Do you know you have an ancestor who built two homes on the Park City list of Historic Homes? One is on their famous Main Street Walking Tour called the Durkin Boarding House or the Centennial House located at 176 Main Street. Check it out next time you go!
This Boarding House was built in 1901 and Joseph Durkin died only two years later.
The Park RecordOctober 12 1901
This article mentions Joseph Durkin working on the boarding house on Main Street.
The Park RecordApril 11 1903
Here is the obituary for Joseph Durkin.
Here is an article on renovating the Boarding House:
A piece of Park City history has a chance to bloom again
The Centennial House: A proposal would turn it into a modern restaurant, with condos and parking
"The Centennial House near the top of Park City's Main Street was built in 1901 as a boardinghouse for miners. The frame structure is aging rapidly, but Parkites Judy Jackson and Chad Carter have a plan to refurbish it."
"Joseph Durkin built the Centennial's frame structure in 1901 during Park City's heyday..."We just wanted to save this piece of Main Street history," Judy Jackson said...Every day when we came to work, the Centennial was staring us in the face," Jackson said. "One day, we looked at it and thought, 'We could turn this into a real jewel.' "
Today, it still functions as a boardinghouse and is home to seven renters. But owner Dale Nelson agreed to sell the Centennial to Jackson for an undisclosed sum if Park City would approve her plan for a historic rehab. The proposal would transform the ground floor into a restaurant and the second floor into two 1,800-square-foot condominiums."
The second home listed with the Historic Homes of Utah is the Joseph Durkin Home located at 22 Prospect Street and was built about 1885.
Next time you are in town, remember that you are part of Park City's History.
1 comment:
interesting, I've heard marion talk of the Durkin name. We have one of Jody's aunt's Gladys Tibbitts who married Jody's uncle Norman Johnson was from park city. Their house in on main st and part of historic registry also.
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