Pleasant Grove Town Hall

Pleasant Grove built its town hall out of the ground under it. Raised in 1886 from tufa — a soft, porous rock quarried locally — under the charge of N. P. Poulsen, it served the town's government for generations before the books moved in: in 1960 it was converted to the public library. Tufa is an odd building stone, light and easily cut but durable once seasoned, and towns that had it used it. The hall's second life among the shelves kept a handsome old civic building in daily use long after the council moved on.

What the plaque says

Built in 1886 of locally quarried tufa rock. N. P. Poulsen was in charge of the construction. Converted for use as a public library in 1960.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Timpanogos Cave National Monument — 5.6 mi
  Three spectacularly decorated caves connected by hand-carved tunnels
• Lehi Roller Mills — 6.2 mi
  The flour mill from the movie Footloose
• Alpine Loop Summit — 7.1 mi
  The 8,000-foot high point of the Alpine Loop, face to face with Mount Timpanogos
• Aspen Grove — 7.6 mi
  The mountain-base trailhead for Mount Timpanogos and Stewart Falls

More markers nearby

• Nelson Granary — steps away
• Pioneer Flour Mill — steps away
• Pioneer Relic Hall — steps away
• In Commemoration of Utah's First Indian Battle — steps away