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Staff Report - N/A PLANNING DIVISION DEPARTMENT of COMMUNITY and NEIGHBORHOODS MEMORANDUM To: Salt Lake City Historic Landmark Commission From: Amanda Roman, Urban Designer amanda.roman@slc.gov or 801-535-7660 Date: January 9, 2025 Re: National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Nettie Gregory Center Please find attached the National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Nettie Gregory Center, located at 742 W South Temple. It is nominated under Criterion A: Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history, specifically in the area of Ethnic Heritage (Black history) between 1964-1975. The Utah State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) requests input from the Historic Landmark Commission (HLC), a Certified Local Government, regarding National Register nominations within Salt Lake City’s boundaries. SHPO forwards the HLC’s recommendation to the National Register Review Committee, which votes on whether to forward the nomination to the National Park Service, where the Keeper of the National Register ultimately decides whether to list the property. The National Register Review Committee will consider the nomination at their meeting on January 16, 2025. Commission Members should focus their review and comments on whether a reasonable case has been made for the significance of this property and forward a recommendation to the National Register Review Committee. NATIONAL REGISTER The National Register of Historic Places is the federal government’s official list of historic properties worthy of preservation. Listing of a property provides recognition of its historic significance and assures protective review of federal projects that might adversely affect the character of the historic property. If the property is listed on the National Register, tax credits for rehabilitation and other beneficial provisions may apply. Listing in the National Register does not place limitations on the property by the federal or state government. The Nettie Gregory Center is not located within a Local Historic District, nor listed as a Local Landmark Site and would not be subject to any local preservation standards found in the H Historic Preservation Overlay zoning district. It is important to note that anyone can nominate a property to the National Register and have it considered for listing. Federal law allows a private property owner to object to the listing, and it will not be listed on the National Register, but it may be “determined eligible” over an owner’s objection. Publicly owned property owners can provide comments but cannot object. However, a determination of eligibility or listing does not place any restrictions on an owner, who may choose to alter or demolish the building as they please. COMMISSION ACTION REQUESTED Commission Members should review the National Register nomination (Attachment B) and the review items listed on SHPO’s Evaluation Sheet (Attachment C) as a framework to provide comments. As a public hearing, the HLC should also allow for public comment on the nomination. The HLC should note any areas of concern regarding the review items and forward a recommendation to the National Register Review Committee. BACKGROUND The Nettie Gregory Center is significant at the state level under Criterion A for its contribution to broad patterns of our history, specifically in the area of Ethnic Heritage (Black history). The significance under Criteria A derives from the role the Center played in the Black community during and after the Civil Rights Movement. Its significance began with its completion in 1964 and ends in 1975, although the Center was active through the early 2000s. The idea for the Nettie Gregory Center came from Nettie Grimes Gregory, an activist and longtime resident of Utah. Born in Tennessee in 1890, she moved to Utah after marrying William Gregory, who had fled Tennessee due to Klan threats. They had four children and lived in Salt Lake City's Poplar Grove neighborhood. Nettie was active in the community, organizing events for local churches and serving as president of the Salt Lake Community Club. She recognized the lack of recreational spaces for Black youth in Salt Lake, which inspired her to create the Center. William Gregory purchased land at 742 W South Temple and along with members of the Nimble Thimble Club, began raising funds to build the community center through events like fish fries, dinners, and fashion shows. The property was constructed through donated labor of members of Salt Lake City’s Black community. It took five years to complete the building, which was originally called the Salt Lake Community Center. Nettie passed away in 1964, just months before its dedication. The center was renamed the Nettie Gregory Center in her honor and was dedicated on November 29, 1964, with notable attendees including members of the Utah Supreme Court and the Governor. Completed shortly after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Center was the only community center fully accessible to Black citizens at the time, offering a space for social, political, and civic activities. It primarily served as a community activity and recreation center for the Black residents of the city, though people were welcome to use the facility regardless of race. During the time when public laws and social attitudes generally barred Black residents from accessing existing clubhouses, meeting halls, and recreational facilities, the Center served as a safe communal space. The Center served as a community hub, hosting the NAACP Salt Lake City Branch from 1969 to 1997 and numerous organizations like Blacks Unlimited, which helped Black youth find jobs. It offered various activities, including basketball tournaments, tutoring, voter drives, and Juneteenth celebrations, and later provided computer instruction and scholarships for Black youth. In 1968, it became part of the city’s official recreation program and received federal funding in 1969 for park improvements. As larger recreational facilities were built in the 1970s and 1980s, the Center shifted focus, becoming a hub for non-profit organizations. Patronage at the Nettie Gregory Center declined as community members increasingly used larger, newer facilities in Salt Lake City. Many original leaders passed away, and younger generations showed less interest in maintaining the Center. By 2004, the Center closed, but recent efforts to reopen it have emerged in response to the community’s need for a supportive space for youth. William and Nettie Gregory’s vision for the Center as a place for "complete equality" continues to inspire these efforts. Building Description The Nettie Gregory Center is a two-story Contemporary-style building with a split-level layout, featuring a front side-gable section that is two stories tall and a rear one-story section. Covering approximately 2,800 square feet, the building is clad in concrete brick and rests on a concrete slab foundation. It has two shallow-pitched gabled asphalt shingle roofs. The primary façade faces South Temple and includes a central commercial entry with glass doors, bordered by sidelights, and several large, narrow windows. The west and east elevations feature a mix of vertically aligned rectangular windows, with the east side lacking windows in the front due to internal features. The north elevation at the rear includes a double-door entry, a small, covered porch, and an addition with wood