Reminder of the 70's along Rio Grande 03 – Balance Rock Motel, Helper, Utah

: Helper, UT Sep. 10, 2014
: Helper, UT Sep. 10, 2014

Balance Rock Motel was located at northernmost of Helper, Utah on 1110 N Martin Rd (old US Hwy 50 & 6), near Utah Railway Martin Shop; Rio Grande main is at the back of motel, opposite the Price River.

Ross(1903 – 1996) and Stella Felice(1913 – 2009) Gigliotti built the motel in 1929[1]. They managed the motel and adjacent Ross’s Service Station for 67 years. According to Utah Division of State History (UDSH), the motel building was built in 1944: the service station building in 1940[2,3].
The motel was named after the distinctive rock formed above the cliff behind the town. Unfortunately, the motel is no longer in business.

[1] Ross Gigliotti obituary;
[2] UDSH Historic Building Search;
[3] UDSH Historic Building Search;

: Helper, UT Sep. 10, 2014
: Helper, UT Sep. 10, 2014


Balance Rock Motelは町の北の外れ、Martinと呼ばれる地区にあった。Rio Grandeの本線は建物の裏、プライス川の対岸を走っている。

1929年の開業というからかなり早い。創業者であるGigliotti夫妻は67年もの間これを経営した。モーテルの名前は、町の背後にそびえる岩山の上に立つ特異な形状をした岩に由来する。残念ながら、同じ経営者によるガソリンスタンドともども、既に廃業している。