Moab Cabin
National Register of Historic Places

Moab Cabin

Moab, Grand County, Utah
Listed
February 14, 1980
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
80003906

About this property

The Moab Cabin, on East. 1st St. in Moab, Utah, was built around 1893. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It was built of rough-hewn logs uneven notching at the corners, and with mud chinking. It has a flat roof of parallel logs with branches and mud added, and, in 1980, with living plants. It's NRHP nomination describes its significance: "The Moab Cabin is important to the city of Moab because it is a tangible link with the community's earlier days, and because the history of the cabin in many ways perfectly reflects the progress of history in many of the major economic and social events that have been important to Southeastern Utah and the American West in the last 100 years. Built by Mormon pioneers, used by cowboys who served the area's cattle boom, owned by the first clerk of the La Sal Forest which had been created to provide sensible management of the region's fragile ecology, and home to a succession of humble prospectors who brought about Moab's Uranium boom, the Moab cabin is an important focus for regional history."

Location

Moab, Grand County, Utah
38.57263, -109.54684

Categories

INDUSTRYAGRICULTUREEXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Questions about this property

When was Moab Cabin listed on the National Register?

Moab Cabin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 14, 1980.

What type of historic resource is Moab Cabin?

Moab Cabin is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Moab Cabin?

The period of significance for Moab Cabin is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1893.

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