{"id":6661,"date":"2023-12-20T03:21:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T03:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/southwest-utah-a-triple-junction-of-landscapes-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T04:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T04:07:13","slug":"st-george-historical-walking-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/st-george-historical-walking-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"St. George Historical Walking Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-6661\" data-postid=\"6661\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-6661 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_p0g3177 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_lfpr178 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_4vlz178    wow\" data-tf-animation=\"zoomIn\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>In the heart of downtown St. George sits the Pioneer Courthouse, a historical building that was the cornerstone of this once young and emerging community. <\/strong>The following article will explain how the Pioneer Courthouse came into being, along with detailing a walking tour to nearby historic buildings in St. George.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_0fj5179 last\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_e6k4179 image-top rounded drop-shadow  tf_mw wow\" data-tf-animation=\"fadeInRightBig\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PioneerCths.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" title=\"St. George Historical Walking Tour\" alt=\"St. George Historical Walking Tour\">    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_tpri177 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_kbox179 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_wyzi179   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>In This Article<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#Videos\">Videos<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Pioneer Courthouse Tour<\/li>\n<li>Walking Tour of Commercial Buildings<\/li>\n<li>Walking Tour of Residential Buildings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Layout\">The Layout of St. George<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Pioneer\">Pioneer Courthouse<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Walking\">Walking Tour Description<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Map\">Map of Walking Tour<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"Videos\">Videos<\/h2>\n<p>Below are the three videos on YouTube that cover the tours.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module callout -->\n<div  class=\"module ui module-callout tb_2ck4180 button-bottom-center red  rounded embossed shadow wow\" data-tf-animation=\"fadeInLeft\" data-tf-animation_delay=\"1\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <div class=\"callout-inner\">\n    <div class=\"callout-content tf_left\">\n        <h3 class=\"callout-heading\"><\/h3>\n        <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n            <strong>Click image<\/strong> to watch Virtual Video Tour and see viewer comments.\nThen come back to get the rest of the story.        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <!-- \/callout-content -->\n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/callout-content -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module callout -->\n<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_x0h2180   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h4>Pioneer Courthouse &amp; History of St. George<\/h4>\n<p>Take a virtual tour inside the Pioneer Courthouse and learn how and why downtown St. George was laid out the way it is today.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_dz8t180 image-overlay bordered  tf_mw wow\" data-tf-animation=\"fadeIn\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=34m7DeVvlcc\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\n                   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PioneerCthsYT1.jpg\" width=\"978\" height=\"550\" title=\"St. George Historical Walking Tour\" alt=\"St. George Historical Walking Tour\">        <\/a>\n    \n    \n                <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_tjw9180   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h4>Walking Tour of Commercial Buildings<\/h4>\n<p>Watch this virtual walking tour to see where the historic commercial buildings are located so that you too can take the tour for real.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_ulyd180 image-overlay bordered  tf_mw wow\" data-tf-animation=\"fadeIn\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6LRu0whTh-0\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\n                   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PioneerCthsYT2.jpg\" width=\"978\" height=\"550\" title=\"St. George Historical Walking Tour\" alt=\"St. George Historical Walking Tour\">        <\/a>\n    \n    \n                <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_lobn180   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h4>Walking Tour of Historic Residences<\/h4>\n<p>Watch this virtual video tour to learn how to take in the walking tour visiting historical residences.