accent siding. CRITERIA FOR NOMINATION Criterion A - Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. The Nettie Gregory Center has state and local significance under Criterion A for its contribution to Ethnic Heritage, specifically Black history in Salt Lake City. NEXT STEPS The National Register Review Committee will review the National Register nomination during their January 16, 2025, board meeting prior to submittal to the National Park Service. ATTACHMENTS: A. Area Map and Photos B. National Register Nomination C. Evaluation Form ATTACHMENT A: Area Map and Photos South Temple 80 0 W I-15 Property Overview Front Building Facade Rear Building Facade Rear Yard Eastern Building Facade Western Building Facade ATTACHMENT B: National Register Nomination 3760 South Highland Drive • Salt Lake City, Utah 84106 • history.utah.gov Christopher Merritt State Historic Preservation Officer Utah State Historic Preservation Office Spencer J. Cox Governor Deidre M. Henderson Lieutenant Governor Donna Law Executive Director Utah Department of Cultural and Community Engagement November 17, 2024 MICHAELA OKTAY SALT LAKE CITY CLG PO BOX 145480 SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84114-5480 Dear Michaela: We are pleased to inform you that the historic property listed below will be considered by the Utah National Register Review Committee for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places: NETTIE GREGORY CENTERY, 742 W SOUTH TEMPLE, SALT LAKE CITY, UT The National Register of Historic Places is the federal government's official list of historic properties worthy of preservation. Listing on the National Register provides recognition and assists in preserving our Nation's heritage. Listing of a property provides recognition of its historic significance and assures protective review of federal projects that might adversely affect the character of the historic property. If the property is listed on the National Register, tax credits for rehabilitation and other beneficial provisions may apply. Listing in the National Register does not place limitations on the property by the federal or state government. Public visitation rights are not required of owners. The government will not attach restrictive covenants to the property or seek to acquire them. One of your responsibilities as a Certified Local Government (CLG) is to review pending National Register nominations of properties within your community. This is required, in part, to detect any errors in fact, but also to provide local insight or knowledge concerning the property. Please have your historic preservation commission review the enclosed draft nomination and return the enclosed review form with the appropriate signatures. We would appreciate hearing back from you prior to the board meeting. You are invited to attend the National Register Review Committee meeting at which the nomination will be considered. The Board will meet virtually on Thursday, January 16, 2025, at 10:00 AM. You may join Zoom Meeting at: https://utah-gov.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_prs5VkhPQpuS2RuTpyGWYA November 17, 2024 Page 2 Should you have any questions about this nomination before the meeting, please contact Cory Jensen of the Historic Preservation Office at 801/245-7242, or coryjensen@utah.gov. Sincerely, Christopher W. Merritt, Ph.D. State Historic Preservation Officer Enclosures NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 expiration date 03/31/2026 1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. 1. Name of Property Historic name: __The Nettie Gregory Center_____________________________________ Other names/site number: ______________________________________ Name of related multiple property listing: ___________________________________________________________ (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Location Street & number: _742 West South Temple Street______________________________ City or town: _Salt Lake City___ State: _Utah________ County: _Salt Lake County_____ Not For Publication: Vicinity: ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this X nomination ___ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property _X meets ___ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: ___national ___statewide _X_local Applicable National Register Criteria: _X__A ___B ___C ___D /SHPO Signature of certifying official/Title: Date _Utah State Historic Preservation Office State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting official: Date Title : State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Sections 1-6 page 2 ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: entered in the National Register determined eligible for the National Register determined not eligible for the National Register removed from the National Register other (explain:) _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) Private: Public – Local Public – State Public – Federal Category of Property (Check only one box.) Building(s) District Site Structure Object X X United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Sections 1-6 page 3 Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) Contributing Noncontributing ______1____ __ ______1_______ buildings ______0_______ ______0_______ sites ______0_______ ______0______ structures ______0_______ ______0_______ objects _____ 1________ ______1 Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register ___0______ ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) _SOCIAL/Meeting Hall _SOCIAL/Civic _RECREATION AND CULTURE/sports facility Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) _VACANT/NOT IN USE_ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions.) MODERN MOVEMENT OTHER/Contemporary Materials: (enter categories from instructions.) Principal exterior materials of the property: Walls: CONCRETE BRICK, Foundation: CONCRETE; Roof: ASPHALT United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Section 8 page 4 Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current physical appearance and condition of the property. Describe contributing and noncontributing resources if applicable. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, type, style, method of construction, setting, size, and significant features. Indicate whether the property has historic integrity.) ______________________________________________________________________________ Summary Paragraph The Nettie Gregory Center (Photographs 1 and 2) in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, is a two-story public multiple-use building designed in vernacular Contemporary style. It is clad in concrete brick and has a concrete slab foundation and shallow-pitched roof clad in asphalt shingles. The building, originally completed in 1964, occupies a long-narrow 0.38-acre lot on the north side of South Temple Street. The historical lot was wider to the west than at present; this portion of the property was sold to an adjacent developer during the modern era. The surrounding properties and immediate neighborhood reflect mixed uses, including residential, commercial, and industrial, including an active freight rail yard across the street from the building. The parcel on which this dwelling is located is minimally landscaped with a small patch of lawn grass in front of the building and largely maintained weeds at present in the rear. There are, effectively, no side yards. The historical integrity of the building is strong as it has experienced little