- City:
- Heber City, UT
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Libraries, Museums
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
- Designer:
- Ashton and Evans
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The former Heber City library was constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (PWA) project during the latter years of the Great Depression. Construction occurred between August 1938 and May 1939. The PWA supplied a grant of $13,275 toward the project, whose total cost was $27,529. It was PWA Project No. UT W1142.
The building served as the community’s library until construction of the new Wasatch County Library during the 2000s. The New Deal facility now houses the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum.
National Register of Historic Places nomination for for Midvale Library notes that the architects Ashton & Evans designed Heber City library (Pg. 2). Wasatch Wave (1938 Aug 19) shows that Ashton & Evans led the construction bids.
Source notes
National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 210.
https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/94001347.pdf
National Register of Historic Places nomination for for Midvale Library, https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/4da4c3be-04d6-4d69-8e8b-913954adf14b.
Wasatch Wave (1938 Aug 19).
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 21, 2016.
Additional contributions by Richard A Walker, Corrinne Fiedler.
Site Details
| Federal Cost | Total Cost |
|---|---|
| $13,275.00 | $27,529.00 |
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