Horace A. Sorensen

This headquarters exists because of Horace Sorensen. A Sugar House furniture dealer, he and his wife Ethel spent decades rescuing pioneer buildings and artifacts that everyone else was tearing down—log cabins, a stone chapel, whole shops—and assembled them into a living-history 'Pioneer Village' on their own land. He gave the collection to the Sons of Utah Pioneers, and when it was later sold to Lagoon amusement park, the proceeds paid for this building. Sorensen also led the long campaign to turn the old Sugar House prison grounds into a public park.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• This Is The Place Heritage Park — 3.1 mi
  A living history village at the mouth of Emigration Canyon
• Emigration Canyon — 3.7 mi
  The final stretch of trail the Mormon pioneers took into the valley
• Natural History Museum of Utah — 3.9 mi
  A world-class museum built into the foothills above Salt Lake City
• Red Butte Garden — 4.2 mi
  A 100-acre botanical garden with panoramic valley views

More markers nearby

• 1997 Sesquicentennial Trekkers — steps away
• Mormon Pioneer Trail, Centennial Trekkers — steps away
• Handcart Companies — steps away
• The Overland Stage — steps away