Isaac Chase Mill highlighted on Liberty Park historic tour
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Lexi Little of the Utah Cultural Site Stewardship Program told donors at Liberty Park that the Isaac Chase Mill is the oldest standing commercial building in Utah, tied to Brigham Young, and that Young—s will asked the city to convert the site into a public park.
Lexi Little, with the Utah Cultural Site Stewardship Program, told a group of donors at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City that the stop included the Isaac Chase Mill, which she described as "the oldest standing commercial building in the state of Utah" and "the first mill in the state of Utah as well."
Little said Thomas Isaac Chase came to Utah with the Mormon pioneers in 1847, was a partner of Brigham Young and that Young married one of Chase—s daughters; she said Chase later left the mill to Young and that, in Young—s will, he asked the city to purchase the area and turn it into a public park so the community could enjoy green space.
The remarks were part of a guided historic tour in Liberty Park that also included visits to KUER and PBS, Little said, and she characterized Liberty Park as "one of our locations" on the program—s itinerary. She added, "we're using Liberty Park today for what it was originally intended for."
The comments in the meeting are presented as Little stated them; dates, purchase records and municipal actions referenced by Little were not provided in the remarks and therefore are not asserted here as independently verified.