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History · Park City

Park City dates to 1869, and 89 of its places are on the National Register

More historic than 51% of U.S. towns · #37 of 119 in Utah. What drives it

Most of Park City was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. 89 places in town are on the National Register, among them two historic districts with 67 buildings between them. Below: maps from 1889 on and the census since 1870.

1869founded
89on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
24famous people
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Quick answers

How Park City began

When was Park City founded?

1869

Park City dates its founding to 1869 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1870.

First census: 164 in 18702020 census: 8,396157 years

How historic is Park City?

B−

More historic than 51% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata. First post office: 1873.The full story ↓
History grade

What drives Park City’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Park City is more historic than 51% of U.S. towns, #37 of 119 in Utah. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Park City’s overall grade.
Founding era1869, from Wikidata: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19402.9% of homes (±1.2) · typical UT town 2.8% · U.S. 8.4%C−National Register89 listings, 157 historic buildings, 188 per 10,000 residents · typical UT town 3.0 · U.S. 2.4A
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 51%
NewerOlder
Utah towns of 2,500+ (119)Ahead of 69%

Utah towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Utah town has 3.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Park City’s 188 sits above most of its state (92% of Utah towns have fewer) while its 157 historic buildings outnumber those of 92% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B+. The pre-1940 share (±1.2 points) is firm at this size. Two sources give 1869.

Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Park City’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Landmarks on the Register89 places on the National Register.A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Park City are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Shrank, then grewLost two-thirds of its people between 1930 and 1970, then grew 7-fold.A historic districtThe Park City Main Street Historic District takes in 62 historic buildings.
★ What stands out · On the National Register

89 historic places in Park City

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. Boundary changes and added documentation are counted with their listing.

places listed
89
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
157
each building in a district counts
first listed
1978
LDS Park City Meetinghouse
LDS Park City MeetinghousePark City Miner's Hospital, built 1904Washington School, built 1889St. Mary Of The Assumption Church and SchoolPark City Community Church, built 1899St. Luke's Episcopal Church, built 1901Carl G. Johnson House, built 1885Ellsworth J. Beggs HouseJames Cassidy HouseJohn F. Cunningham House, built 1901Joseph Durkin House, built 1885Peter Clark House, built 1895Richard Barrett House, built 1883William Austin House, built 1890Alfred Lindorff House, built 1885Burt Kimball House, built 1882Cavanaugh, James House, built 1891Charles Barnes House, built 1900Charles Meadowcroft House, built 1888Durkin Boarding House, built 1901Elizabeth M. Jones House, built 1902Ephraim D. and William D. Sutton HouseErnest Lynn Kimball House, built 1895George Murray House, built 1885Hannah Wells House, built 1892Harry W. Haumann House, built 1897Henry M. Hinsdill House, built 1893House at 1101 Norfolk Avenue, built 1900House at 343 Park Avenue, built 1898House at 555 Deer Valley Road, built 1895IOOF Relief HomeIrinda Watson House, built 1905Jack M. Murdock House, built 1895Jacob F. Richardson House, built 1888James R. and Mary E. Sullivan House, built 1892Jesse Morgan House, built 1889John W. Buck House, built 1928Joseph D. Harris House, built 1895Joseph J. Jenkins House, built 1891Joseph S. Willis House, built 1922LaPage H. Raddon House, built 1916Levins D. Gray House, built 1902Matthew Urie House, built 1885Mike Frkovich House, built 1895Milton and Minerva Thomas House, built 1880Nathaniel J. Williams House, built 1896Peter Farthelos House, built 1921Reese Williams HouseSamuel D. Walker House, built 1895Samuel L. Raddon House, built 1901Walter and Ann Wilcocks House, built 1898Welch-Sherman House, built 1891William H. Harris House, built 1885William Tretheway House, built 1893Wilson I. Snyder House, built 1880Wilson-Shields House, built 1889Bogan Boarding HouseCharles C. Whitehead House, built 1886House at 101 Prospect Street, built 1925John Diem House, built 1899Nicholas Rowe House, built 1885Marsac Elementary SchoolJohn Doyle House, built 1900John H. and Margaretta Rogers House, built 1881Dr. William Bardsley House, built 1888Glenwood CemeteryPark City High School Mechanical Arts Building, built 1935St. John's Swedish Lutheran Church, built 1907House at 463 Park Ave., built 1886Patrick B. Watson HouseMcPolin FarmsteadJohn C. Weeter House, built 1895Park City Main Street Historic DistrictJohn Shields HouseOtis L. Brown House, built 1885William Campbell HouseBenedictus Carling House, built 1890David F. and Elizabeth Condon HouseEugene Streeter House, built 1885Frank Hansen HouseGeorge J. Barry HouseHouse at 577 Deer Valley RoadHouse at 62 Daly Avenue, built 1885House at 622 Rossie Hill Drive, built 1895Samuel Holman HouseWilkinson-Hawkinson House, built 1910Park City High SchoolLittle Bell Mine SiteSilver King Coalition Mine Historic District
BuildingsDistrictsSites

