City Meat Market - Salt Lake City, UT - Utah Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

This historical marker describing Salt Lake City's first Meat Market, is situated on the south side of Richard's Court in the City Creek Center. The marker reads:

CITY MEAT MARKET

SALT LAKE'S FIRST MARKET

In 1861 the city built a long narrow structure in the middle of First South Street west of Main Street to house the city's butcher shops. It was a barn-like structure with a cobblestone drive through it with stalls on either side. Beef, mutton, veal, and pork hung from floor to ceiling festooned with garlands of sausages and rosettes of suet.

The advent of the street cars in 1871 required that the market be moved to another location nearby where business continued for a few years. After repeal of city ordinances requiring meat merchants conduct their business at a single location, butcher shops moved to various sites around downtown. A group of butchers, however, stayed in this area on the north side of First South Street, known for many years as Market Row.

Photo: Meat Market, at right, sits in the middle of the street. ca. 1864. Courtesy Church History Library.

Marker Name: City Meat Market Marker Type: City County: Salt Lake City: Salt Lake City Group Responsible for Placement: City Creek Center Date Dedicated: March 2012 Addtional Information: Not listed Marker Number: Not listed Web link(s) for additional information: Not listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   03/27/2012 Chasing Blue Sky visited it