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 The Barboglio Building - Helper, UT
N 39° 41.064 W 110° 51.279
12S E 512463 N 4392740
An E Clampus Vitus Historical Marker at 160 S Main St, Helper, UT, notes this as the site of the Barboglio Building, which burned in 1907, was rebuilt here in 1953, and in 2017, it is home to Rocking Chairs Antiques Etc.
Waymark Code: WMTYH8
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 01/24/2017
Views: 3
The marker says:
The Barboglio Building was built in 1907 by Joe Barboglio. The building housed the Tika Tavern with a hotel upstairs. Mrs. Barboglio ran the hotel and washed the linen by hand in the Price River. In 1910, in an effort to help other businessmen, the Helper State Bank was opened in one part of the building with Joe Barboglio as the first president. The building was occupied by various businesses until 1950 when it was destroyed by fire. In 1953 one story of the building was rebuilt and housed a baker and a flower shop. In 1955 Mutual Furniture & Hardware purchased the building and opened an archway between the two buildings. In 1997 Herme's Antiques opened in the building and remains in business today.
Dedicated By:
Matt Warner Chapter 1900
E Clampus Vitus
July 8, 2006 (6011)
Marker Name: The Barboglio Building
Marker Type: City
Addtional Information:
The National Register lists this building as being at 156 S Main Street, which is easily explained, given the partitioning of the building into two sections, which are 154 and 160 today. There appears to be considerable renumbering here in Helper along the main drag.
The Utah Historical Society's site inventory number for this property is CR-07-691, and while E Clampus Vitus did not reference it, it is used on at least one National Register of Historic Places sign here in the Helper Commercial District. Some folks might consider it to be a marker number, and it is used by the National Register of Historic Places in the nomination form for the district. The nomination form lists a construction date of 1945, which conflicts with the E Clampus Vitus marker by a few years, but otherwise corroborates this as having been the site of the original Barboglio building and the Tika Tavern. It also indicates that the building housed an annex of the Mutual Furniture Company and a bakery in 1978: Both have since moved on, as has Herme's Antiques.
County: Carbon
City: Helper
Group Responsible for Placement: E Clampus Vitus
Date Dedicated: 7/8/2006
Web link(s) for additional information:
https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/79002491.pdf
Marker Number: Not listed
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