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_93xc64 image-overlay bordered  tf_mw wow\" data-tf-animation=\"fadeIn\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6L1RTjmL4Ow\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\n                   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PioneerCthsYT3.jpg\" width=\"978\" height=\"550\" title=\"St. George Historical Walking Tour\" alt=\"St. George Historical Walking Tour\">        <\/a>\n    \n    \n                <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module divider -->\n<div  class=\"module tf_mw module-divider tb_jsop181 solid   \" style=\"border-width: 1px;border-color: #000;margin-top: 10px;margin-bottom: 20px;\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/module divider -->\n<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_zqkb181   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2 id=\"Layout\">The Layout of St. George<\/h2>\n<p>St. George was born out of what was the \u201ccotton mission\u201d where Brigham Young, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder-day Saints, realized that the looming American Civil War would create a shortage of both cotton and silk. In December 1861, he called 309 families to settle southwest Utah to develop farms for growing cotton, trees for silkworm production and grapes for winemaking.<\/p>\n<p>When the pioneers from northern Utah arrived, they laid out St. George using the \u201cPlat of Zion\u201d which was a common way of laying out other towns in Utah. Residential lots were clustered in the town center and lots were randomly given to settlers that picked out numbers from a hat. As settlers began building homes on their new lots, they needed to follow Young\u2019s request that they be built close to the street in order to facilitate larger backyards where large vegetable gardens could be planted. The new town was very remote and it needed to be as self-sufficient as possible, including the ability to produce as much food as possible.<\/p>\n<p>The blocks in the historic heart of St. George are 528 feet square, with an area of 6.4 acres, and with major streets being 90 feet wide. Each block was originally divided into eight lots. There\u2019s an animated map that shows the city\u2019s tract layout on \u201cThe Beginnings of St. George, Utah and its Historic Pioneer Courthouse\u201d video.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the gardens and orchards planted in their backyards, the settlers also had fields that were held in common. These fields consisted of pastures where domesticated animals could graze, pens and corrals for those animals, and barns and granaries, all for managing the livestock. None of these pastures or structures exist today.<\/p>\n<p>Homes were built beginning in 1862 but none of the older homes exist today. The oldest building that is still standing is the Gardener\u2019s Club Hall that sits in Ancestor Square. It was built in 1867 and is one of the stops along the residential walking tour. Most of the buildings you see today were built in the 1870s and 80s as St. George continued growing. One of the key homes built during that time was the winter home of Brigham Young, which is nicely preserved. It includes interior furnishings from that period that you can see on tours that are offered there. Many of the commercial buildings you see today were built after 1900. It is also visited in the residential walking tour.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/><!-- Skyscraper160x600 --><br \/><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7400034802659664\" data-ad-slot=\"8100341909\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/><script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"Pioneer\">About the Pioneer Courthouse<\/h2>\n<p>St. George became the seat of Washington County in 1863. By then, more and more people were heading south and populating the regions of southern Utah and Nevada, as well as northern Arizona, with very little representation of the law. It became apparent that government offices and a courthouse needed to be built to bring order into what was quite literally the \u201cwild west\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Construction of the courthouse began in 1866 and was completed in 1870. It has a full basement that served as the county\u2019s jail for 10 years. The first floor housed government offices and the second floor was the courtroom that also served as the city\u2019s community center.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the courthouse serves as a museum and is still used as a community center that holds regular presentations on various topics. All three floors of the courthouse have displays from St. George\u2019s past, along with many historic pictures. For a virtual walkthrough, watch the courthouse video mentioned earlier.<\/p>\n<div class=\"g g-11\"><div class=\"g-single a-27\"><a class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"MjcsMTEsNjA=\" title=\"Snap Shots West\" href=\"http:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/ssw\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-2382 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Ad-800x500-2a.gif\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_2es6177 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_bptz182 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_tl3i182   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2 id=\"Walking\">Walking Tour<\/h2>\n<p>Providing the courthouse was open and you&#8217;ve finished your visit, you can leave your car parked there and go on the walking tours. They are each 1-to-2-hours in length and are about a mile in length, all on sidewalks. The tour routes cover the two city blocks west of the courthouse (100 East to 100 West), and the two city blocks north of St. George Blvd along Main Street. A brochure is available.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the buildings in the downtown area have small plaques out front describing their history. Even if you don\u2019t watch the video or get walking directions from the courthouse, you can still roam around the downtown area and look for these plaques for a description of the building.