Alfred C. Emery Building

Every teacher trains somewhere, and for a long stretch of Utah's history it was here. One of the four original buildings the university put up when it moved to this bench in 1901, the Emery Building started life as the Normal School—"normal" being the old word for a teacher-training college. It's named for Alfred C. Emery, a law dean who went on to lead the university. The plainness of the name suits the work the building did: quietly turning out the people who would go teach everyone else.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Red Butte Garden — 1.3 mi
  A 100-acre botanical garden with panoramic valley views
• Natural History Museum of Utah — 1.4 mi
  A world-class museum built into the foothills above Salt Lake City
• Gilgal Sculpture Garden — 1.8 mi
  A surreal and eccentric sculpture garden hidden in a residential neighborhood
• Liberty Park — 1.9 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882

More markers nearby

• James E. Talmage Building — steps away
• George Thomas Building — steps away
• John Rockey Park Statue — steps away
• David O. McKay — steps away