Bogan Boarding House

Until 1901, a single miner in Park City had little choice but to live in the company's boarding house up at the mine, on the company's terms. A state bill that year loosened the rule, and finer independent boarding houses like this one, built in 1904, went up in town to take in the flood of unmarried miners. Later known as the Imperial Hotel, it is one of only four Park City boarding houses still standing — and in the terrible flu autumn of 1918, it did duty as an emergency hospital.

What the plaque says

The Bogan Boarding House, built in 1904, was established as a boarding house for miners after the passage of the mine boarding house bill in 1901. Prior to 1901, single miners were required to live in the company owned boarding houses close to the mines. After passage of the bill, finer accommodations such as this boarding house were allowed to be built in Park City proper to accommodate the influx of single miners. None of the boarding houses that were built close to the mines have survived and this is one of only four existing boarding houses in the entire Park City area to have survived to the present. Known for many years as the Imperial Hotel, this building served primarily as a boarding house for miners, but during the 1918 flu epidemic it was used as an emergency hospital.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Park City — 0.4 mi
  Silver built it. Snow saved it.
• Park City Main Street — 0.4 mi
  A historic mining town turned world-class ski and film festival destination
• Park City Mountain — 0.9 mi
  The largest ski resort in the United States, grown straight out of a 19th-century silver town.
• Deer Valley — 1.3 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

• Grappa Restaurant Building — steps away
• The First National Bank — steps away
• The Bardsley Building — steps away
• Giacoma Building (2) Markers — steps away