Eccles’ Park City present presents presence

Eccles Center. Photo: Bionicbrain

PARK CITY, Utah — The Federal Reserve or the “Fed” is conducting an annual meeting in Washington D.C. this week, what does that have to do with Park City?

Marriner S. Eccles, from Utah, served as the Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve from 1934 – 1948. The Federal Reserve, the Central Bank of the United States’ mission is to provide the nation with a safe, flexible, and stable monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve Building in Washington D.C. is called the Marriner S. Eccles Building.

The Eccles family tree, rooted in Utah, has branches that have grown out to Park City. 

Places in the public and private sector entities connected to the Eccles family and located in Park City include:

The Spence Eccles Freestyle Olympic Pool at the the Utah Olympic Park, a United States Olympic Training Site

Eccles Center for the Performing Arts at the Park City High School via the Park City Institute hosting national and international acts.

Goldener Hirsch Inn at Deer Valley Resort, an award-winning globally recognized boutique hotel

The First Security Bank stood at the corner of Kearns Blvd. and Bonanza Dr. for decades before the business was absorbed in 2000 by Wells Fargo Bank.

Salt Lake City houses further entities connected to the Eccles family including:

The Rice Eccles Stadium at the University of Utah

The Eccles Theater in Downtown Salt Lake City

The University of Utah’s Eccles School of Business, Eccles Health Sciences Library, Eccles School of Medicine, and Eccles Broadcast Center

Listed herein, in no particular order, is, by n0 means, designed to be a comprehensive assessment of rights and or holdings connected to the Eccles family.