Elsinore Sugar Factory

The Elsinore Sugar Factory, in Sevier County, Utah near Elsinore, Utah, was built in 1910. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

Elsinore Sugar Factory
Warehouse building
Nearest cityElsinore, Utah
Coordinates38°40′53″N 112°07′24″W
Area21.5 acres (8.7 ha)
Built1910
Built byE.H. Dyer & Sons
NRHP reference No.80003959[1]
Added to NRHPJune 17, 1980

Two buildings of the factory complex of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company survive: a factory office and rooming house building, and a warehouse building. These buildings were deemed significant for association with the company, which was "the single most important agri-business in Sevier County history. The factory's economic and social impact on local communities, as assessed by a recent county wide historical survey, exceeds that of any other business enterprise for the years 1911 to 1928. Also, the Elsinore plant is significant as a good representative of the overall sugar beet industry in Utah and as an excellant example of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company's contribution to the history of the state."[2]

The factory office and rooming house building is a one-and-a-half-story rectangular-plan building. Its ground floor is brick and includes segmental arches at its openings. Above it is frame-built with shingle siding. Paired shed dormers break the roof along the broad sides. There is a small portico with a gable roof over the rear entrance. The factory office used the ground floor; above were rooms for seasonal employees.[2]

The warehouse is a large brick building, also rectangular in plan and with a gable roof, and also with segmental arches over openings. The appearance of a cornice is created by brick corbelling at the roof line.[2]

The complex was built by E.H. Dyer & Sons.[2]

The term Weight Station Inn has also applied.[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Robert V. Hugie (February 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Elsinore Sugar Factory / Weight Station Inn". National Park Service. Retrieved December 19, 2019. With accompanying four photos from 1980


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