Midway Town Hall

When the Depression bit hardest, federal work money built things small towns still use. Midway's town hall went up in 1941 with Works Progress Administration funds and local hands, on the site of the old fort at the town's civic heart. The builders laid it up in the local limestone called "pot rock" and gave it a rustic Tudor-and-Craftsman look — steep roof, half-timbering, heavy wooden brackets and pendants. It has served as gathering place and seat of town government ever since: a piece of New Deal Utah still doing the job it was built for.

What the plaque says

The Midway Town Hall was designed by architect Claude Shepherd Ashworth and built by Fredrick O. Hauter. Originally known as the Midway Recreation Center, it was constructed with Works Progress Administration (WPA) funds and local labor in 1941. Built of local limestone know as "pot rock," this structure has characteristics reminiscent of the Arts and Crafts and Tudor Revival Styles with its rustic wooden lintels, brackets on the gable ends, steeply pitched roof, half-timbering, and scribed wooden pendants. The Midway Town Hall helps document the impact of New Deal programs in Utah, one of the states that the Great Depression affected most severely. Located on the site of Old Fort Midway in the civic and recreation center of the town, it has been in continuous use as a gathering place for the town's social, recreational, and governmental activities. It remains the focal point of the community, serving as home for local chapters of national and state organizations, the post office, and civic offices.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Midway — steps away
  A Swiss-inspired village with a geothermal crater you can snorkel in
• Homestead Crater — 1.0 mi
  A hidden geothermal spring inside a 55-foot limestone dome
• Heber Valley Railroad — 3.3 mi
  A vintage steam train ride through a stunning mountain valley
• Jordanelle State Park — 6.7 mi
  A sapphire reservoir nestled between the Wasatch and Uinta mountains

More markers nearby

• Midway Fort — steps away
• Midway Social Hall — 0.2 mi
• Pioneer Lime Kiln — 0.6 mi
• Pioneer Cemetery — 1.2 mi