exterior modification beyond replacement of several original aluminum-sash windows with modern aluminum-sash windows in historically compatible styles. One outbuilding (a modern prefabricated shed) is located on the property. It is considered non-contributing. ______________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Description Exterior The Nettie Gregory Center is a two-story Contemporary style building. It exhibits a split level- like layout with the front side-gable section standing two stories tall and the rear section standing one story tall. The building is approximately 2800 square feet in size split between the main floor and the partial upper story. It is clad in concrete brick and rests on a concrete slab foundation. The roof exists in two sections—the side-gable section over the front volume and the end-gable section of the one-story rear ell. Both roofs are shallowly pitched and clad in asphalt shingles. The eaves of the rear ell are open and exhibit partially exposed rafter tails (Photograph 11). The building sits at the south end of its parcel and occupies almost the entire width of the parcel. A narrow driveway passes along the west side of the building from the frontage street to the rear yard of the parcel. The building exhibits muted Contemporary style in the flare of the roof eaves, the front porch cover, and the window openings. The south elevation of the building is its primary façade (Photograph 3). It faces South Temple Street and multiple railroad lines located across the street to the south. The elevation is two United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Section 8 page 5 stories tall and is punctuated by a 1.5-story tall porch cover located at center. A commercial entry (two glass doors) is located at center in the lower story. These doors are flanked on each side by narrow sidelights. Three other window openings are present in this elevation. One is located over the porch cover in the second story. This opening is large, and rectangular in shape with a horizontal orientation. It holds a central slider window flanked on each side by a narrow single-hung window. The remaining windows in this elevation comprise two long, narrow, and tall openings symmetrically arranged with one each east and west of the entryway. These openings extend from just below the eaves to roughly 3 feet above the ground—nearly the entire height of the elevation. They hold three-part aluminum, fixed-sash windows. The west (side) elevation of the building (Photographs 3–54) contains six window openings, which comprise the entirety of notable architectural detail. The openings are arranged with two in the front portion of the building and five in the rear ell. The two in the front portion are arranged with one in the lower story and one directly above it in the upper story. These openings are aligned with the center of the elevation, in-line with the peak of the side-gable roof. Both openings are rectangular in shape (oriented vertically), but the lower opening is slightly taller than the upper one. Both exhibits concrete sills and hold aluminum slider windows (Photograph 10). The five openings in the rear ell are identical in size, shape, sill type, and window type as the lower opening in the front section. They are symmetrically spaced and all begin and end at the same height as the opening in the front section. The east elevation of the building (Photographs 6 and 7) is nearly identical to the west elevation in its architectural detail except there are no window openings in the front section. This is likely due to the interior functions of this portion of the building, which contains a stairwell and restroom. The north elevation (Photograph 8) constitutes the rear of the building. This elevation is characterized by a centrally located double-door entry (solid metal slab doors), a small covered porch, and a small, lean-to type addition (Photograph 9). The addition, which was present by the time of a 1971 aerial photograph, is also constructed of concrete brick with wood tongue-and-groove siding used as an accent on the upper part of the west and north elevations. A double-door entry is located in the west elevation of the addition, directly adjacent to the doors entering the main building. Interior The interior of the Nettie Gregory Center includes 10 formal rooms and two temporary rooms. Upon entering the front doors of the building, one finds a wide entry hall flanked on the east and west by rooms and a stairwell. To the west is a small utility room. Immediately north of the utility room is the kitchen (Photograph 20), which includes a large pass-through window at its north end. To the east of the entry hall, starting on the south and working north, are the stairwell to the second floor, then a relatively large restroom subdivided into two rooms (Photograph 21), one of which contains the toilet stalls and the other of which served as storage. Immediately north of the restroom is another small room now used for storage. At the north end of the entry hall, which is only as long/deep as the two-story section of the building, one enters into a single United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Section 8 page 6 large activity room, which is located in the single-story rear ell (Photographs 15 and 16). In the southeast corner of this large room are two offices/rooms created by temporary plywood walls that do not extend all the way to the ceiling, which composed of heavy, arched beams and tongue-and-groove cladding (Photograph 19). At the north end is a stage elevated 23 inches above the main floor. Six-foot wide stairways are located at the east and west edges of the stage (Photograph 18). At the north edge of the stage (i.e., the north wall of the building) are two doorways (Photograph 17). One, a double door, opens to the outside, and the other opens into the lean-to addition on the north elevation of the building. This addition appears to be used for storage. The second story of the south wing of the building contains three rooms and a hallway. In the northeast corner is a small restroom. Immediately west of that is a small storage and utility room. A narrow hallway leads from the top of the stairwell past the restroom and storage room and into a large undivided room that served as the NAACP’s meeting room and office (Photograph 22). Interior finishes are a combination of historical and modern materials. The original 10-inch by 10-inch linoleum floor tiles remain present throughout much of the building as do the original tongue-and-groove flooring and wooden steps of the stage. Sheet rock comprises most of the interior walls. Painted concrete brick finishes some interior walls, especially those in the main floor restroom, kitchen, utility, and storage rooms. Modern carpeting is found in the upstairs meeting/activity room. Also in this room are false ceiling “beams” that are hollow and placed over the piping for the fire sprinkler system (Photograph 23). Ancillary Features One ancillary feature is present on the parcel with the building. It is a modern, pre-fabricated shed located roughly at center along the eastern parcel line (Photograph 13). This feature is considered non-contributing. There are also a concrete slab/pad in the rear yard (Photograph 12) and a concrete sign with the name of the Nettie Gregory Center on it (Photograph 14) present on the property. The sign previously sat on the portion of the historical parcel that was sold sometime around 2015 or 2016 