Marsac Elementary (3) Markers

Built in 1935–36, Marsac Elementary was one of more than two hundred public buildings the New Deal put up across Utah — works that gave men jobs in hard times and left towns with schools, courthouses, and libraries they'd use for generations. Salt Lake architects Carl Scott and George Welch, who drew schoolhouses all over the state, designed it. Park City bought the building in 1983, and it turned civic once more: today the old school is the Marsac Building, home to Park City's municipal government.

What the plaque says

Built in 1935-36, the Marsac Elementary School is one of over 230 public works buildings constructed in Utah under various New Deal programs during the Depression years of the 1930s and '40s. The construction of public works buildings, of which only 130 are extant and well preserved, not only offered temporary work relief, but also provided long-term benefits in the form of improved facilities for a variety of local public programs. The types of buildings constructed included public schools, county courthouses, city halls, libraries, National Guard armories, and a variety of others. The architects of this building were Carl W. Scott and George W. Welch, who designed numerous school buildings throughout the state, as well as a number of commercial and institutional buildings in Salt Lake City. In 1983 the building was purchased by Park City Municipal Corporation and renovated to house city offices.

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

• Frank Andrew Building — steps away
• "Ten O'Clock Whistle" and Old Public Library — steps away
• Car 19 — steps away
• Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Office — steps away