WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
DIXIE PHOTO SHOP
St. George, Utah
LOCATION
24 East TabernacleSt. George, Utah Not listed in the 1941 telephone book
Telephone 669 in the 1954 telephone book (Dixie Photo Studio)
16 East Tabernacle
St. George, Utah
Telephone ORchard 3-2191 in the 1958 telephone book (Dixie Studio & Camera Shop)
Telephone ORchard 3-2191 in the 1961 telephone book (Dixie Studio & Camera Shop of St George)
34 East Tabernacle
St. George, Utah
Telephone 673-2191 in the 1972 telephone book (Dixie Studio & Camera Shop of St George)
34 1/2 East Tabernacle (residence)
St. George, Utah
Telephone 673-5159 in the 1972 telephone book (Jack Durant; should be Durrant)
HISTORY
The building was built in the early 1920s.At various times, the building was the home of The Washington County News, the Zions Cooperative Mercantile
Institue (Z.C.M.I.), the U. S. Post Office, Leany Shoe and Repair Shop, a pool hall, Brooks Floral Shop, and the
Dixie Photo Studio and Camera Shop.
Thomas Porter Durrant (aka Jack or T.P. Durrant) purchased a photo shop on the main floor of the
Arrowhead Hotel from Mr. Rollins in November of 1955.
Durrant moved the Dixie Photo Shop to 34 East Tabernacle in 1964. He ran the business from that location until
his death in 1999. His family lived upstairs above the business.
The shop still remains at that location.
PHOTOS
WCHS photosWCHS-01859 Photo of the Leany Shoes, Dixie Drug, and Dixie Photo stores
WCHS-01860 Photo of Dixie Drug with Dixie Photo Shop next door
REFERENCES
Landmark and Historic Sites: Informational Guide of Historical Sites within the City of St. GeorgeSecond Edition, Revised 2011, Page 81
Compiled by the St. George Community Development Department
Landmark & Historic Sites: Informational Guide of Historical Sites within the City of St. George
Third edition, Revised 2015, Page 87
Compiled by the St. George Community Development Department
Southern Utah Memories: Dixie Photo Studio
Article by Loren R. Webb, January 17, 2014