St. Mary of the Assumption Church and School

The church and school are located next to each other with a connection to the rear. Both buildings are rectangular buff limestone structures, the school two stories in height, the church taller, but one story in height. The church features a large Gothic arch at the center entrance, flanked by large sash windows, with two smaller sashes close together in the loft over the main arch. A small wooden belfry tops the church. The school, to the left of the church, has a similar but smaller facade, the Gothic arch replaced by a plain rectangular doorway, with a flue in place of the church's belfry. Since both buildings are on a hillside above the street, the lot is fronted by a tall stone retaining wall.

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The first church was built in 1881 to serve Park City's largely non-Mormon mining community, an anomaly in the Mormon-dominated state. The mining boom in the area around Park City brought miners, many of them Catholic, from all parts of the country.{{cite web|last=Notarianni|first=Philip F.|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: St. Mary of the Assumption Church and School|url={{NRHP url|id=79002512}}|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=4 March 2014|date=May 1978}} The school was constructed in the early 1900s and staffed by the Sisters of the Holy Cross until its closure during the Great Depression.{{citation|url=http://www.stmarysparkcity.com/History-of-St--Mary-s|title=History of St. Mary's|work=St. Mary of the Assumption Parish website|accessdate=June 3, 2019}}

The complex was placed on the NRHP as St. Mary of the Assumption Church and School on January 25, 1970. In 1991, Jim and Sally Ivers donated land for the construction of a new church, which was dedicated on August 15, 1997, the Feast of the Assumption of Mary. The historic church is referred to as the Old Town Chapel.{{cite web|title=Welcome|url=http://www.stmarysparkcity.com/|publisher=Saint Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church}}

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• National Register of Historic Places listings in Summit County, Utah

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• [http://www.stmarysparkcity.com/ Saint Mary of the Assumption website]
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Category:Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Utah

Category:Roman Catholic churches completed in 1884

Category:Historic American Buildings Survey in Utah

Category:Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City

Category:Buildings and structures in Park City, Utah

Category:School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Utah

Category:National Register of Historic Places in Summit County, Utah

Category:19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States

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