- City:
- American Fork, UT
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Amphitheaters and Bandshells
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built an amphitheater as a recreational facility for the old Utah State Training School for the disabled. The school has grown and changed its name to the Utah State Development Center and the part of the grounds with the amphitheater have passed to the City of American Fork at Quail Cove Park.
The magnificent amphitheater, built of local stone (no doubt from Rock Canyon), is banked into a hillside landscaped with pines. In front of the amphitheater are a stone wall and graceful curved steps leading to a large lawn bordered with trees and shrubs. The amphitheater is still actively used for public performances and events.
The site was nominated for the National Register of Historic Places in 1994, but we could not locate an historical plaque at the site.
Source notes
https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/94001206.pdf
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 24, 2016.
Additional contributions by Richard A Walker.
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