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Jan 20
2011
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Cobble Crest – a Hidden TreasurePosted by susan in National Register , Kanarraville , issues , how to rehab , heritage tourism , folk arts , documentation , dance pavilions , advocacy |
Cobble Crest may be a national treasure. Are there any other outdoor dance pavilions so little altered in Utah? Were there ever any small open-air dance pavilions elsewhere in the U.S.? Apparently not, if a quick email survey of other Partners in the Field is any indication. These dance venues seem to be unique to Mormon country.
Of the few outdoor dance pavilions left in Utah, only one other is still in use: the Big Apple in Torrey, and it was reconstructed. Kanarraville’s Cobble Crest appears to be almost unchanged from when Iva Williams Wood built it in the 1930s. That’s a good thing when nominating a structure to the National Register of Historic Places. And this place appears to be National Register-worthy.
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“The construction of open-air dance halls throughout the region during the 1930s is perhaps the best marker of Utah’s golden age of social dance.” |
