Historic Utah County Courthouse - Provo, UT
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Utah County Historic Courthouse
51 S University Ave Provo, UT The Courthouse's architect visited various public buildings in California, Oregon, and Washington including several city and county offices. The Neoclassic Yolo County courthouse in Woodland, California was selected as the model for the new Utah County city-county building.
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2005 - 2020: 15 Year Renovation Project
The courthouse was first remodeled in 1990 to bring it up to seismic standards. As stone building, especially limestone, the courthouse will always need maintenance to keep the stone from deteriorating. Since 2005, Utah County has been working on an approximately $20 million project to take care of the courthouse’s crumbling exterior. First Phase: The existing limestone parapet and balustrade system was replaced with a terra cotta system (hardened clay.) The roof in those areas was also replaced. Second Phase: The stairs are constructed of concrete and topped with granite. However, the concrete structure underneath had deteriorated to such a point that it “literally had lost a lot of its structural capabilities.” Workers took note of where each piece of granite was located before tearing it off to get at the concrete structure underneath. The concrete portion of the stairs was rebuilt, and the original granite pieces — cleaned and reshaped — were placed on top of the concrete. |
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A Tree Worth Visiting
The plaque below this tree behind the courthouse reads: "The exceedingly rare Ulmus Americana tree (also known as a White Elm or a Weeping American Elm) was planted in 1927 by Moroni Wilford (Roni) Christopherson of Spanish Fork, Utah. Roni was an employee of Utah County for twenty-seven years. "Sometime in 1927, the county commissioners sent Roni and Elmer Pulley to Ogden to buy trees, shrubs, and flowers for the Utah County Couthouse grounds as a landscaping project. The nursery owner gave Roni this tree as a gift. The tree was an experimental ornamental tree created by budding different trees together. "Roni chose to plant his gift tree east of the new Utah County Courthouse where people could stop and admire its beauty. The nursery owner came to Provo several times to check the tree in its growing state. The nursery owner called the tree a Weeping American Elm." Rather than growing up, this tree grows outward. The branches are spread out over a large area and metal poles have been placed to help support the massive limbs. |
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