The First National Bank

This was where Park City's silver money lived. One of the first brick buildings to rise after the 1898 fire, it housed the First National Bank and the offices of the Silver King Mining Company — and behind them the men who struck it rich here: David Keith, Thomas Kearns, and their partners, the "Silver Kings" whose fortunes reached from these arches to the U.S. Senate and Salt Lake's grandest mansions. Victorian in style, with six leaded-glass arches across its front, it was built, fittingly, in two halves for two businesses.

What the plaque says

One of the first brick buildings begun after the 1898 fire, this commercial structure served the banking, mining, and general business activity of the First National Bank and Silver King Mining Company, and such prominent Utah mining entrepreneurs as David Keith, James Farrell, W.V. Rice and Senator Thomas Kearns. Victorian commercial in style, the building features an ornate brick cornice and a stone foundation. The facade is comprised of six glass arches with leaded glass transom windows. It was originally, and remains, divided into two sections in the interior. Then, as now, the two halves of the building served separate business entities. One of the most architecturally interesting buildings on Main Street, it is also highly significant for its contribution to the commercial and mining activity of turn-of-the-century Park City.

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 Bardsley Building — steps away
• Giacoma Building (2) Markers — steps away
• Egyptian Theatre — steps away
• Bogan Boarding House — steps away