Giacoma Building (2) Markers

By 1926, when Dominick Giacoma built this store, Park City was settling into itself. The brick — a deliberate choice after the 1898 fire ate the town's wooden buildings — marked the shift from a transient mining camp to a town meaning to stay. Giacoma, an Italian, was one of the many immigrants who made the place; his building has held a run of businesses over the decades and, for a long stretch, the Rock and Silver shop, with offices and living quarters tucked behind and above. It endures on Main Street.

What the plaque says

Constructed in 1926, this is a later interpretation of a simple mining community commercial structure. Its use of brick reflects the concern with fireproofing Main Street buildings after the fire of 1898, which destroyed most of the wood buildings on Main Street. It also underscores the transition of Park City from a transient mining camp to a permanent community. Dominick Giacoma, an Italian, was the original owner of the building. Mr. Giacoma represented one of the numerous ethnic groups which resided in early Park City. The building has housed a variety of commercial ventures, and has long been the home of the Rock and Silver shop. The rear and the upper level have also accommodated offices and living quarters.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Park City — 0.3 mi
  Silver built it. Snow saved it.
• Park City Main Street — 0.3 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 — 1.4 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 Bardsley Building — steps away
• The First National Bank — steps away
• Egyptian Theatre — steps away
• Bogan Boarding House — steps away