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6684\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6684\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PioneerCthsPic1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6684 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PioneerCthsPic1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PioneerCthsPic1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PioneerCthsPic1-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PioneerCthsPic1-768x415.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sample plaque found in front of many of the buildings on the tour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Commercial Buildings<\/h3>\n<p>Walking out of the Pioneer Courthouse parking lot, turn left (north) and begin climbing 100 East. The first building on the left is the Pioneer Museum. Turn left at the next street, 200 North.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opera House<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the block, before reaching Main Street, the St. George Art Museum and Opera House are seen on the left. The Opera House is the historic building, being built in 1875. Look for the year near the roof. It sat 300 people and served the community until the 1930s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mercantile Building<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Turn left onto Main Street and head downhill towards the traffic light. Cross both Main Street and St. George Blvd. to walk south on the right side of Main Street.<\/p>\n<p>The first building on the corner of Main and the Blvd is a new hotel built in 2019. The next building is historic and is currently occupied by the Bear Paw Caf\u00e9. This was originally the St. George Co-Op Mercantile Building that was built in 1876.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bishop&#8217;s Storehouse<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At 17 North Main, the Bishop\u2019s Storehouse was built in 1887 to receive and store the offerings of LDS Church members that were to be distributed to the widows, the poor and the needy in town. It is currently a real estate office.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thomas Judd\u2019s General Store<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the block, turn right onto Tabernacle Street. Across the street is the Tabernacle. We\u2019ll talk more about this later.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll walk a little further and, on the right, we pass by St. George\u2019s oldest on-going business, Thomas Judd\u2019s General Store. It was built around the 1890s. In 1911, the store was purchased by the Judd family. Today it serves as a candy and ice cream store.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Green Gate Village<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Continuing west on Tabernacle Street, Green Gate Village is passed on the right, which is a collection of commercial buildings now, but originally were a lot of residences. There are about ten buildings located here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Woodward School<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the block, turn left and cross Tabernacle Street. Here, we enter the St. George town square. On the left is the Woodward School. The early settlers here put a high value on education and built this school in 1898. Today, it serves as administrative offices for the Washington County school district, and has some historical artifacts on display, inside.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tabernacle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Walk across the park and begin heading to the left, back towards Main Street. A good view of the Tabernacle will be seen on the left.<\/p>\n<p>The Tabernacle took 13 years to build and was completed in 1876. Its purpose is to hold community gatherings and provide a place of worship. With construction of the St. George Temple being complete the following year, and the Pioneer Courthouse already complete in 1870, by the late 1870s, the budding town of St. George was really starting to take shape, as you can see in this historic picture from about the turn of the century.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dixie Academy Building<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you reach the sidewalk of Main Street, turn right. Soon, the St. George Children&#8217;s Museum is reached on the right.<\/p>\n<p>This is the Dixie Academy Building. It was built in 1911. This was basically the beginnings of Dixie State University or DSU, which is now known as Utah Tech. Today, the university is located about a mile east of here and this building now serves as the St. George Children\u2019s Museum.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dixie Photo Shop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After looking at the Dixie Academy Building, turn around (180 degrees) and head back north up Main Street. When you reach Tabernacle Street, turn right crossing Main Street.<\/p>\n<p>The first building of interest is the Dixie Photo Shop. This fine two story building became a business in the early 1920\u2019s. It was built along the Arrowhead Trail, that would later become US highway 91, which was later moved a block north onto St. George Blvd a few years later, then replaced by Interstate 15 in the 1970s.\u00a0 Many important services were carried out at this building that really enhanced the lives of those who lived in St. George.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Electric Theater<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The next building of interest down the street is the Electric Theater. It was built in 1911 and has 220 seats. Ownership changed hands several times over the last 110 years. It stopped showing movies in 1999. In 2013, the City of St. George purchased the Electric Theater and uses it for various activities, including plays, concerts and presentations.