and redeveloped into a multi-family apartment building. The sign was removed during construction of the apartment and left uninstalled in the remaining rear yard of the Nettie Gregory Center property. As this object is not installed, it is not included in the feature count for the property. Property Setting The Nettie Gregory Center (Photographs 1 and 2) currently sits on a long, narrow, rectangular-shaped parcel extending north from South Temple Street. The parcel contains 0.8 acre. The building is located in the southern part of the parcel and extends across almost the entire width of the parcel; a narrow, unpaved driveway is located just west of the building and provides access into the rear of the parcel. A small patch of lawn grass, split in two by an entry sidewalk, is located in the front of the building. The rear yard (Photograph 12) contains weeds and other United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Section 8 page 7 invasive plants that are occasionally mowed. Occasional deciduous trees, at least some of which appear to be invasive, are located along the northern and eastern fence lines and toward the rear of the parcel. A roughly 60-foot long by 30-foot wide concrete slab (Photograph 12) of unknown function is located directly behind the building. The pad does not appear to correspond to any specific feature, and a parking lot and basketball court were previously located on the portion of the original parcel that was sold off for development of the adjacent apartment building. The north and east boundaries of the parcel are fenced with chainlink fencing while the western perimeter is fenced with a modern, six-foot tall steel grate fence associated with the adjacent property. The immediate and surrounding neighborhood exhibits a combination of residential, commercial, and industrial development. Interstate 15 passes by the property to the east via an elevated flyover. The flyover is roughly 150 feet east of the Nettie Gregory Center building. South Temple Street is located immediately south of the building and a series of railroad lines associated with an adjacent rail yard are located immediately south of the roadway. A modern 5-story apartment building sits immediately west of the Nettie Gregory Center and occupies property once owned by the Center and sold in 2015 or 2016. A two-story brick commercial building constructed ca. 1972 is located immediately east of the Center; the gap between the buildings is roughly five feet. Historically, the Nettie Gregory Center parcel was a little more than twice as wide as it is at present. The parcel extended to the west and included a parking lot, a basketball court, playground, and other features. This portion of the parcel now contains the apartment building constructed ca. 2016. Historical Integrity The Nettie Gregory Center retains strong historical integrity. Specifically, it retains integrity of location, materials, design, and workmanship. The building has not been relocated. The only new materials added are the modern windows and more recent asphalt roof shingles. There have been no notable changes to design—the apparent rear addition was either contemporary with the rest of the building or constructed within three years of its completion. There is no evidence of alteration or deterioration of workmanship. The building’s integrity of setting, feeling, and association have been compromised somewhat by the construction of the 5-story apartment building on what was, historically, a portion of the original property. This construction eliminated the parking lot, basketball court, and other landscape features associated with the Center. Their removal compromises the ability of the Center to be “read” as a public property (due to the lack of group parking), and the massing of the new apartment building is so out-of-scale for the area that it looms over the Center. Despite these impacts, the Center retains sufficient integrity to reflect its era of construction and the intended design of the building. _________________________________________________________________ United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Section 8 page 8 8. Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing.) A. Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. B. Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. C. Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. D. Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Criteria Considerations (Mark “x” in all the boxes that apply.) A. Owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes B. Removed from its original location C. A birthplace or grave D. A cemetery E. A reconstructed building, object, or structure F. A commemorative property G. Less than 50 years old or achieving significance within the past 50 years X United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Section 8 page 9 Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions.) __ETHNIC HERITAGE/Black__ __ _ ___________________ ___________________ Period of Significance __1964-1975________ ___________________ ___________________ Significant Dates __1964_____________ __ _________________ ___________________ Significant Person (Complete only if Criterion B is marked above.) ___N/A________________ ___________________ ___________________ Cultural Affiliation ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Architect/Builder ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Sections 9-end page 10 Statement of Significance Summary Paragraph (Provide a summary paragraph that includes level of significance, applicable criteria, justification for the period of significance, and any applicable criteria considerations.) The Nettie Gregory Center, located at 742 West South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah is significant under Criterion A at the local level in the area of Ethnic Heritage (Black history). The Center was constructed in 1964 through donated labor of members of Salt Lake City’s Black community. The property served as a community activity and recreation center, mostly for Black residents of the Salt Lake City, though all people were welcome to use the facility regardless of race., The Center was critical to providing a communal space during a time when social attitudes and public laws generally barred Black residents from accessing existing clubhouses, meeting halls and recreational facilities. The Nettie Gregory Center served as a meeting location of the Salt Lake City Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The Center offered a supportive and open space for the NAACP to discuss their activities, events and goals. This was particularly important during the Center’s early years, which occurred during some of the most tumultuous times of the Civil Rights Movements. The Center’s period of significance begins with its completion in 1964 and ends in 1975, or fifty years ago, as it was still in use up through the early 2000s. ______________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Statement of Significance (Provide at least one paragraph for each area of significance.) Criterion A Significance: Ethnic Heritage/Black “We really didn’t have a place of our own to go to, where we could feel comfortable being ourselves,” states John Robertson in a 2024 interview about the Nettie Gregory Center.1 "Because in the 60’s, when this was established in 1964, there was still segregation, there was still Jim Crow laws.” The significance of the Nettie Gregory Center under Criterion A derives from the role the Center played in the Black community during and after the Civil Rights Movement. The Center was constructed during the throes of civil unrest related to the Movement and was completed only a few months after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law. Specifically, the Center played significant roles in social, political, and civic lives of Salt Lake City’s Black community by offering what was at the time, the only community center fully open to Black citizens. Other existing social clubs, community centers, and public recreational facilities largely banned Black citizens from the premises or severely restricted their use of the facilities. Additionally, no state or municipal governmental bodies were willing or able at the time to create a community center to serve the Black community. Thus, the community was left 1 McGriff, Jamie. 