Demolished Places

Introducing On a Side Note, a new feature of the podcast. This is the story of the ghost of John Borich.  Sources: Utah Division of State History Utah Division of Archives and Record Service Utah Digital Newspapers Salt Lake Tribune: 1919-9-18; 1919-12-16 Salt Lake Telegram: 1919-9-20; 1919-11-03; 1919-12-19; 1921-4-10; 1921-04-17; 1936-02-17 Salt Lake Herald Republican: 1920-4-10

The story of the Ogden Union Stockyards. This is the fourth episode in the Summer Road Trip Series.  Sources Utah Division of State History Utah Division of Archives and Record Service Utah Digital Newspapers J Willard Marriott Digital Library Weber State University Digital Collections Utah Historical Quarterly, Vol. 85, 2017 Utah Center for Architecture utahrails.net ogdenstockyard.org thede...

The story of the Standard Parachute Company of Utah. This is the third episode in the Summer Road Trip Series.  Sources: Utah Division of State History Utah Division of Archives and Record Service Utah Digital Newspapers historytogo.org intermountainstories.org history.utah.gov meredithelizabeth.com sandiegohistory.org issuu.com common.wikimedia.org Mormon Rosies: Women and War Work in Manti...

The story of the Territorial Insane Asylum. This is the second episode in the Summer Road Trip Series. Sources: Salt Lake Herald-Republican: 1874-10-24; 1885-05-28; 1893-03-02; 1900-05-25; 1910-04-27 Salt Lake Tribune: 1903-03-31; 2017-09-08 Deseret News: 1999-08-22; 2018-10-10 Salt Lake Telegram: 1885-05-28 Salt Lake Democrat: 1885-05-06; 1885-07-15 Ogden Daily Standard: 1894-02-01 Utah Division...

The story of historic sites that play an important role in queer history in Salt Lake City as told by my friends Connell O’Donovan and Randy Hoffman. This is the first episode in the Summer Road Trip Series.  Sources: Salt Lake Tribune 1987-01-04

Demolished Salt Lake is hitting the road! Join me for a summer of episodes about long lost buildings outside of Salt Lake. 

The story of Jacob Moritz and the Salt Lake City Brewing Company. Sources: Salt Lake Tribune: 1894-01-01;1901-04-25;1905-08-09; 1910-08-07; 1917-12-16; 1919-03-30 Salt Lake Telegram: 1902-10-14; 1906-08-29; 1907-02-22; 1907-08-28; 1911-07-15; 1915-04-06; 1917-07-18; 1917-09-06; 1919-12-31; 1923-12-09; 1929-04-13; 1931-07-21; 1933-11-29; 1936-08-04; 1937-07-22; 1936-07-30 Salt Lake Herald Republica...

The story of the Utah Territorial Penitentiary, Part 2. Sources: Salt Lake Tribune: 1915-11-19; 1915-11-26; 1915-10-19; 1915-11-19 Salt Lake Herald-Republican: 1915-08-13 Springville Herald | 1938-08-04 Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-10-3; 1938-10-29; 1939-11-09; 1939-11-08; 1950-12-26; 1950-12-26; 1951-04-13; 1951-11-10; 1951-04-23; 1951-03-12; 1951-02-09; 1952-02-28 Sugar House Bulletin: 1946-03-01;...

The story of the Utah Territorial Penitentiary, Part 1.  Sources: UHQ 1979 – Volume 47 No.1 Life Behind Bars Union Vedette: 1864-03-08 Salt Lake Telegram: 1934-02-01; 1951-03-12 scholarsarchive.byu.edu

The story of the Salt Lake County General Hospital. Sources: Utah Division of State History Utah Division of Archives and Record Service Utah Digital Newspapers J Willard Marriott Digital Library Salt Lake County Archives UHQ 1976 Volume 45 No. 2 The Nurse Utah Center for Architecture utah.psychiatry.org Salt Lake Herald-Republican: 1894-04-03; 1894-01-02; 1910-10-17; 1910-10-15 Salt Lake Tribune:...

The story of the John B. Kelly House. Sources: Utah Division of State History Utah Division of Archives and Record Service Utah Digital Newspapers J Willard Marriott Digital Library Find A Grave FamilySearch John B. Kelly House National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form Albert H. Kelly House National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form A Modest Homestead: Life in Small Adobe Home...

The story of Valley House and the Interurban Station. Sources: Utah Division of State History Utah Digital Newspapers J Willard Marriott Digital Library South Temple Street Landmarks: Salt Lake City’s First Historic District by Bim Oliver Civil Disobedience: An Encyclopedic History of Dissidence in the United States by Mary Ellen Snodgrass Polygamy and Prostitution: Comparative Morality in Salt La...

The story of the Orphan's Home and Day Nursery and the Pyott Sanitarium and Clinic. Sources: Utah Division of State History Utah Digital Newspapers J Willard Marriott Digital Library Caring for Children: The Orphan’s Home and Day Nursery Association by Floralie Millsaps A Drugless Cure: Chiropractors, Flu, and the Law by Tina Kirkham Salt Lake Telegram: 1910-09-14, 1910-11-19, 1919-09-27, 1919-10-...

The story of the Bransford Apartments and the Silver Queen, Susanna E. Bransford Emery Holmes Delitch Engalitcheff Sources: Utah Historical Quarterly 1996- Vol LXIV No. 1 Utah’s Silver Queen and the “Era of the Great Splurge” South Temple Historic District Utah National Register Nomination Form Pages 24-27 Salt Lake Herald-Republican: 1901-07-28, 1902-03-05, 1902-07-28, 1904-07-01, 1905-01-29, 190...

I’m digging through the rubble of some of Salt Lake’s lost historic buildings to tell its story. Make sure to follow Demolished Salt Lake Podcast on Instagram for pictures and additional content. Look for the first episode featuring the Bransford Apartments dropping soon.