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the block, just past the Electric Theater, is another interesting historic commercial building. The date of the original structure is unknown, but it was owned and operated as the Nelson Mercantile until 1924. It changed hands and appearance a few times, then was restored to its original appearance in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>County News Building &#8211; Return to Pioneer Courthouse<\/p>\n<p>Head back to Main Street and turn right to head back up to St. George Blvd. Cross the Blvd. and turn right (east) towards the Pioneer Courthouse. There&#8217;s one more historic building to look at.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the commercial buildings in this block were build in the 1960s. One building however was built as a saloon in the 1880s in the nearby mining town of Silver Reef. After the silver boom ended around 1890, it was moved here and became the County News Building. The Washington County News was printed here until around 1900. After that, this building housed several other businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The building is difficult to spot while walking past the more modern movies. Refer to the <a href=\"#Videos\">Commercial Building Walking Tour<\/a> video.<\/p>\n<h3>Residences<\/h3>\n<p>ddd<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_of5q96 image-top rounded  tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/brw\/geology-tour-st-george\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\n                   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ad-800x500-GeologyTour1.gif\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" title=\"St. George Historical Walking Tour\" alt=\"St. George Historical Walking Tour\">        <\/a>\n    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_fpz3182   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2 id=\"Map\">Map<\/h2>\n<p>Use the interactive Google Map below to find places included in the tour described above.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the maps in our videos were created using Gaia GPS. 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03:21:19","updated":"2026-05-13 18:41:55","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/category\/season-fall\/\" title=\"Season: Fall\">Season: Fall<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tSt. George Historical Walking Tour\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog"},{"label":"Season: Fall","link":"https:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/category\/season-fall\/"},{"label":"St. George Historical Walking Tour","link":"https:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/st-george-historical-walking-tour\/"}],"builder_content":"<p><strong>In the heart of downtown St. George sits the Pioneer Courthouse, a historical building that was the cornerstone of this once young and emerging community. <\/strong>The following article will explain how the Pioneer Courthouse came into being, along with detailing a walking tour to nearby historic buildings in St. George.<\/p>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PioneerCths.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" title=\"St. George Historical Walking Tour\" alt=\"St. George Historical Walking Tour\">\n<h2>In This Article<\/h2> <ul> <li><a href=\"#Videos\">Videos<\/a> <ul> <li>Pioneer Courthouse Tour<\/li> <li>Walking Tour of Commercial Buildings<\/li> <li>Walking Tour of Residential Buildings<\/li> <\/ul> <\/li> <li><a href=\"#Layout\">The Layout of St. George<\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#Pioneer\">Pioneer Courthouse<\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#Walking\">Walking Tour Description<\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#Map\">Map of Walking Tour<\/a><\/li> <\/ul> <h2 id=\"Videos\">Videos<\/h2> <p>Below are the three videos on YouTube that cover the tours.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3> <strong>Click image<\/strong> to watch Virtual Video Tour and see viewer comments. Then come back to get the rest of the story.\n<h4>Pioneer Courthouse &amp; History of St. George<\/h4> <p>Take a virtual tour inside the Pioneer Courthouse and learn how and why downtown St. George was laid out the way it is today.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=34m7DeVvlcc\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img src=\"http:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PioneerCthsYT1.jpg\" width=\"978\" height=\"550\" title=\"St. George Historical Walking Tour\" alt=\"St. George Historical Walking Tour\"> <\/a>\n<h4>Walking Tour of Commercial Buildings<\/h4> <p>Watch this virtual walking tour to see where the historic commercial buildings are located so that you too can take the tour for real.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6LRu0whTh-0\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img src=\"http:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PioneerCthsYT2.jpg\" width=\"978\" height=\"550\" title=\"St. George Historical Walking Tour\" alt=\"St. George Historical Walking Tour\"> <\/a>\n<h4>Walking Tour of Historic Residences<\/h4> <p>Watch this virtual video tour to learn how to take in the walking tour visiting historical residences.