WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
PRESERVATION EASEMENTS
in Washington County, Utah
DESCRIPTION
A preservation easement is a legal agreement that gives the easement holder a responsibility to protect thevisual and structural integrity of a particular historic structure, even though that structure is actually owned by
another person. The intent of the preservation easement is to prevent anyone from demolishing or severely
altering the historic building without the permission of the easement holder. The owner retains all the usual
private property rights except for the right to destroy the property. Alterations, improvements, and even
additions to the structure are allowed, as long as they do not compromise its historic character.
The Preservation Utah Preservation Easement Program is a service of Preservation Utah. They hold the
easements and take on great responsibility with those easements, so they do not accept easements on any
and every old building. The building has to be historically or architecturally significant to receive an easement.
Preservation Utah can be contacted at:
Memorial House in Memory Grove Park
375 N. Canyon Road, Salt Lake City, Utah 84103
(801)533-0858; Extension 103 for David Amott, the Program Manager
EASEMENTS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY
Joseph Bentley Home, 64 W. Tabernacle (in the Green Gate Village, St. GeorgeThomas Judd's Store, 64 W. Tabernacle (in the Green Gate Village, St. George
Arthur Miles Home, 212 South 200 East, St. George
Orson Pratt House (Pratt-Bentley Home), 76 W. Tabernacle (in the Green Gate Village, St. George
REFERENCES
Preservation Easementsby Preservation Utah