The Ephraim United Order Cooperative Building is a historic commercial building in downtown Ephraim, Utah, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
Ephraim United Order Cooperative Building | |
 Ephraim United Order Cooperative Building (southwest corner), 1985 | |
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| Location | 96 North Main Street (U.S. Route 89) Ephraim, Utah United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°21′41″N 111°35′9″W / 39.36139°N 111.58583°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1871 |
| NRHP reference No. | 73001862[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 20, 1973 |
Description edit
The building is located at 96 North Main Street (U.S. Route 89), on the corner with East 100 North. It was built in 1871-72 to house a Mormon cooperative store in community. The store was established to avoid trading with "gentile" (non-Mormon) merchants, and sold merchandise from the ZCMI co-op in Salt Lake City. The two-story stone building housed a co-op store on the ground floor and a meeting hall on the upper level. In 1888 the Sanpete Stake Academy was established, using the meeting hall for classes; it became Snow College in 1917.[2]
The front of the building is clad in white oolitic Sanpete limestone on the front with coarser building stone on the other elevations. A steeply-pitched roof runs from front to back with bracketed eaves and eave returns over the three-bay front elevation. The side elevations are four bays wide, with a one-story extension to the rear. The building features the inscription "Ephraim U.O. Mercantile Institution" and a beehive surrounded by "Holiness to the Lord" in an arched panel on the building's front gable. A similarly-constructed stone granary stands nearby on the site.[2]
The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 20, 1973.[1] After restoration work the store is operated as a gift shop.[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Powell, Kent (August 2, 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Ephraim United Order Cooperative Building". National Park Service. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ Powell, Allan Kent. The Utah Guide. Fulcrum Publishing. p. 189. ISBN 1-55591-114-5.
External links edit
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. UT-106, "Ephraim United Order Mercantile Institution, Main & First North Streets, Ephraim, Sanpete County, UT", 6 photos, 12 data pages, 1 photo caption page