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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

identity, homogeneous society, Mormon villages, original settlements

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Geography

Abstract

As suburbanization sweeps across the United States, creating a more homogeneous society, historians and geographers are interested in knowing the impact this is having and will have in the future on the “sense of place” that distinguishes small towns. Particularly in the state of Utah, questions have been raised about the future of the original settlements known as “Mormon villages”. Will suburban sprawl and city zoning ordinances result in the destruction of the distinctive architecture, organization and character of these communities, replacing their distinctiveness with faceless suburbia? Historic preservation is designed to protect specified historic structures and places of importance to a group or community. Federal Legislation (The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966) authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to maintain a National Register of Historic Places, including historic areas, sites, and buildings. State legislation allows local communities to establish historic districts and historic district commissions to both designate and regulate historic districts, including specifying their regulatory powers and the procedures necessary for regulating land use in designated historic districts. (Mandelker, Daniel R., Land Use Law, Fourth Edition, (Charlottesville, VA: Lexis Law Publishing, 1997), 462-463).

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