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Salt Lake City's west-side Nettie Gregory Center earns historic designation amid restoration effort.
This once-and-future community center was listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service in March.
The Nettie Gregory Center (pictured here in 2023) recently received formal designation as a historic site as part of a new restoration effort. "Nestled beneath the din of southbound Interstate 15 at the edge of Poplar Grove—facing the Folsom Trail and old Union Pacific railroad lines—stands a monumental site of local African American history," City Weekly reported in February 2023, referring to Salt Lake City's Nettie Gregory Center, located at 742 W.
South Temple. At the time, we—specifically, I —remarked that the unused building was in need of repair and, perhaps, historical designation.
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