Anderson Apartments

When the Great Fire of 1898 leveled Park City's business district, this was the biggest thing built to replace it — a $3,000 frame block going up that same year, with a matching half added around 1905. E.D. Sutton & Co., grocers and butchers in town since 1890, filled the ground floor, while upstairs the Masons and other lodges met so often that people simply called the place Social Hall. Behind its modified false front, it's a textbook example of how turn-of-the-century Park City rebuilt itself in a hurry.

What the plaque says

The north portion of this building was constructed in 1898 at a cost of $3,000. It was the largest Main Street structure built after the 1898 fire which destroyed Park City's commercial district. The south section of the bulding was added around 1905. The frame construction with rectangular gable roof and modified false front is a typical example of the vernacular commercial buildings of turn-of-the-century Park City. The facade originally included a canopy and second floor balcony, as well as a different window configuration. The building was originally occupied by E.D. Sutton & Co., which established a grocery and meat business in Park City in 1890. Because the second floor was used as a meeting place for the Masons and other social organizations, the building was called Social Hall. The ground floor has been used by various commercial concerns in recent years, and also housed the Park City offices for Summit County services. The upper floors have long been used as rental apartments.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Park City — steps away
  Silver built it. Snow saved it.
• Park City Main Street — steps away
  A historic mining town turned world-class ski and film festival destination
• Park City Mountain — 0.8 mi
  The largest ski resort in the United States, grown straight out of a 19th-century silver town.
• Deer Valley — 1.5 mi
  A ski-only luxury resort above Park City, now in the middle of the largest expansion in U.S. ski history.

More markers nearby

• The Club — steps away
• The Alamo — steps away
• Summit County Sheriff's Office — steps away
• Frank Andrew Building — steps away