Park City Community Church

Park City's Protestants got here early. The Congregationalists — the first denomination to hold regular Protestant services in Utah — arrived while the town was still a raw mining camp, and by 1883 they were preaching to the miners and had bought this lot for a church. The 1898 fire that gutted Main Street took their building too, but the pastor vowed to rebuild before the ashes cooled, raising the present Gothic-style church on the surviving walls by 1899. In 1919 several Protestant congregations merged into one here: the Park City Community Church.

What the plaque says

The original church on this site was built in the 1880's by the Congregationalists, a sect which arrived in Park City while it was still a mining camp. Congregationalists were the first to establish regular Protestant services in Utah. By 1883 they were actively proselytizing among local miners and had acquired this property to build a church. Fire raged through Park City in June of 1898, destroying the original structure. The Pastor immediately declared intention to rebuild, making use of walls left standing after the fire. Plans for the present edifice were complete by October of 1898. The design reflects a basic Gothic style much used in religious institutions of that time. Construction was delayed, however, and not completed until 1899. The church became the Park City Community Church in 1919 when several local Protestant denominations joined congregations in an ecumenical effort. Continuous operation of this church since it was built has provided Park City with important religious, social and educational facilities.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Park City — 0.2 mi
  Silver built it. Snow saved it.
• Park City Main Street — 0.2 mi
  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 — 1.4 mi
  A ski-only luxury resort above Park City, now in the middle of the largest expansion in U.S. ski history.

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