PICTURES TELL THE PAYSON STORY -- PAYSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: PAYSON HISTORIC DISTRICT - ARCHITECTURAL STYLES EARLY SETTLEMENT PERIOD–1857–1874 PART 1

Pictured: The Old Rock School built in 1863 in Payson, Utah.

The Payson Historic District has developed various styles of public buildings, businesses and private homes.  The periods can be divided into the following: (1) Early Settlement Period–1857-1874; Early Railroad and Production Agriculture Period–1875-1890; Later Railroad, Commercial and Industrial Development Period 1891-1908; Neighborhood and Civic Development Period–1909-1925; Specialized Agriculture and Interurban Railroad Period–1926-1946; and the Postwar Development Period–1947. More to come in the next edition in The Payson Chronicle.