2024. “Board members share plans to revive SLC’s historic Nettie Gregory Center.” KUTV News, accessed online August 29, 2024 at: https://kutv.com/news/belonging-in-utah/board-members-share-plans-to- revive-slcs-historic-nettie-gregory-center United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Sections 9-end page 11 to its own devices to establish a privately owned space that could serve the public and particularly people of color. The Nettie Gregory Center gave the Black residents of Salt Lake City a single place where they could join together and, at least temporarily, feel part of a community and enjoy the types of communal activities that had largely been afforded only to white residents. The Nettie Gregory Center contributes to broad patterns in U.S. history as it relates to Black heritage. It played an important role in supporting the Black community in Salt Lake City. Built by the people of Salt Lake City, it is a testament to the determination of the Black community to create a safe place for everyone, without regard to race, to gather and build together. Leslie Henderson spent her youth at the Nettie Gregory Center where she found “unity in the community.”2 The Nettie Gregory Center was a space for Salt Lake City residents to create that unity. It was a place to socialize, raise awareness, and to create a sense of belonging. As a community center that was built by the community itself and was privately owned, it has a somewhat unique history compared to other community centers serving marginalized populations, such as the Marshall White Center in Ogden, Utah, which was built, owned, and operated by the city government in a primarily minority neighborhood.3 The initial idea to build the Nettie Gregory Center came from Nettie Grimes Gregory (Figure 1), a longtime resident and activist in Utah. Nettie was born in Tennessee in 1890 to Fosh Elliott Grimes and Ann Elizabeth Copeland. She was known to have a love of music and children. She moved to Utah after courting William Gregory by mail. William Gregory, also from Tennessee, was convinced to stay in Utah after receiving word that his father was run out of Tennessee by the Ku Klux Klan. He convinced Nettie Grimes to come out to Utah where they were married. The couple had four children: two boys and two girls and lived in the Poplar Grove neighborhood of Salt Lake City where many Black families lived and raised their families at the time. Nettie was active in the community, joining the Nimble Thimble Club, organizing music and events for Trinity AME and Calvary Baptist –and serving as president of the Salt Lake Community Club. Nettie was a teacher and she saw that Salt Lake 2 “Interview with Leslie Henderson,” Utah Historical Society, 2023. 3 The Marshall White Center was constructed in 1968 and was open to all members of the Ogden community regardless of race but was primarily used by people of color. A previously built community center elsewhere in Ogden largely served the white population. Figure 1: Nettie Grimes Gregory. No date. Photo Courtesy of Utah Historical Society. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Sections 9-end page 12 City lacked a place for Black youth to recreate.4 The Nettie Gregory Center was born of this observation. Determined to help fulfill Nettie Gregory’s dream of a center in Salt Lake City that served youth of all races, William Gregory (Figure 2) purchased land on South Temple Street. Nettie and members of the Nimble Thimble Club began the work of raising money for a new center. Fish fries, fashion shows, and dinners helped provide the funds for the building.5 Construction on the building started in 1959. Community members donated their time and talents to build what was initially called the Salt Lake Community Center brick by brick (Figure 3). In an oral history interview, Harvey Boyd recalled his father’s work on the center. Mr. Boyd Sr. was a carpenter and worked with Willie Howard, and others from the community, to build the Center.6 Community members offered their energy when and how they could—often evenings and weekends after working regular jobs. Ultimately, it took five years for the construction to be completed. Unfortunately, Nettie did not live long enough to see her dream come to fruition. She died on July 6th, 1964, just months before its dedication. The Salt Lake Community Center was renamed the Nettie Gregory Center in honor of the woman that worked for decades to see its realization. The Center was dedicated on Sunday, November 29th, 1964 (Figure 4). Velma Oliver (1907-1991) emceed the dedication. Trinity AME Pastor Palmer Ross and Reverend John M. Wade, the director of the Student Christian Fellowship House, gave prayers. Members of the Utah Supreme Court and the Governor attended the dedication as well.7 4 “Nettie Grimes Gregory, Youth Advocate and Community Organizer, 1890-1964,” Utah Women’s History, Electronic Document, Retrieved from https://utahwomenshistory.org/the-women/nettie-grimes-gregory/ on April 21, 2024. 5 “8 Years of Work Ends in New Center,” Deseret News, November 30, 1964. 6“Interview with Harvey Boyd,” Peoples of Utah Revisited, Nettie Gregory Center Oral History Collection, Utah Historical Society, 2023. 7 “Dedicates S.L. Building,” The Salt Lake Tribune, November 30, 1964. Figure 2: William Gregory. No date. Photo Courtesy of Utah Historical Society. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Sections 9-end page 13 Figure 3: Building of the Nettie Gregory Center. 1961. Photo Courtesy of Utah Historical Society. Figure 4: "8 Years of Work Ends in New Center," Deseret News, November 30, 1964. