Est. 2008 · Yalecrest National Historic District, Salt Lake City
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K.E.E.P. Yalecrest
Keep Educating and Encouraging Preservation
— SectionPrograms & Advocacy
Six programs · Volunteer-run

The work, program by program.

Every program on this page is run by neighbors who live in the district. Each one is open to new volunteers, and most are looking for them.

— 01

Local Historic District Designation

Block by block, the long work of securing the only preservation tool under Utah law that can meaningfully slow the rate of teardowns.

  • StatusPriority program · Active
  • Current blockDouglas Street corridor
  • Next stepSignature drive, summer 2026
  • Contactadvocacy@keepyalecrest.org
Join the effort
Map of Yalecrest Local Historic Districts
— 02

Walking Tours

Docent-led neighborhood tours every spring. Three annual routes covering different architectural clusters across the district.

  • ScheduleApr–May, Saturday mornings
  • RoutesDouglas · Harvard–Yale · Princeton Tudor
  • CostFree · Donations welcome
  • Capacity25 per tour
Reserve a spot
Yalecrest walking tour participants
— 03

House Histories

Archival research on individual homes — original owners, architects, builders, dates of construction, period style, and significant alterations.

  • Turnaround6–10 weeks
  • Format12-page bound report, PDF + print
  • SourcesSLC records · Sanborn maps · Deseret News
  • Suggested donation$150
Request a history
Yalecrest's first home
— 04

Street Lamp Restoration

A partnership with SLC Public Utilities to restore the district's original 1920s acorn streetlights — one block at a time, on an adoption model.

  • Restored to date38 lamps
  • Remaining~120 original fixtures
  • Adoption cost$450 / lamp
  • PartnerSLC Public Utilities
Adopt a lamp
Restored Yalecrest street lamp, 2016
— 05

Historic Street Signs

Replacing modern aluminum signage with reproductions of the original cast signs that match the neighborhood's 1920s character.

  • Installed14 intersections
  • Remaining~60 intersections
  • Cost$1,200 per intersection
  • PartnerSLC Transportation Division
Learn more
Yalecrest historic street sign
— 06

Annual Recognition

Each fall, K.E.E.P. honors homeowners, architects, and contractors whose work quietly made a Yalecrest home better without erasing it.

  • CategoriesRestoration · Addition · Landscape
  • NominationsOpen June–August
  • CeremonyKEEP Auction · November
  • Honorees to date42 projects
View past honorees
Harvard Avenue home
Volunteer

Most of these programs are looking for the next volunteer.

Two hours a month, two hours a year — there's a program at every level of involvement.

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