The Bardsley Building

Dr. William Bardsley looked after Park City for more than half a century. He opened his practice in 1903 and in 1925 built this brick building to hold it — his offices and equipment on the street level, his family in the rooms above, with a little rounded balcony over the door. When the mines faltered in the 1950s the building was left empty; a beauty parlor came and went in the 1960s, and then artists moved in. It has been a studio and gallery, the Painted Pony, ever since — the doctor's building, painting still.

What the plaque says

This brick structure was built in 1925 by a long familiar face on the Park City scene, Dr. William J. Bardsley, who began his local medical practice in 1903 and continued to serve Park City's medical needs for over half a century. This building accommodated his offices and equipment at street level and housed his family on the second floor. During the ebb of Park City's fortunes in the 1950's the building was abandoned. A beauty parlor occupied the premises in the late 1960's, after which an art studio and gallery were established and are still present today under the name "The Painted Pony". Rectangular in shape with a flat roof, the front facade has one recessed entry and one projecting-arched entry. The second level features five bays, with a center door opening onto a rounded balconet. The building's use of brick reflects the prevalent material used in Park City commercial structures in the 1920's and 1930's. Brick rendered these buildings less vulnerable to the fires which had ravaged so many Main Street buildings throughout local history.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Park City — 0.3 mi
  Silver built it. Snow saved it.
• Park City Main Street — 0.3 mi
  A historic mining town turned world-class ski and film festival destination
• Park City Mountain — 0.9 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.

More markers nearby

• The First National Bank — steps away
• Giacoma Building (2) Markers — steps away
• Egyptian Theatre — steps away
• Bogan Boarding House — steps away