Utah State Training School Amphitheater and Wall

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Utah State Training School Amphitheater and Wall
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Utah State Training School Amphitheater, November 2015
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LocationRoughly 845 East 700 North
American Fork, Utah
United States
Coordinates 40°23′39″N111°46′31″W / 40.39417°N 111.77528°W / 40.39417; -111.77528 Coordinates: 40°23′39″N111°46′31″W / 40.39417°N 111.77528°W / 40.39417; -111.77528
Arealess than one acre
Built1936
Built by Works Progress Administration
Architectural styleRustic
MPS Public Works Buildings TR
NRHP reference No. 94001206 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 7, 1994

The Utah State Training School Amphitheater and Wall, is an amphitheater and boundary wall in northwest American Fork, Utah, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1]

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Utah State Training School Amphitheater plaque, December 2016 Utah State Training School Amphitheater Plaque.jpg
Utah State Training School Amphitheater plaque, December 2016

Description

The structures are located roughly at 845 east 700 north and are part of the Utah State Developmental Center (formerly known as the Utah State Training School). They were built of stone by the Works Progress Administration in 1936. [2]

The amphitheater and wall were jointly added to the National Register of Historic Places October 7, 1994. [2] Completed in 1996, the Mount Timpanogos Temple was built directly east of the amphitheater, just across north 900 rast.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Egleston, Elizabeth (Jul 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Utah State Training School Amphitheater and Wall". nps.gov. National Park Service . Retrieved 14 Feb 2019. and accompanying photos

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