vote your main street

Episode 178 Not All Women are Ladies

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**UPDATE** The Clubhouse on South Temple (Ladies’ Literary Club) HAS won a portion of the grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation with Vote Your Main Street!

Located in downtown Salt Lake City, just east of the Cathedral of the Madeline and the Masonic temple, is a small Frank Lloyd Wright prairie school, pre-art deco style home, that if you blinked, you would miss. Here’s the thing, you don’t WANT to miss this house.

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Image courtesy of the Special Collections Dept, J Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.

Jude, the protector of the home, as well as part of Photo Collective Studios sat down with us for episode 178 to talk about why being part of National Geographic Vote Your Main Street was so important (the voting ended October 29th). Jude gave us a history of the incredible women that built the Ladies’ Literary Club and how they lasted well over a century before disbanding in 2013. Now called the ClubHouse SLC, it is going through a rebirth and will hopefully see another type of literary *or perhaps other type* club start up.

Jude told us of the many things that happened at the literary club over history and we promised we would post this birthday cake picture! The women that started this club were wealthy, literate, white glove, high hat wearing ladies’. In the turn of the century their membership had surpassed 250 and they had to sell their original school house building that was just up the street. At that time they had their new building, what is now at 850 E South Temple, built. It officially opened in 1913. Jude told us it was only after 9 years of opening that the building was paid off.

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Image courtesy of Utah State Historical Society.

There is a book that exists about the first 50 years of the club, if you can get your hands on it. We don’t want to give away too much of the episode but the history of these women and this building is incredible.

Now the ClubHouseSLC hosts weddings, parties, markets, and funerals. You can follow them on (ClubHouseSLC) Instagram (PhotoCollective) Instagram and (ClubhouseSLC) Facebook (PhotoCollective) Facebook. Of course booking information for both Photo Collective Studios and the ClubHouse are on their websites. You can also check out their events page for upcoming gatherings!

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Music By: Folk Hogan. Bootleggers Dance.

Episode 175 Historic or Just Old

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We had the pleasure of sitting down with public outreach director, Wendi Pettett, of Preservation Utah for episode 175. Preservation Utah is a local, non-profit working on the preservation of historic neighborhoods and buildings around the state.

Although Wendi has only been with the organization just short of a year, her passion for restoration and preservation makes her a great fit for her position. Not only does Preservation Utah focus on the restoration and preservation, they try to get communities to re-use as much as possible. Keeping these historic buildings in our neighborhoods give a sense of place.

The organization is always working on events and partnering with other historic groups around Utah such as Weber County Heritage Foundation and the historic commission in Pleasant Grove, just to name a couple of recent partners. Keeping these buildings in the public eye create an interest and a sense of nostalgia. How does one actually do that?? Well, tours!! What better way to get out and see the history in our communities than through walking tours.

Once a year Preservation Utah offers a historic home tour (just passed over the weekend of Oct 5th). There are pub crawls, walking tours through local neighborhoods, conferences, and more! You can follow Preservation Utah on their Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for upcoming events and ways to preserve your neighborhood. You can also find them at the Memorial house in Memory Grove and at Salt Lake Modern.

Also, National Geographic is running their Vote Your Main Street competition this year. They will be offering grants to historical sites across America. The Ladies Literary Club is up for nomination. You can vote once a day with 5 entries for the club. It is a very old part of Salt Lake City that would definitely love an upgrade!! **no need to register, just give an email and they will send a link that is good for 5 minutes** VOTING ENDS OCT 29th, 2019!

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