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Remembering Salt Lake City's Nettie Gregory Center and the African American community that built it
Facing the Folsom Trail and old Union Pacific railroad lines—stands a monumental site of local African American history.
Nestled beneath the din of southbound Interstate 15 at the edge of Poplar Grove—facing the Folsom Trail and old Union Pacific railroad lines—stands a monumental site of local African American history. Located at 742 W. South Temple, a simple and unassuming two-story structure of white brick and empty windows quietly waits in anticipation for its doors to open once more to Salt Lakers of every creed and color.
This was—and still is—the Nettie Gregory Center. Bookended by an apartment complex to one side and a car-towing lot to the other, the center and its grounds have seen better days.
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