Park City, City Hall (2) Markers

Park City won its charter in 1884, a booming silver town of four thousand, and raised this City Hall the next year to run its affairs. The Great Fire of 1898 gutted it to the facade; the town rebuilt at once, adding a tower and a 1,500-pound alarm bell in 1901 against the next blaze. In the basement sat the old territorial lockup that everyone called "the Dungeon." The city outgrew the building and left in 1983; after a careful restoration it reopened, and today it holds the Park City Museum.

What the plaque says

After several years of petitioning the State of Utah for incorporation, Park City was granted a charter on March 8, 1884. With a population in excess of 4,000 a building to centralize municipal functions was critically needed. Construction of City Hall began in 1885. The Great Fire of 1898 claimed all but the facade. Reconstruction began almost immediately, and in 1901 the tower and a 1500 pound bell were added to warn Parkites of future conflagration. City Hall has housed diverse government offices. The Old Utah Territorial Prison, commonly called "The Dungeon" was located in the basement. Park City Municipal Corporation, needing larger quarters, vacated City Hall in 1983. Extensive restoration was completed in early 1984. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this is a two story masonry and brick structure of the Victorian commercial style. Its decorative brickwork, segmental arches over three bay openings on street level, and flat pilasters dividing the upper level into a three-part composition make this one of the most distinctive structures built in Park City.

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 — 0.7 mi
  The largest ski resort in the United States, grown straight out of a 19th-century silver town.
• Deer Valley — 1.6 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

• "Ten O'Clock Whistle" and Old Public Library — steps away
• St. Luke's Episcopalian Church (2) Markers — steps away
• Masonic Hall — steps away
• Star Market & Grocery — steps away