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Sections 9-end page 14 The Nettie Gregory Center served an important role in social history in the realm of civic matters by serving as the headquarters of the NAACP Salt Lake City Branch. Established in 1918, the Salt Lake City Branch, had previously met at local churches, such as the Trinity AME church. After the completion of the Center, the Salt Lake City Branch established their presence there and used the large room upstairs in the front section as their headquarters. It is unclear exactly how long the organization used the Center, but newspaper articles announcing meetings and presentations of the Salt Lake City Branch suggest they had a presence at the Center from at least 1969 to 1997. Innumerable important decisions about the branch’s activities were made in the Nettie Gregory Center, and many civil rights protests were launched from there. Several other community organizations also came together at the Nettie Gregory Center. Blacks Unlimited, a community nonprofit that offered Black youth jobs in Salt Lake City, was one such group.8 Activities at the Nettie Gregory Center ranged from basketball tournaments, drill teams, weddings, and voter registration drives.9 Tutoring, boxing, holiday parties, Juneteenth celebrations, dances, and an invitation jazz festival were also held at the Center over the years. As the computer era dawned, the Center served a role in helping to educate youth with computer instruction. During at least the 1970s, the Center established a scholarship program for Black youth. Initially the Center was operated by citizen volunteers, but it was later incorporated into the formal recreation program of Salt Lake City. In 1968, as part of the municipal recreation program, the City appointed a new director to oversee recreational operations there. The following year, 1969, the Center received a federal grant of $46,220.13 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund Program to implement improvements to the park area of the property (recently redeveloped as an apartment complex).10 As newer, larger recreational facilities opened in the city during the 1970s and 1980s, fewer recreational activities occurred at the Center, and it became a hub for a variety of non-profit organizations.11 When the Nettie Gregory Center opened its doors in 1964, Salt Lake City was swept along in the same currents of racism that plagued the nation at the time. 10.5% of the total U.S. population was Black in 1960.12 Jim Crow, the system of laws and customs that barred Blacks and other minoritized peoples from fully participating in American life, was widespread. Jim Crow was prevalent in the South, North, and Western states.13 Segregation was common practice, barring Blacks from fully using every facet of public life in the U.S. Practices such as redlining, disenfranchisement, segregation in education, and forbidding interracial marriage were 8 “Interview with Leslie Henderson,” Peoples of Utah Revisited, Nettie Gregory Center Oral History Collection, Utah Historical Society, 2023. 9 Long, “Remembering Salt Lake City’s Nettie Gregory Center,” 2023. 10 Salt Lake Tribune. 1969. “Area Parks Will Get ‘New Look’.” Friday, February 28, Page 29, Salt Lake City. 11 Ibid 12 “Negro Population, by County: 1960 and 1950.” U. S. Census of Population: 1960. Supplementary Reports. Series PC (S1)-52. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1966 13 Pilgrim, David, “What Was Jim Crow?” Jim Crow Museum, Electronic Document, Retrieved on April 24, 2024 from https://jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/what.htm, 2012. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Sections 9-end page 15 customary.14 Mass racial violence plagued the United States. Blacks and other minoritized groups continually faced race riots, lynchings, and police violence. Nearly 5,000 Blacks were lynched in the United States between 1915 and 1960.15 African Americans had a small presence in Utah, making up only 0.5% of the total population in the 1960s.16 Utah had its own blend of Jim Crow customs and laws that prevented Black Utahns from participating fully in the community. The Utah community, in general, held many of the same views as leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints which barred Blacks from full participation in church and religious duties due to a belief in the lower-class status of Black souls in Latter-Day Saint philosophy and teachings.17 Segregation kept Blacks out of public swimming pools, away from community centers, and unable to access many public facilities.18 Redlining and neighborhood covenants kept Black families from purchasing homes and living in many communities throughout the state.19 Anti-miscegenation laws established in 1898 stayed on the books until their repeal in 1963, just one year before the Nettie Gregory Center opened.20 Despite the racism that Black Utahns faced, they were able to build a strong community. Black activists and community organizers created several Black social clubs in Utah. Fraternal lodges such as the Elks Club, Odd Fellows, and the Masons were opened in Utah. Black ladies’ organizations such as the Nimble Thimble Club, the Ladies Civic and Study Club, and the Camilia Arts and Crafts Club, supported the Black community as well. Historic Black churches were additional places where the community could come together. Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) ) (NRIS #76001831) and Calvary Baptist (contributing in the Salt Lake City East Side Historic District, NRIS #96000940) offered such spaces for Black Utahns.21 In a twist of irony, the civil rights movement was largely responsible for the demise of the Nettie Gregory Center. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 put in motion as series of legal and societal changes that forced political leaders to no longer turn a blind eye to discrimination and disparities in such arenas as public facilities. This resulted in more public facilities being open to 14 Rothstein, Richard, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, New York: Liveright, 2017. 15 Sherrilyn A. Ifill, On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the 21st Century, Beacon Press, 2007. 16 “Negro Population, by County: 1960 and 1950.” U. S. Census of Population: 1960. Supplementary , Reports Series PC (S1)-52, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1966. 17 Matthew L. Harris and Madison S. Harris, “The Last State to Honor MLK: Utah and the Quest for Racial Justice,” Utah Historical Quarterly, Winter 2020, Volume 88, Number 1. 18 Christine Cooper-Rompato, “Utah in the Green Book: Segregation and the Hospitality Industry in the Beehive State,” Utah Historical Quarterly, Winter 2020, Volume 88, Number 1. 19 Tonya Reiter, “Not in My Neighborhood: The 1939 Controversy Over Segregated Housing in Salt Lake City,” Utah Historical Quarterly, Volume 90, Number 1, 2022. 20 Patrick Q. Mason, “The Prohibition of Interracial Marriage in Utah, 1888-1963,” Utah Historical Quarterly, Spring 2008, Volume 76, Number 2. 21 “Utah’s African American Communities,” I Love History, Electronic Document, Retrieved April 23, 2024 from https://ilovehistory.utah.gov/african-american/. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Sections 9-end page 16 members of the Black community with a greater emphasis on ensuring race was not used as a factor in determining patronage. To be clear, though, it would take many years for community attitudes to catch up to changes in law and policy. That is, the mere passing of the Act did not “eliminate” racism or completely reverse the discrimination faced by the Black community. Patronage at the Center declined as its former users availed themselves of larger and newer recreational and community facilities elsewhere in Salt Lake City. This, coupled with the fact that many of the original leaders of the Center began to pass away, and younger community members were less interested in picking up the mantle to keep the Center going. Employment support and “intervention” programs continued at the Center into the early-2000s, but the Center was ultimately closed in 2004. Twenty years later, members of the city’s Black community once again are seeking a place where its members, particularly its youth, can receive support, guidance, and comradery along with healthy and positive activities. This desire has spurred an effort to re-open the Center in the coming years. In remembering the Nettie Gregory Center and how it served the community, William Gregory said, “my wife and I always felt that there should be complete equality there. We wanted the center to serve everyone.”22 Period of Significance The period of significance for the Nettie Gregory Center is 1964 to 1975. This period captures the completion of the Center’s construction in 1964 and its core years of operation during the historic period. The Center continued to operate until ca. 2004, and was an important facility for the Black community throughout that time. The terminal date of 1975 represents the end of the current historic period (i.e., fifty years ago) and acknowledges that the Center’s importance continued into the modern era. 22 Long, 2023. