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The building is located at 107 South 100 East, within the Pleasant Grove Historic District, and was built in 1887. [1] [2]In 1985 it was the second oldest and the best preserved public building in Pleasant Grove, and is one of about a dozen well-preserved buildings constructed of locally quarried soft, tufa rock in the town.
On February 25, 2009, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously against Summum in the Pleasant Grove case. Justice Samuel Alito, in his opinion for the court, explained that a municipality's acceptance and acquisition of a privately funded permanent monument erected in a public park, while refusing to accept other privately funded permanent memorials, is a valid expression of governmental speech ...
The community originated as a wagon and freight stop and was nicknamed "Gouge-Eye" after a saloon fight in which one man gouged out the eye of another. The post office opened as Pleasant Grove Creek in 1867, became Pleasant Grove in 1875, and moved 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east in 1940. [3]
Pleasant Grove is located at 6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.82 square miles (25.4 km 2), all land. [2] Pleasant Grove is home to Milk Creek, so named for its creamy-white color and thick, calcious texture.
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Pleasant Grove, originally named Battle Creek, is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States, known as "Utah's City of Trees". It is part of the Provo – Orem Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population was 37,726 at the 2020 Census.
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Pleasant Grove High School was built in 1922 to serve white students in grades eight to ten. It became an elementary school in 1962, and closed in 1971 to comply with county desegregation requirements. Parts of the school were later demolished, though the cafeteria/gym wing remained and today function as the Pleasant Grove Community Center. [4] [5]