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Murray Theater

Built in 1938 (Moderne architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

From the record

“The Murray Theater is a theater located in Murray, Utah. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is one of the area's best examples of the Art Moderne style in theater architecture.”

Wikipedia article Murray Theater (Murray, Utah), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 399 National Register listings published here for Salt Lake County · listed in 2001 · category: Building · built in 1938, Moderne architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 4961 S. State St., Murray, 84109
  • When was it listed? May 2001
  • Category. building
  • Also known as. Murray City, Utah MPS; Murray City, Utah MPS
  • Census division. Emigration
  • When was it built? 1938
  • Architectural style. Moderne architecture
  • National Register reference number. 01000476 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

82 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Murray Theater between 1992 and 2020, burning about 751 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural35
Recreation and ceremony25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2005Natural10 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestNORTH DEAF
4 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestGOBBLERS KNOB
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestFERGUSON
3 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestMOUNT AIRE
3 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestFERGUSON
22 September 2020Natural60 acresUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestNEFFS
22 September 2005Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestNEFFS WFU
2 September 2019Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGREEN CAN

Every fire recorded in Salt Lake County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 63 workings within 5 miles of Murray Theater: 26 producers, 24 past producers, 11 occurrences, 2 prospects. 26 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Gold, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Mitt and Blue Point MineGold, CopperPast Producer1904
Canyon Rim QuarriesLimestone, General, Clay, Cement RockPast ProducerCalcite
Cottonwood Gold Eagle MineSilver, IronPast Producer1925
Dolly Varden MineLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer1871
Dolly Varden MineZinc, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer1871
Hayes MineGold, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Maxfield MineSilver, Lead, Copper, Gold, IronPast Producer1871, 1880
Maxfield MineCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer1872
Mill Creek PhosphatePhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Mortand Cement Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Salt Lake County

Storms near this property

7 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Murray, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMurray$250,000Power lines were snapped in Murray, with multiple large trees uprooted throughout town. Carport and car damage occurred, as did damage to business signs and rooftops.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindMurray$5,000Extensive roof damage from large tree on house.
August 1993HailMurray$5,000Tropical moisture surged further north into Utah. This moisture led to the development of severe thunderstorms over the southern portion of Salt Lake County. The rest of the county was hardly touched. The hail accumulated to a 3-inch depth in Herriman. The hail shredded vegetation, and damaged vehicles.
August 1993HailMurray$500Shortly after the above thunderstorms moved out of the area, new thunderstorms redeveloped in the same area. Again, the remainder of the county was hardly touched. In Sandy, the hail piled up to a depth of 2 inches. The hail shredded vegetation, and damaged vehicles. These thunderstorms also had frequent lightning. Lightning that struck a tree in Draper caused a very large branch to fall on some cars in a church parking lot. The damage to the cars was $30,000. The electric current from a nearby lightning strike worked its way into a house in Sandy destroying a television set. Brief heavy rainfall from these thunderstorms caused minor urban flooding.
June 2023HailMurray-One inch hail was reported in Murray.
August 2011HailMurray-Hail with a diameter of approximately 0.75 inches was observed near Murray.
August 2006Heavy RainMurray-Heavy rain fell along the eastern Salt Lake Valley, 1-1.3" in an hour fell from Murray to East MIllcreek.

Every storm recorded in Salt Lake County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Ernie and Irmgard Bourne House1.8 miles2016
Fish-Baughman House1.8 miles2016
Santa Anna Casto House2.4 miles1983
William and Annie Livingston House2.6 miles2002
Ross Hame2.7 miles2018
George and Lida Walker House2.9 miles2024

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 01000476 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Salt Lake CountyAll 399 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.