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6L1RTjmL4Ow\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img src=\"http:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PioneerCthsYT3.jpg\" width=\"978\" height=\"550\" title=\"St. George Historical Walking Tour\" alt=\"St. George Historical Walking Tour\"> <\/a>\n\n<h2 id=\"Layout\">The Layout of St. George<\/h2> <p>St. George was born out of what was the \u201ccotton mission\u201d where Brigham Young, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder-day Saints, realized that the looming American Civil War would create a shortage of both cotton and silk. In December 1861, he called 309 families to settle southwest Utah to develop farms for growing cotton, trees for silkworm production and grapes for winemaking.<\/p> <p>When the pioneers from northern Utah arrived, they laid out St. George using the \u201cPlat of Zion\u201d which was a common way of laying out other towns in Utah. Residential lots were clustered in the town center and lots were randomly given to settlers that picked out numbers from a hat. As settlers began building homes on their new lots, they needed to follow Young\u2019s request that they be built close to the street in order to facilitate larger backyards where large vegetable gardens could be planted. The new town was very remote and it needed to be as self-sufficient as possible, including the ability to produce as much food as possible.<\/p> <p>The blocks in the historic heart of St. George are 528 feet square, with an area of 6.4 acres, and with major streets being 90 feet wide. Each block was originally divided into eight lots. There\u2019s an animated map that shows the city\u2019s tract layout on \u201cThe Beginnings of St. George, Utah and its Historic Pioneer Courthouse\u201d video.<\/p> <p>Along with the gardens and orchards planted in their backyards, the settlers also had fields that were held in common. These fields consisted of pastures where domesticated animals could graze, pens and corrals for those animals, and barns and granaries, all for managing the livestock. None of these pastures or structures exist today.<\/p> <p>Homes were built beginning in 1862 but none of the older homes exist today. The oldest building that is still standing is the Gardener\u2019s Club Hall that sits in Ancestor Square. It was built in 1867 and is one of the stops along the residential walking tour. Most of the buildings you see today were built in the 1870s and 80s as St. George continued growing. One of the key homes built during that time was the winter home of Brigham Young, which is nicely preserved. It includes interior furnishings from that period that you can see on tours that are offered there. Many of the commercial buildings you see today were built after 1900. It is also visited in the residential walking tour.<\/p> <p><br \/><br \/><ins style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7400034802659664\" data-ad-slot=\"8100341909\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/><\/p> <h2 id=\"Pioneer\">About the Pioneer Courthouse<\/h2> <p>St. George became the seat of Washington County in 1863. By then, more and more people were heading south and populating the regions of southern Utah and Nevada, as well as northern Arizona, with very little representation of the law. It became apparent that government offices and a courthouse needed to be built to bring order into what was quite literally the \u201cwild west\u201d.<\/p> <p>Construction of the courthouse began in 1866 and was completed in 1870. It has a full basement that served as the county\u2019s jail for 10 years. The first floor housed government offices and the second floor was the courtroom that also served as the city\u2019s community center.<\/p> <p>Today, the courthouse serves as a museum and is still used as a community center that holds regular presentations on various topics. All three floors of the courthouse have displays from St. George\u2019s past, along with many historic pictures. For a virtual walkthrough, watch the courthouse video mentioned earlier.<\/p> <p>[adrotate group=\"11\"]\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"Walking\">Walking Tour<\/h2> <p>Providing the courthouse was open and you've finished your visit, you can leave your car parked there and go on the walking tours. They are each 1-to-2-hours in length and are about a mile in length, all on sidewalks. The tour routes cover the two city blocks west of the courthouse (100 East to 100 West), and the two city blocks north of St. George Blvd along Main Street. A brochure is available.<\/p> <p>Many of the buildings in the downtown area have small plaques out front describing their history. Even if you don\u2019t watch the video or get walking directions from the courthouse, you can still roam around the downtown area and look for these plaques for a description of the building.<\/p> [caption id=\"attachment_6684\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"800\"]<a href=\"http:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PioneerCthsPic1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PioneerCthsPic1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PioneerCthsPic1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PioneerCthsPic1-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PioneerCthsPic1-768x415.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a> Sample plaque found in front of many of the buildings on the tour[\/caption] <h3>Commercial Buildings<\/h3> <p>Walking out of the Pioneer Courthouse parking lot, turn left (north) and begin climbing 100 East. The first building on the left is the Pioneer Museum. Turn left at the next street, 200 North.<\/p> <p><strong>Opera House<\/strong><\/p> <p>At the end of the block, before reaching Main Street, the St. George Art Museum and Opera House are seen on the left. The Opera House is the historic building, being built in 1875. Look for the year near the roof. It sat 300 people and served the community until the 1930s.