Box Elder Academy of Music and Dancing

American ballet has roots in a Brigham City dance hall. Christian and Peter Christensen — sons of a Danish immigrant musician — opened the Box Elder Academy of Music and Dancing in 1903, dancing upstairs and an open-air pavilion below, promising to make music and dance part of every well-equipped young person's education. Christian's boys grew up in the place, trained by their father and their ballet-schooled uncle, and three became giants: Willam founded Ballet West, Lew directed the San Francisco Ballet, Harold its school. The hall later held roller skating, bowling, and Thiokol offices.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Wellsville Mountains — 9.0 mi
  The steepest mountains in North America for their height
• Hyrum State Park — 12 mi
  A family-friendly reservoir at the mouth of Blacksmith Fork Canyon
• Powder Mountain — 15 mi
  The largest ski resort in the United States by acreage — a famously uncrowded "PowMow" now remaking itself under Netflix's Reed Hastings.
• Logan — 18 mi
  A vibrant college town tucked into a stunning mountain valley

More markers nearby

• Brigham City Fire Station — steps away
• Brigham City Co-op Store — steps away
• Brigham City, a Co-op Town — 0.2 mi
• A Pioneer Home — 0.2 mi