Fruita Rural Historic District

The Fruita Rural Historic District is a historic district in the Capitol Reef National Park in Wayne County, Utah, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Fruita Rural Historic District
The Fruita Schoolhouse and surroundings, December 2011
Fruita Rural Historic District is located in Utah
Fruita Rural Historic District
Fruita Rural Historic District is located in the United States
Fruita Rural Historic District
LocationCapitol Reef National Park
Wayne County, Utah
United States
Nearest cityTorrey, Utah
Coordinates38°17′6″N 111°15′7″W
Built1883
Architectmultiple
NRHP reference No.97000246[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 25, 1997[2]

Description
The blacksmiths shed, June 2005

The district comprises a former Mormon agricultural settlement that was active from 1895 to 1947. It includes what remains of the town of Fruita. The Leo R. Holt House, oldest in Fruita, was built in 1895 and the Fruita schoolhouse in 1896. Along with other scattered structures from the original settlement, the district also includes the 1940 ranger station, built for what was then Capitol Reef National Monument in the National Park Service Rustic style and constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Later development included the Mission 66 park visitor center.[3]

The orchards that gave Fruita its name are preserved as a "historic landscape" by the National Park Service.

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  3. "Ranger Station". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. Retrieved March 2, 2009.

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