This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in Utah. The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance. The state of Utah is home to 13 of these landmarks, tying together a wide range of historic threads.

The table below lists all 13 of these sites, along with added detail and description.

	Landmark name	Image	Year listed	Locality	County	Description
	Alkali Ridge	image pending		na	San Juan	A set of widely-scattered archaeological remains of the earliest forms of Puebloan architecture, representing a period of transition from scattered, pit-style dwellings to a settled agricultural lifestyle. These multi-story buildings and kivas have yielded high-quality ceramics, and form the type location for the Pueblo II period (ca. 900 CE - ca. 1100 CE).
	Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine				Salt Lake	The world's first and largest open-pit copper mine, Bingham Canyon was opened in 1904.
	Bryce Canyon Lodge and Deluxe Cabins			Bryce Canyon National Park	Garfield	The Union Pacific Railroad built this national park lodge in 1924-1927. The architectural style was used by railroads for lodges across the American west with the encouragement of the National Park Service.
	Central Utah Relocation Center (Topaz)			na	Millard	One of 10 relocation centers for internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. The internees were mostly from northern California and the San Francisco Bay Area, and included many professional artists.
	Danger Cave			na	Tooele	Archaeological site featuring artifacts of the Desert Culture from ca. 9500 BCE until ca. 500 CE.
	Desolation Canyon	image pending		na	Carbon, Emery, Grand, and Uintah	This remote canyon on the Colorado River was traversed by John Wesley Powell in 1869. Powell's expedition was sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution.
	Emigration Canyon			Salt Lake City	Salt Lake	The Mormon pioneers traversed the Wasatch Range through this canyon at the western end of their trail, beginning in 1847. The canyon mouth is the location of Brigham Young's famous quotation "This is the place."
	Fort Douglas			Salt Lake City	Salt Lake	This US Army post was established in the 1860s to uphold United States authority in the Mormon territories, and to protect overland transportation and communication lines.
	Old City Hall			Salt Lake City	Salt Lake	Completed in 1866, the city hall also served as the capitol of the Utah Territory, and was the scene of many tensions between Mormon leaders and the United States.
	Quarry Visitor Center			Dinosaur National Monument	Uintah	Built as part of the National Park Service's Mission 66 program of modern architectural design in the US national parks, this visitor center exemplifies the philosophy of locating visitor facilities immediately at the resource being interpreted. The visitor center is presently closed due to structural damage from unstable soils, and its future is in doubt.
	Reed O. Smoot House			Provo	Utah	The home of Reed Smoot from 1892 to his death in 1941. Smoot was a prominent US Senator best known for advocacy of protectionism and the Hawley-Smoot Tariff.
	Temple Square			Salt Lake City	Salt Lake	The earthly center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Begun in the mid-19th century, the Square's Mormon landmarks include the Salt Lake Temple, the Tabernacle, and the Assembly Hall.
	Brigham Young Complex			Salt Lake City	Salt Lake	The Beehive House and adjacent Lion House were the residence of Brigham Young from 1852 until his death in 1877. As President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the time of the Mormon settlement of the Salt Lake Valley, Young and his home were pivotal in the development of the Church, Utah, and the American west.

References

See also

• List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state
• List of Registered Historic Places in Utah
• Historic preservation
• National Register of Historic Places
• History of Utah

External links

• National Historic Landmark Program at the National Park Service
• Lists of National Historic Landmarks