Architectural styles listings

T/L Cottage18
Pyramid House17
Hall and Parlor12
Late Victorian5
Bungalow5
Victorian Eclectic4
LDS Park City MeetinghouseUtilitarian-wood Gothic
Park City Miner's HospitalClassical Revival · Built 1904
Washington SchoolT-Plan · Built 1889
St. Mary Of The Assumption Church and SchoolPioneer
Park City Community ChurchGothic · Built 1899
St. Luke's Episcopal ChurchGothic · Built 1901
Carl G. Johnson HouseHall and Parlor · Built 1885
Ellsworth J. Beggs HouseLate Victorian
All 89 listings
James Cassidy HouseBuilding · listed 1984John F. Cunningham HouseBuilding · listed 1984Joseph Durkin HouseBuilding · listed 1984Peter Clark HouseBuilding · listed 1984Richard Barrett HouseBuilding · listed 1984William Austin HouseBuilding · listed 1984Alfred Lindorff HouseBuilding · listed 1984Burt Kimball HouseBuilding · listed 1984Cavanaugh, James HouseBuilding · listed 1984Charles Barnes HouseBuilding · listed 1984Charles Meadowcroft HouseBuilding · listed 1984Durkin Boarding HouseBuilding · listed 1984Elizabeth M. Jones HouseBuilding · listed 1984Ephraim D. and William D. Sutton HouseBuilding · listed 1984Ernest Lynn Kimball HouseBuilding · listed 1984George Murray HouseBuilding · listed 1984Hannah Wells HouseBuilding · listed 1984Harry W. Haumann HouseBuilding · listed 1984Henry M. Hinsdill HouseBuilding · listed 1984House at 1101 Norfolk AvenueBuilding · listed 1984House at 343 Park AvenueBuilding · listed 1984House at 555 Deer Valley RoadBuilding · listed 1984IOOF Relief HomeBuilding · listed 1984Irinda Watson HouseBuilding · listed 1984Jack M. Murdock HouseBuilding · listed 1984Jacob F. Richardson HouseBuilding · listed 1984James R. and Mary E. Sullivan HouseBuilding · listed 1984Jesse Morgan HouseBuilding · listed 1984John W. Buck HouseBuilding · listed 1984Joseph D. Harris HouseBuilding · listed 1984Joseph J. Jenkins HouseBuilding · listed 1984Joseph S. Willis HouseBuilding · listed 1984LaPage H. Raddon HouseBuilding · listed 1984Levins D. Gray HouseBuilding · listed 1984Matthew Urie HouseBuilding · listed 1984Mike Frkovich HouseBuilding · listed 1984Milton and Minerva Thomas HouseBuilding · listed 1984Nathaniel J. Williams HouseBuilding · listed 1984Peter Farthelos HouseBuilding · listed 1984Reese Williams HouseBuilding · listed 1984Samuel D. Walker HouseBuilding · listed 1984Samuel L. Raddon HouseBuilding · listed 1984Walter and Ann Wilcocks HouseBuilding · listed 1984Welch-Sherman HouseBuilding · listed 1984William H. Harris HouseBuilding · listed 1984William Tretheway HouseBuilding · listed 1984Wilson I. Snyder HouseBuilding · listed 1984Wilson-Shields HouseBuilding · listed 1984Bogan Boarding HouseBuilding · listed 1984Charles C. Whitehead HouseBuilding · listed 1984House at 101 Prospect StreetBuilding · listed 1984John Diem HouseBuilding · listed 1984Nicholas Rowe HouseBuilding · listed 1984Marsac Elementary SchoolBuilding · listed 1985John Doyle HouseBuilding · listed 1986John H. and Margaretta Rogers HouseBuilding · listed 1988Dr. William Bardsley HouseBuilding · listed 1994Glenwood CemeterySite · listed 1996Park City High School Mechanical Arts BuildingBuilding · listed 1996St. John's Swedish Lutheran ChurchBuilding · listed 1999House at 463 Park Ave.Building · listed 1999Patrick B. Watson HouseBuilding · listed 2002McPolin FarmsteadBuilding · listed 2003John C. Weeter HouseBuilding · listed 2004Park City Main Street Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2020John Shields HouseBuildingOtis L. Brown HouseBuilding · listed 1984William Campbell HouseBuilding · listed 1984Benedictus Carling HouseBuilding · listed 1984David F. and Elizabeth Condon HouseBuilding · listed 1984Eugene Streeter HouseBuilding · listed 1984Frank Hansen HouseBuilding · listed 1984George J. Barry HouseBuilding · listed 1984House at 577 Deer Valley RoadBuilding · listed 1984House at 62 Daly AvenueBuilding · listed 1984House at 622 Rossie Hill DriveBuilding · listed 1984Samuel Holman HouseBuilding · listed 1984Wilkinson-Hawkinson HouseBuilding · listed 1984Park City High SchoolBuilding · listed 2016Little Bell Mine SiteSite · listed 2023Silver King Coalition Mine Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2024

