City limits. Tiana worked with City Planner Craig J. Harvey in photographing many of the properties and researching the histories of those properties for the first edition. In July, 2011, Craig J. Harvey revised and compiled the second edition by adding additional images, histories and properties. Much of the original historical architecture in St. George has been replaced by newer, modern construction and designs. However, there are still many examples of the historic architecture throughout much of the original platted areas of the City. In the 1980’s, the St. George City Council and Community Development Director, Bob Nicholson, saw the need to preserve the downtown historic core that was gradually being lost to more modern and, in some cases, not very attractive buildings. The City’s first step in historic preservation was to preserve the downtown historic character by designating a Historic District that encompassed an approximate eleven block area that centered around Main Street between the junction of Diagonal Street and 200 North Street going south to 100 South Street. The City also formed the Historic Preservation Commission and amended the Zoning code (Ord. 10-21) with the purpose of preserving buildings and related structures of historic and architectural significance. Additionally, the Landmark Sites zoning code allows property owners to designate individual properties outside of the defined Historic District as “Landmark Sites” if those properties meet specific requirements. This book highlights only those properties that are currently listed as Historic and/or Landmark sites within the City. However, there are many other properties worthy of recognition that are not included in the book at this time." Project funding was provided in part by a 2010 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the City of St. George (project number UT-10-027) administered by the Utah State Historic Preservation Office (grant number 49-10-21951) administered by the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. St. George, Utah is a Certified Local Government.

Landmark and Historic Sites: Informational Guide of Historical Sites within the City of St. George, 2nd edition, revised 2011

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