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Sections 9-end page 17 _____________________________________________________________________________ 9. Major Bibliographical References Bibliography (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form.) “8 Years of Work Ends in New Center.” Deseret News. November 30, 1964. Bourdeaux, Coach. “Boys Basketball Gives Back to Nettie Gregory Community Center.” Panthers Athletics. October 27, 2021. Retrieved on March 15, 2024 from https://westpanthersathletics.com/2021/10/27/boys-basketball-gives-back-to-nettie-gregory-community-center/. Coleman, Ronald G. “Blacks in Utah History: An Unknown Legacy.” Peoples of Utah. Utah Historical Society. 1976. Cooper-Rompato, Christine. “Utah in the Green Book: Segregation and the Hospitality Industry in the Beehive State.” Utah Historical Quarterly. Winter 2020. Volume 88. Number 1. “Dedicates S.L. Building.” The Salt Lake Tribune. November 30, 1964. Harris, Matthew L. and Madison S. Harris. “The Last State to Honor MLK: Utah and the Quest for Racial Justice.” Utah Historical Quarterly. Winter 2020. Volume 88. Number 1. Ifill, Sherrilyn A. On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the 21st Century. Beacon Press. 2007. “Interview with Harvey Boyd.” Peoples of Utah Revisited, Nettie Gregory Center Oral History Collection. Utah Historical Society. 2023. “Interview with Leslie Henderson.” Peoples of Utah Revisited, Nettie Gregory Center Oral History Collection. Utah Historical Society. 2023. Israelsen, Brent. “Volunteers Give NAACP Center a Face Lift.” Deseret News. October 29, 1990. Retrieved on March 15, 2024 from https://www.deseret.com/1990/10/29/18888376/volunteers-give-naacp-center-a-face-lift/. Long, Wes. “Remembering Salt Lake City’s Nettie Gregory Center and the African American Community that Built It.” City Weekly. February 1, 2023. Retrieved from https://www.cityweekly.net/utah/remembering-salt-lake-citys-nettie-gregory-center-and-the-african-american-community-that-built-it/Content?oid=19520513. Mason, Patrick Q. “The Prohibition of Interracial Marriage in Utah, 1888-1963.” Utah Historical Quarterly.” Spring 2008. Volume 76. Number 2. United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Sections 9-end page 18 “Negro Population, by County: 1960 and 1950.” U. S. Census of Population: 1960. Supplementary Reports. Series PC (S1)-52. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1966. “Nettie Grimes Gregory, Youth Advocate and Community Organizer, 1890-1964.” Utah Women’s History. Electronic Document. Retrieved from https://utahwomenshistory.org/the-women/nettie-grimes-gregory/ on April 21, 2024. Pilgrim, David. “What Was Jim Crow?” Jim Crow Museum. Electronic Document. Retrieved on April 24, 2024 from https://jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/what.htm. 2012. Reiter, Tonya. “Not in My Neighborhood: The 1939 Controversy Over Segregated Housing in Salt Lake City.” Utah Historical Quarterly. Volume 90. Number 1. 2022 . Richard Rothstein. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. New York: Liveright. 2017. Salt Lake Tribune. “Area Parks Will Get ‘New Look’.” Friday, February 28, Page 29, Salt Lake City. 1969. “Utah’s African American Communities.” I Love History. Electronic Document. Retrieved April 23, 2024 from https://ilovehistory.utah.gov/african-american/. ___________________________________________________________________________ United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Sections 9-end page 19 Previous documentation on file (NPS): ____ preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested ____ previously listed in the National Register ____ previously determined eligible by the National Register ____ designated a National Historic Landmark ____ recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey #____________ ____ recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # __________ ____ recorded by Historic American Landscape Survey # ___________ Primary location of additional data: _X _ State Historic Preservation Office ____ Other State agency ____ Federal agency ____ Local government ____ University ____ Other Name of repository: _____________________________________ Historic Resources Survey Number (if assigned): ________________ United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Sections 9-end page 20 ______________________________________________________________________________ 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property __0.38_____________ Use either the UTM system or latitude/longitude coordinates Latitude/Longitude Coordinates Datum if other than WGS84:__________ (enter coordinates to 6 decimal places) 1. Latitude: 40.769610 Longitude: -111.912644 2. Latitude: Longitude: 3. Latitude: Longitude: 4. Latitude: Longitude: Or UTM References Datum (indicated on USGS map): NAD 1927 or NAD 1983 1. Zone: Easting: Northing: 2. Zone: Easting: Northing: 3. Zone: Easting: Northing: 4. Zone: Easting : Northing: Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property.) The boundaries used for this nomination comprise the current legal parcel boundary (see boundary detail in attached maps), which is described by the Salt Lake County Assessor as follows (accessed July 12, 2024): COM AT SE COR LOT 3 BLK 59 PLAT C SLC SUR W 3 RDS N 20 RDS E3 RDS S 20 RDS TO BEG United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Sections 9-end page 21 Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected.) This boundary is the full remaining piece of the historical parcel that was developed for the Nettie Gregory Center and contains all of the remaining features discussed herein. The western half of the parcel was sold ca. 2015/2016 and developed for a large apartment building. ______________________________________________________________________________ 11. Form Prepared By name/title: _Sheri M. Ellis/Historic Preservation Specialist and Amanda Fountain/Historian organization: ___Logan Simpson_______________________________________ street & number: ___1755 South 4490 West, Suite C_________________________ city or town: Salt Lake City_________ state: __UT__________ zip code:__84104_____ e-mail___sellis@logansimpson.com or afountain@logansimpson.com ______________ telephone:__(801) 364-0525___________ date:__January 16, 2025 ___________________________________________________________________________ Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form: • Maps: A USGS map or equivalent (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. • Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Key all photographs to this map. • Additional items: (Check with the SHPO, TPO, or FPO for any additional items.) Property Owner information: (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) Name: ___Nettie Gregory Center, Inc._(ATTN: Stanley Ellington)__________ Address: ___742 W. South Temple St.