<\/p> <p><strong>Mercantile Building<\/strong><\/p> <p>Turn left onto Main Street and head downhill towards the traffic light. Cross both Main Street and St. George Blvd. to walk south on the right side of Main Street.<\/p> <p>The first building on the corner of Main and the Blvd is a new hotel built in 2019. The next building is historic and is currently occupied by the Bear Paw Caf\u00e9. This was originally the St. George Co-Op Mercantile Building that was built in 1876.<\/p> <p><strong>Bishop's Storehouse<\/strong><\/p> <p>At 17 North Main, the Bishop\u2019s Storehouse was built in 1887 to receive and store the offerings of LDS Church members that were to be distributed to the widows, the poor and the needy in town. It is currently a real estate office.<\/p> <p><strong>Thomas Judd\u2019s General Store<\/strong><\/p> <p>At the end of the block, turn right onto Tabernacle Street. Across the street is the Tabernacle. We\u2019ll talk more about this later.<\/p> <p>We\u2019ll walk a little further and, on the right, we pass by St. George\u2019s oldest on-going business, Thomas Judd\u2019s General Store. It was built around the 1890s. In 1911, the store was purchased by the Judd family. Today it serves as a candy and ice cream store.<\/p> <p><strong>Green Gate Village<\/strong><\/p> <p>Continuing west on Tabernacle Street, Green Gate Village is passed on the right, which is a collection of commercial buildings now, but originally were a lot of residences. There are about ten buildings located here.<\/p> <p><strong>Woodward School<\/strong><\/p> <p>At the end of the block, turn left and cross Tabernacle Street. Here, we enter the St. George town square. On the left is the Woodward School. The early settlers here put a high value on education and built this school in 1898. Today, it serves as administrative offices for the Washington County school district, and has some historical artifacts on display, inside.<\/p> <p><strong>Tabernacle<\/strong><\/p> <p>Walk across the park and begin heading to the left, back towards Main Street. A good view of the Tabernacle will be seen on the left.<\/p> <p>The Tabernacle took 13 years to build and was completed in 1876. Its purpose is to hold community gatherings and provide a place of worship. With construction of the St. George Temple being complete the following year, and the Pioneer Courthouse already complete in 1870, by the late 1870s, the budding town of St. George was really starting to take shape, as you can see in this historic picture from about the turn of the century.<\/p> <p><strong>Dixie Academy Building<\/strong><\/p> <p>When you reach the sidewalk of Main Street, turn right. Soon, the St. George Children's Museum is reached on the right.<\/p> <p>This is the Dixie Academy Building. It was built in 1911. This was basically the beginnings of Dixie State University or DSU, which is now known as Utah Tech. Today, the university is located about a mile east of here and this building now serves as the St. George Children\u2019s Museum.\u00a0<\/p> <p><strong>Dixie Photo Shop<\/strong><\/p> <p>After looking at the Dixie Academy Building, turn around (180 degrees) and head back north up Main Street. When you reach Tabernacle Street, turn right crossing Main Street.<\/p> <p>The first building of interest is the Dixie Photo Shop. This fine two story building became a business in the early 1920\u2019s. It was built along the Arrowhead Trail, that would later become US highway 91, which was later moved a block north onto St. George Blvd a few years later, then replaced by Interstate 15 in the 1970s.\u00a0 Many important services were carried out at this building that really enhanced the lives of those who lived in St. George.<\/p> <p><strong>Electric Theater<\/strong><\/p> <p>The next building of interest down the street is the Electric Theater. It was built in 1911 and has 220 seats. Ownership changed hands several times over the last 110 years. It stopped showing movies in 1999. In 2013, the City of St. George purchased the Electric Theater and uses it for various activities, including plays, concerts and presentations.<\/p> <p>At the end of the block, just past the Electric Theater, is another interesting historic commercial building. The date of the original structure is unknown, but it was owned and operated as the Nelson Mercantile until 1924. It changed hands and appearance a few times, then was restored to its original appearance in 1992.<\/p> <p>County News Building - Return to Pioneer Courthouse<\/p> <p>Head back to Main Street and turn right to head back up to St. George Blvd. Cross the Blvd. and turn right (east) towards the Pioneer Courthouse. There's one more historic building to look at.<\/p> <p>Most of the commercial buildings in this block were build in the 1960s. One building however was built as a saloon in the 1880s in the nearby mining town of Silver Reef. After the silver boom ended around 1890, it was moved here and became the County News Building. The Washington County News was printed here until around 1900. After that, this building housed several other businesses.<\/p> <p>The building is difficult to spot while walking past the more modern movies. Refer to the <a href=\"#Videos\">Commercial Building Walking Tour<\/a> video.<\/p> <h3>Residences<\/h3> <p>ddd<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/brw\/geology-tour-st-george\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img src=\"http:\/\/www.backroadswest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ad-800x500-GeologyTour1.gif\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" title=\"St. George Historical Walking Tour\" alt=\"St. George Historical Walking Tour\"> <\/a>\n<h2 id=\"Map\">Map<\/h2> <p>Use the interactive Google Map below to find places included in the tour described above.<\/p> <p>Most of the maps in our videos were created using Gaia GPS. 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