Then and Now

Around 1900 1940s-50s Around 2008 More recently

Pictures are for educational, nonprofit, and noncommercial purposes only 1897-98- Note that it is labeled "BCHS" (Brigham City High School) prior to "BEHS" (Box Elder High School) Circa 1910 Circa 1910 Circa 1928 Circa 1950s Circa 1950s 1100 South connection to Box Elder Canyon, passing the future site of Eagle Mountain Golf Course

Through the Years: 200 North between 200 and 300 W The Third Ward built their school/chapel out of log and adobe in 1879 on the corner of 200 N and 300 W. It later burned down. In 1887, they built a new school, “Emerson”. On May 12, 1912, the Third Ward Chapel was dedicated by President Joseph F. Smith and has continued to stand on the corner of 200 North and 200 West. Emerson School was attended by the school children growing up north of Forest Street and west of Main Street

After the division into the four wards in 1877, The Fourth Ward was the quadrant east of Main and north of Forest Street. The ward members set aside the property that is now 300 N and 100 E for their school/meeting house. The school was called “Columbia” and 300 North was named Columbia Street (not sure which was named first) as it was the first road north of the original plat that ended at “North Wall” street (changed to 200 N in 1900.) After building their church house, and

Green circle: Lorenzo Snow's "Big House" on Main- Chimneys and stone wall visible Blue circle: The "Armeda Block" that was split into two businesses for many years- From 1921 on, Idle Isle was on one side and other companies on the other until both sides were later brought together in one restaurant. Red circle: Bank of Brigham that continues to stand. Its stone facade was removed when it became the appliance store pictured in 1958 The 1958 photo also captures the brief time

After Brigham City was divided into 4 wards in 1877, each ward started to build a school that was also used as a chapel. This is the spot where the Second Ward built their initial school/chapel, the Whittier School, and then their chapel. The original school/chapel and Whittier school house are in the first photo, the second chapel and school in the second, the former chapel in 2013 after renovations through the years, and the site today. The Compton Photo is from the taberna

The Christmas Village downtown has been updated to include many of the historical buildings of old Brigham City. Those of you who enjoy Brigham City history may enjoy visiting and seeing the work done by Daniel Kennedy and volunteers to help preserve these memories. Some of the buildings are gone and some remain. Here are the structures paired with photos of them in earlier times. The older photos are mostly from the Compton Collection at the Merrill-Cazier Library at USU. Al

This was done by Scott Jensen as part of Historic Brigham City Association's effort to merge Compton photos with more current photos to...

The southeast corner of the intersection of 100 South and Main Street. It was the home of Abraham Hillam (photo circa 1907), the Federal...

The old high school football field (1928) and the current middle school field.

1928 photo from the Compton Collection at the USU Merrill-Cazier Library Special Collections and a recent photo. Note that the...

Here is the first of "Then and Now" pictures that the Association is working on. The first is a 1968 photo taken by Bruce Keyes of the...