Superintendant's Residence-Utah State Hospit

This house was built partly from an older building's bones. When the state hospital's administration building was extensively remodeled in 1934, its builders saved the discarded material and worked it into a new superintendent's residence — one of the New Deal public works that reshaped Depression-era Utah, but a notably thrifty one. Dr. Garland Pace, the hospital's first superintendent, moved in as its first resident. It's a small lesson in frontier economy carried into the twentieth century: on a tight budget, in hard times, nothing usable gets thrown away, not even a building.

What the plaque says

Built in 1934, the Superintendent's Residence at the Utah State Hospital 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 week 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. Many of the materials used in the construction of the Superintendent's Residence were salvaged from the hospital's administration building, which was being extensively renovated at that time. Dr. Garland H. Pace was the first superintendent of the hospital to occupy the house.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Bridal Veil Falls — 7.5 mi
  A dramatic double waterfall cascading 607 feet into Provo Canyon
• Sundance Mountain Resort — 11 mi
  Robert Redford's intimate, arts-minded ski resort on the slopes of Mount Timpanogos, in the North Fork of Provo Canyon.
• Aspen Grove — 12 mi
  The mountain-base trailhead for Mount Timpanogos and Stewart Falls
• Alpine Loop Summit — 12 mi
  The 8,000-foot high point of the Alpine Loop, face to face with Mount Timpanogos

More markers nearby

• In Memory of Dr. Barney Clark — 0.3 mi
• Rec. Center for the Utah State Hospital — 0.5 mi
• Maeser School — 0.6 mi
• Provo Burial Grounds — 0.7 mi