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Historic 10th East Senior Center recommended for National Register with staff edits
Summary
Salt Lake City's Historic Landmark Commission voted to forward a recommendation to the Utah State Historic Preservation Office that the 10th East Senior Center nomination proceed to the National Register, asking staff to include both parcel addresses, list total acreage (3.86 acres), and set the period of significance to 1963.
The Salt Lake City Historic Landmark Commission voted to forward a recommendation supporting the nomination of the 10th East Senior Center to the National Register of Historic Places, while asking that staff revise the nomination to list both parcels (237 and 239 South 1000 East), show the site acreage as 3.86 acres, and narrow the period of significance to begin in 1963.
The staff report, presented by Diana Martinez, explained the nomination and the commission's advisory role in the state review process. Martinez said the nomination was filed with the Utah State Historic Preservation Office and noted, "Listing on the National Register does not place any restrictions on an owner's ability to alter or demolish a listed property." She walked commissioners through recommended edits including explicitly including Victory Park (239 South) as part of the nominated site and clarifying period-of-significance language.
The commission heard public comment from several neighborhood advocates. Cindy Cromer urged including both addresses and updating language to show the property as contributory in a recently prepared draft survey; Brad House, who said he grew up next door to the building's architect, urged support for the nomination on design and community-history grounds; and Robin Taylor Grand of Preservation Utah said the organization was "100% in support" of the nomination and applauded the research behind it.
Commission discussion focused on whether language noting the property's prior non-contributing status was relevant to a nomination that, if approved, would provide a permanent federal record. Commissioners agreed the older phrasing was unnecessary and voted to strike it and to ask staff to update the period of significance to 1963 to better reflect the building's construction date and character.
The commission's motion found that the 10th East Senior Center meets the National Register criteria and forwarded that recommendation to the state review committee with the three staff-suggested comments: include both addresses, record the acreage as 3.86 acres, and limit the period of significance to 1963. The motion carried on a unanimous roll-call vote.
The state National Register review committee is scheduled to review the nomination on May 21; if that committee approves it, the nomination will be sent to the Keeper of the National Register at the National Park Service for final action.
