Hotel Utah and Brigham Young Statue [08]

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Title Hotel Utah and Brigham Young Statue [08]
Photo Number p0283n06a_09_138
Description Photo shows the intersection of South Temple and Main Street in downtown Salt Lake City, with the Brigham Young monument in the center and the Hotel Utah in the background
Keywords Hotel Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah); Public accommodations; Grand hotels; High-rise buildings; Parkinson and Bergstrom, Architects; Brigham Young Monument (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Subject Hotel Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah)--Photographs; Hotels--Utah--Salt Lake City--Photographs; Statues--Utah--Salt Lake City--Photographs; Brigham Young Monument (Salt Lake City, Utah)--Photographs; Hotels; Tall buildings; Monuments
Additional Information "Work on the Second Renaissance Revival style hotel, designed by the Los Angeles architectural firm of Parkinson and Bergstrom, began in June 1909. Two years later, on June 9, 1911, Hotel Utah opened for business. While the L.D.S. Church was the primary stockholder, many Mormon and non-Mormon community and business leaders also purchased stock in the effort to provide the city with a first-class hotel. The ten-story building has a concrete and steel structure and is covered with white glazed terra cotta and brick. Various additions and remodelings have occurred throughout the years including a substantial expansion to the north and modifications to the roof-top dining facilities. The building ceased operations as a hotel in August 1987. A major remodeling and adaptive reuse project to accommodate both community and church functions was completed in 1993."-Text from historical marker outside the hotel. It was operated from 1984 to 1987 by Westin Hotels, and renamed the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in 1993.
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City (Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Collection Number and Name P0283 Hotel Utah Photograph Collection
Date 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965
Textual Date Middle 20th century
Access Restrictions This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
Type Image
Master File Size 14.5 MB
Master File Compression None
Master File Creation Software Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh)
Finding Aid http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/UU_EAD/id/2459
ARK ark:/87278/s61v5w5b
Setname uum_hu
ID 208538
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61v5w5b
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