Discover the local African-American presence by taking a tour of historical points of interest in Salt Lake City, Utah.

1. Brigham Young Monument
   Center of Main Street and South Temple

   Names of three African-Americans who travelled with the 1847 pioneers

   
   
2. Calvary Baptist Church
   532 East 700 South

   Oldest African-American Baptist church in Utah

   
   
3. Calvary Tower Housing Complex
   516 East 700 South

   Elderly and handicapped low-income housing with African-American art

   
   
4. Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum
   300 North Main Street

   Green Flake -- 1847

   
   
5. Fort Douglas Cemetery
   Fort Douglas Army Installation and University Park

   Grave section of Buffalo Soldiers

   
   
6. Fort Douglas Museum
   32 Potter Street, Fort Douglas Army Post

   Exhibit of 9th cavalry and 24th infantry -- 1896-1900

   Plate military citizen of the year -- 1981

   
   
7. Jordan Park
   900 West 1000 South

   African Peace Garden; northwest section

   
   
8. Liberty Park
   500 East 900 South

   1980 Memorial to David Martin and Ted Fields, joggers killed by sniper; northwest corner

   
   
9. Mignon Richmond Park
   450 East 600 South

   Named for the first African-American Utah State University Graduate

   
   
10. Nettie Gregory Center
    742 West South Temple

    Community Center in memory of Mrs. Nettie Gregory
    Office of the NAACP, Salt Lake City branch

    
    
11. State Capitol
    State Street, west side

    Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial tree; located in front of the circle west of Capitol

    
    
12. This is the Place Monument
    Pioneer Trail State Park, 2601 Sunnyside Avenue

    Names of Hark Lay, Green Flake, and Oscar Crosby -- three African-Americans who travelled with the 1847 pioneers

    
    
13. Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church
    532 East 700 South

    Historic site of oldest African Methodist Episcopal Church in Utah

    
    
14. University of Utah Library Special Collections
    
    The African-American Points of Interest list was prepared by the Reverend France A. Davis in 1989.

Utah's African-American Voices is made possible by the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, the R. Harold Burton Foundation, the Lawrence T. and Janet T. Dee Foundation, and the Herbert I. and Elsa B. Michael Foundation.

Archival Photo Credit: Utah State Historical Society, all rights reserved.