Historic Building Spotlight

During the Great Depression, federal programs and money were used to do various projects throughout the United States. One of the projects in Utah was to build a gymnasium for Box Elder High School. It was built north of the high school and across Forest Street and stood where the "Boot, Shoe, Harness, and Hat" cooperative building had stood. (The scene from "It's a Wonderful Life" where the gym floor opens over a pool was filmed in a school gymnasium in Beverly Hills, CA tha

Taken from: https://utahtheaters.info/Theater/History/141/Roxy-Theatre The New Grand Theatre opened on 25 December 1932, showing Marlene Deitrich in "Blonde Venus." The theater was built in a space created by knocking down the walls separating the old Rosenbaum Hall from later additions. At least part of the wall and foundation of the old Rosenbaum Hall was left intact and still standing when the theater was demolished in December 1980.[1] In 1935, new management brought the

Prior to Brigham City forming its own school district in 1896, education was provided by the 4 wards at their individual school houses with some other buildings being used for higher education. In 1900, the school district built its first school, Central, directly west from the Tabernacle. According to the Sanborn maps, this area was labeled “Tabernacle Square” in 1884 and “Public Square” in 1890 and August 1900 map. The date of its construction on the school itself is noted

The office of Dr. R.A. Pearse immediately east of the Nichols home that became the Pearse Hospital. An accompanying news article notes its construction in 1910. Dr. Richard Armstrong Pearse (1875-1945) was born in New York where he excelled in athletics. After graduating college, he attended medical school in Denver, Colorado and graduated in 1900. He eventually moved to Ogden to practice medicine but then met Venna Nichols, the youngest daughter of Alvin and Virginia Ann Cha