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Park City’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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People over time

Park City, census by census

02,0004,0006,0008,000188019001920194019601980200020204,281 in 1930Low: 1,193

Lost two-thirds of its people between 1930 and 1970, then grew 7-fold.

16 censuses, 1870–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Park City’s Wikipedia page.

The story

How Park City came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Park City.

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The area was traveled by the early Mormon pioneers on their journey to where they settled and built Salt Lake City. One of their leaders, Parley P. Pratt, explored the canyon in 1848. He was given a charter the following year to build a toll road through it, which was finished in 1849. The basin at the top of the canyon was an ideal place to graze, and a few families settled. Early on, the area was deeded to Samuel Snyder, Heber C. Kimball and Jedediah Grant. The settlers named it "Parley's Park City", which was shortened to "Park City" upon the town's incorporation in 1884. The first known discovery of ore in this area was by men serving under Colonel Patrick E. Connor, who invited his men to prospect in the area after having been relocated from Gold Rush–era California. The finding of silver, gold, and lead sparked the first silver mines in Park City in the 1860s. Park City's large mi…

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Park City, 1869 to 2020

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1869
    FoundingPark City is established
  3. 1873Post officeThe Park City post office opens
  4. 1887Born hereChester Withey is born here
  5. 1889BuiltWashington School is built
  6. 1899BuiltPark City Community Church is built
  7. 20th century
  8. 1901BuiltSt. Luke's Episcopal Church is built
  9. 1904BuiltPark City Miner's Hospital is built
  10. 1955On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  11. 1980Born hereSteven Holcomb is born here
  12. 1998Born hereHaley Batten is born here
  13. 21st century
  14. 2000Born hereCasey Dawson is born here
  15. 2020CensusPopulation peaks at 8,396
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Park City on the map, 1955 to 1999

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Park City. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Park City on the 1955 USGS mapPark City on the 1999 USGS map1955Park City East sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Park City.

Every building

Park City, building by building, 1889–1907

Fire insurance maps drew every building, what it was made of and what it was used for, so insurers could price the risk of fire. Pick a year, then a sheet.

Park City fire insurance map, 1889, sheet 11889Sheet 1 of 13
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Sanborn Map Company, via the Library of Congress. Editions published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Famous people

24 famous people were born in Park City

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Steven HolcombAmerican bobsledder · b. 1980
Casey DawsonAmerican speed skater · b. 2000
Haley BattenAmerican cyclist · b. 1998
Chester WitheyAmerican actor and film director · b. 1887
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McRae WilliamsAmerican freestyle skier · b. 1990
Megan McJamesAmerican alpine skier · b. 1987
Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Park City’s post office has been open since 1873.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Keetley Junction
Gone or out of use
Alliance TunnelmineAmerican Flag ShaftmineAnchor MinemineAnchor TunnelmineApex MinemineCalifornia MinemineConstellation ShaftmineCreole TunnelmineCrescent TunnelmineDaly West MinemineFlagstaff MinemineJudge TunnelmineJupiter MinemineLittle Bell ShaftmineLucky BillmineMarsac SchoolschoolNaildrivermineNew Yorkmine
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Park City
GlenwoodPark City

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

SnydervilleIts storyDBrighton1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Park City’s history

What year was Park City founded?

In 1869, according to Wikidata. Park City’s post office opened in 1873, and the census of 1870 counted 164 people here.

How does Park City rank for history?

Park City is more historic than 51% of U.S. towns, #37 of 119 in Utah. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

What is on the National Register in Park City?

89 listings: 85 buildings, among them the LDS Park City Meetinghouse (listed 1978, the first), 2 historic districts, the Park City Main Street Historic District and the Silver King Coalition Mine Historic District, with 67 contributing buildings, and 2 sites. 157 historic buildings in all.

How old are the homes in Park City?

3% of Park City’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±1.2 points), against a typical 2.8% for an Utah town; the median home was built in 1989.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

From Wikidata (25), the National Register of Historic Places (89), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and Sanborn fire insurance maps (Library of Congress). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.