Hotel Utah addition and remodel, 1974-1976: Grand opening of new addition

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Title Hotel Utah addition and remodel, 1974-1976: Grand opening of new addition
Photo Number p0283n05a_16_01
Description Photo shows LDS Church President Kimball (right), Governor Cal Rampton, President Marion G. Romney, and young Jim Jackstein at the grand opening celebration of the Hotel Utah addition in September of 1976
Keywords Remodels; Remodeling; Renovations; Construction; Grand openings; Celebrations; Presidents of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Subject Rampton, Calvin L., 1913-2007--Photographs; Kimball, Spencer W., 1895-1985--Photographs; Romney, Marion G., 1897-1988--Photographs; Hotel Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah)--Photographs; Hotels--Utah--Salt Lake City--Photographs; Hotels--Design and construction--Photographs; Buildings--Repair and reconstruction--Photographs; Hotels; Governors
Additional Information The Hotel Utah was built in 1909 - 1911, with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the primary stockholder. It was operated by the Hotel Utah Company for most of its history. In order to compete with newer hotels in the city, a renovation plan was adopted in January of 1974, to expand the building on the north, with a ballroom and convention center on the ground floor and new rooms above. The West Wing was extended northward in 1975 and the East Wing was expanded in 1976. Other areas of the hotel were also renovated and refurbished. This work was completed in the autumn of 1976. This effort gave the Hotel Utah the largest convention facilities of any hotel in the state, but failed to keep the hotel competitive, so that in 1987 it closed and was converted to LDS Church office space.
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City (Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Collection Number and Name P0283 Hotel Utah Photograph Collection
Date 1976-09
Textual Date September, 1976
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 Creation Software Photoshop CS
ARK ark:/87278/s6jd5bxr
Setname uum_hu
ID 207853
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jd5bxr
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