The Salt Lake Theatre
Long, long be my heart with such memories filled;
like the vase in which roses have once been distilled.
You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will,
but the scent of the roses will hang ’round it still.Thomas Moore
“The people must have amusement as well as religion” —Brigham Young
The Salt Lake Theatre, 1860–1923, erected on this site under the direction of President Brigham Young, dedicated March 6, 1862.
Marker is at the intersection of South State Street and 100 South, on the right when traveling south on South State Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
