Memorial House - Photo Gallery - Historic Pictures

Memory Grove before designation as a city park in 1902

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Memory Grove Park was dedicated in 1924

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View of the Capitol from early Memory Grove Park

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The Pagoda was added to the park in 1932

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The Meditation Chapel was build in the 1940s by Mr. & Mrs. Ross Beason who had lost their son in WWII

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The Meditation Chapel was dedicated on July 25, 1948 with an estimated 20,000 people in attendance

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In 1927, the 145th Field Artillery Memorial was installed

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The Kiwanis Club's City Creek bridge was installed in 1927

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The Harbor of Beauty was dedicated on May 27, 1951

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Memorial House was originally built in the 1890s and was used as a storage shed and barn

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Salt Lake City water department used the building beginning in 1905

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The Gold Star Mothers converted the building into an event center in 1926 and operated Memorial House for over 50 years

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Many of the interior features including the original lighting are still in use today

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In the 1980s, the building went vaccant until 1993 when Utah Heritage Foundation restored the building in conjunction with Salt Lake City

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Memorial House still displays many unique and interesting architectural elements

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On August 11, 1999, a tornado came through Memory Grove Park

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The tornado distroyed 478 mature trees

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Luckily, the tornado did not damage any of the monuments or Memorial House

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The following morning, hundreds of volunteers gathered to clean up the disaster

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After the tornado, many neighbors and community partners joined efforts to restore the park, the work was completed in 2001

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