Orpheus Hall
Vernal, Utah
C. W. Showalter, and Andrew King opened the Orpheus Hall on Thanksgiving Day, 30 November 1911. The amusement hall had a spring dance floor, but was also used for roller skating, basketball, banquets, and movies. It was named after the Greek god of Mirth, “a famous musician who is reputed to have had power to entrance men, beasts, and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre.” At 11:00 PM on New Years Eve, 1928, the hall was renamed Imperial Hall. In a ceremony on 20 April 1965, Governor Governor Calvin L. Rampton took a sledge hammer and delivered the first blow in the demolition of the hall as part of a community beautification campaign.
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Farmington project on track
Deseret News, 22 May 2005
Article Summary:
On Friday, the Farmington City Council voted 5-3 to approve an $18.5 million budget for Station Park, one of the largest redevelopment agency projects in Davis County. The money will come from property taxes generated from the project and reinvested into the project for 20 years. Station Park will be centered around the commuter rail station and will include housing, offices, and retail. It will be a showcase for transit-oriented development in Utah and the United States. Stonehenge Development Partners is planning the project. Rich Haws, president of Haws Co., is part of the Stonehenge team.