____________________________ City or Town:__Salt Lake City_______ State: _UT___ Zip code: _84134_______ Telephone/email: ___ sediamon@msn.com_____________________________________ Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for nominations to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.460 et seq.). We may not conduct or sponsor and you are not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. 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United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Maps and Photographs United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Maps and Photographs United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Maps and Photographs United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Maps and Photographs United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Maps and Photographs Relative Scale United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Maps and Photographs Photographs Submit clear and descriptive photographs. The size of each image must be 1600x1200 pixels (minimum), 3000x2000 preferred, at 300 ppi (pixels per inch) or larger. Key all photographs to the sketch map. Each photograph must be numbered and that number must correspond to the photograph number on the photo log. For simplicity, the name of the photographer, photo date, etc. may be listed once on the photograph log and doesn’t need to be labeled on every photograph. Photo Log Name of Property: Nettie Gregory Center City or Vicinity: Salt Lake City County: Salt Lake County State: Utah Photographer: Sheri Murray Ellis Date Photographed: June 13, 2024 Description of Photograph(s) and number, include description of view indicating direction of camera: 1 of 23. Overview of property (building at center); camera facing northwest 2 of 23. Overview of property (building at center); looking northeast 3 of 23. South and west (at left) elevations; looking north-northeast 4 of 23. West elevation; looking north 5 of 23. West elevation; looking south 6 of 23. East elevation; looking northwest 7 of 23. East elevation; looking south 8 of 23. North elevation; looking southeast 9 of 23. North elevation addition and porch detail; looking south United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Maps and Photographs 10 of 23. West elevation (typical) window detail; looking east 11 of 23. Partially exposed rafter tails on west elevation; looking southeast 12 of 23. Rear yard; to north with concrete slab in foreground and shed at center 13 of 23. Pre-fabricated non-contributing shed; looking southeast 14 of 23. Sign removed from west half of parcel upon redevelopment 15 of 23. Interior, first floor, looking south from north end of building 16 of 23. Interior, first floor, looking north from south end of building 17 of 23. Interior, first floor, to north from edge of stage toward rear doorways 18 of 23. Interior, first floor, stage and steps at north end of main room; to north 19 of 23. Interior, pine tongue-and-groove ceiling 20 of 23. Interior, first floor, kitchen; looking south from pass-through window 21 of 23. Interior, first floor, looking east toward stairwell and restroom 22 of 23. Interior, second floor (NAACP) meeting room; looking northeast 23 of 23. Interior, second floor hollow beam covering fire system piping United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Maps and Photographs Photograph 1. Overview of property (building at center); camera facing northwest Photograph 2. Overview of property (building at center); looking northeast United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Maps and Photographs Photograph 3. South and west (at left) elevations; looking north-northeast Photograph 4. West elevation; looking north United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Maps and Photographs Photograph 5. West elevation; looking south Photograph 6. East elevation; looking northwest United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Maps and Photographs Photograph 7. East elevation; looking south Photograph 8. North elevation; looking southeast United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Maps and Photographs Photograph 9. North elevation addition and porch detail; looking south Photograph 10. West elevation (typical) window detail; looking east United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Maps and Photographs Photograph 11. Partially exposed rafter tails on west elevation; looking southeast Photograph 12. Rear yard; to north with concrete slab in foreground and shed at center United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Maps and Photographs Photograph 13. Pre-fabricated non-contributing shed; looking southeast Photograph 14. Sign removed from west half of parcel upon redevelopment United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Maps and Photographs Photograph 15. Interior, first floor, looking south from north end of building Photograph 16. Interior, first floor, looking north from south end of building United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Maps and Photographs Photograph 17. Interior, first floor, to north from edge of stage toward rear doorways Photograph 18. Interior, first floor, stage and steps at north end of main room; to north United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Maps and Photographs Photograph 19. Interior, pine tongue-and-groove ceiling Photograph 20. Interior, first floor, kitchen; looking south from pass-through window United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Maps and Photographs Photograph 21. Interior, first floor, looking east toward stairwell and restroom Photograph 22. Interior, second floor (NAACP) meeting room; looking northeast United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Nettie Gregory Center Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State Maps and Photographs Photograph 23. Interior, second floor hollow beam covering fire system piping ATTACHMENT C: Evaluation Form NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATION EVALUATION SHEET Certified Local Governments / Historic Landmark Commissions The following property is being nominated to the National Register of Historic Places and will be reviewed by the Utah State National Register Review Committee at its next meeting The Commission recommends that the property or properties appear to meet the National Register criteria and should be listed in the National Register. The Commission recommends that the property or properties do not appear to meet the National Register criteria and should not be listed in the National Register. Return to: coryjensen@utah.gov _ Signature of Commission Chair (or Designee) Date Name of Local Historic Preservation Commission Signature of Mayor _ Date PROPERTY NAME: ADDRESS: OK Concerns INTEGRITY: Major alterations or additions? New materials? Altered setting? Moved? etc. OK Concerns DESCRIPTION: Is the property adequately described? Have contributing and non-contributing features been clearly identified? OK Concerns SIGNIFICANCE and CONTEXT: Has the appropriate criterion been used? Has it been justified? Is the context sufficient in breadth and depth to support the claims of significance? OK Concerns FACTS AND SOURCES: Are the appropriate and best sources used? Are key dates and facts accurate? OK Concerns SUPPORTING MATERIALS: Adequate photos, maps, drawings, etc.?