History · Garland · established 1890
Garland’s history is mostly unwritten
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1890established
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On the National Register
2 historic places in Garland
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1984
Garland Carnegie Library
in Utah
#86
by listings
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
Classical Revival1
Moderne1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
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