Utah Heritage Foundation

As many of you know, Draper has been a center of growth with many popular destinations.  It seems like 123rd South grows leaps and bounds every time I go there from Salt Lake.  There has been an admirable job with respect to historic preservation in the city and within walking distance of the new Draper Town Center will be the new future UTA Trax Stop at the old IFA site which will include an interpretive element about the community's agricultural history with regards to chicken farming.

Within walking distance to here is the Draper Park School.  Owned by the city, it was built in 1912 and is currently offered with it's site for redevelopment, which could include rehabilitation as part of a mixed use transit-oriented development.  Proposals are due by December 1st.  The Park School has had several additions to it over the years, enlarging it and was eventually named for John Rockey Park, the first president of the University of Utah for whom the Park Building at the U is also named on President's Circle.  Park School was eventually used as Draper's City Hall until the city built their most recent building and vacated the structure.

As the building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, there are opportunities to reuse Park School and utilize the historic rehab tax credits.  More information on the credits can be found here and here.