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Show NPS Form 10-900-a Utah WordPerfect 5.1 Format (Revised Feb. 1993) 0MB No. 10024-0018 United States Department of the interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section No. _8_ PageJL Salt Lake Hardware Company Warehouse, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT Bauer later determined that it would be advantageous to concentrate exclusively on the wholesale segment of the business and in 1922 closed the Main Street retail outlet and moved the company's business offices to the warehouse building.9 Benjamin Bauer was also engaged in a number of other business ventures, particularly in the mining industry. 10 His mining activities are reflected in the trade of Salt Lake Hardware Co. which included mine and mill machinery, mining supplies and chemicals. He is also reported to have owned extensive real estate properties in Salt Lake. Henry P. Schweikhart was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1871, son of Philip S. and Elizabeth Koons Schweikhart. The family moved to Buffalo, New York the following year where Henry resided until 1889 when he moved to Salt Lake, presumably to join his cousin in the hardware business. Schweikhart served as vice-president of Salt Lake Hardware Company until forced to retire because of illness in 1932. He was also active in civic affairs in Salt Lake City, being involved with the Alta Club, the Salt Lake Rotary Club, and the Salt Lake Commercial Club. Schweikhart died at his home in Salt Lake City in 1942, at age 70. 11 Subsequent principals in the Salt Lake Hardware Company included Charles L. Wheeler, who succeeded Bauer as president. Wheeler served with the company for many years as president and general manager from 1937 until about 1962, then serving as board chairman until his retirement c.1969. Henry A. Schweikhart was succeeded as vice-president first by Mr. Wheeler (1932-37) then by G. Bruce McKee. McKee filled in the position of vice-president until about 1954 and was succeeded by Howard W. Price, who had been serving as a junior vice-president and general manager of the firm. Wholesale market centers became increasingly important by 1900 evidenced by "wholesalers from the larger cities establishing branch houses in order to be nearer the market and meet local competition more effectively. The changing relative importance of the older wholesale centers, the establishment of new ones, and the development of the railroad all contributed to 9 A building permit, #18339, Septembers, 1922, for "brick alterations" at 103-07 North 400 West, may be connected with this moved. 10 He was connected with the Annie Laurie Consolidated Gold Mines from 1916 until selling out to a New York syndicate in 1936. Other mining ventures with which he was affiliated included the Bullion Coalition Mines and the chesterfield Coal Company. 11 Obituary, Salt Lake Tribune, January 29,1942, p.11. X See continuation sheet |
