Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Layton's first concrete street work was in 1925

                                        Layton City in the 1920s.
LAYTON'S first curb to curb concreting of a street happened in October of 1925, according to the Weekly Reflex newspaper of Oct. 15, 1925.
This took place on Gentile Street by First National Bank of Layton and the Farmer's Union.
"This is the first curb to curb pavement to be laid in Layton and is being paid for the owners of the abutting property," the newspaper stated.
-A portion of Gentile Street, west of Main Street, was graveled in the spring of 1921, according to the Reflex of June 2 that year.

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