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Show United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012) Western Macaroni Manufacturing Company Factory Salt Lake County, Utah Name of Property County and State on a raised concrete foundation. The walls are stud and sheathed in seamed metal. The roof is corrugated metal. The only opening is a large loading bay door on the east elevation. The four-story brick addition was constructed in 1915.3 The footprint of this section is square at approximately 50 by 50 feet. The foundation is also coursed ashlar sandstone, partially encased in concrete. The red brick is laid in American (common) bond with headers every seventh course. The east elevation of the addition is flush with the original building and is currently painted white. The decorative parapet features an alternating pattern of corbelled brick dentils. The façade is divided into six even bays. The original windows were six-light casement windows with flat lintels and brick sills. The windows were replaced by single pane aluminum sliders in the 1980s. The window openings on the main level of the façade are blocked with plywood. The concrete loading dock extends across the south half of the addition. A decorative brick rail way and archway was built at the entrance in the 1980s. On the north, west, and the visible portion of the south elevation of the addition, the windows are similar replacements to the façade. One window has its original wood sash (damaged) and one is filled with glass block. With the exception of a south-facing door, the main level openings on the secondary elevations are blocked with plywood. The addition was re-roofed after a fire and it appears that the parapet was partially rebuilt. There is a concrete penthouse for the freight elevator at the south end of the addition. On the interior, the Western Macaroni factory building has 28,538 square feet of space. The main, second, third, and basement levels have 6,490 square feet of space each. There is 2,578 square feet on the fourth floor. There is an additional 1,200 feet of space in the attached shed. An original two-story manufacturing opening was modified by the extension of the main floor sometime within the historic period. The stone foundation and brick walls are mostly visible on the interior, only a few surfaces are covered with plaster. The timber support posts and other structural members, such as floor joists, are also visible. Several fire doors are still intact, but not operable. There is the remnant of a decorative fireplace on the north wall of the main floor (not historic). The basement has a concrete floor. A few barred basement windows are visible on the interior, but blocked from the outside. The floors of all the other levels are wood. Both the wood staircase and the freight elevator are on the south wall of the addition. The original location of the freight elevator in the older portion has been filled in with wood floor boards. There is water damage on the third floor of the older section. The ceiling level of the fourth floor in the addition was lowered when the roof was replaced. There is a brick chimneystack in the northwest corner of the addition. The building is currently vacant and with the exception of the boiler room in the basement, all partitions have been removed. Except for the built-in scale in the loading dock area, no manufacturing equipment remains. The building sits on an L-shaped parcel of 0.85 acres. Access to the building is through a parking lot on 500 West. The yard around the building is completed covered in asphalt. The property is mostly surrounded by chain link fence. On the north property line, the fence is mounted on a concrete retaining wall. A neighboring building is along the south property line. A metal shed measuring approximately 61 by 34 feet is in the southeast corner of the property (built circa 1980s). The three-bay vehicle shed is not historic does not contribute to the historic integrity of the property. There are a few trees north and east of the shed. The neighborhood has a mix of historic and non-historic commercial buildings, although the west half of the block is almost entirely vacant. The historic Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Station (NRIS# 75001815) is on the block to the east and the Z.C.M.I. General Warehouse (NRIS #05001487) is on the neighboring parcels to the south.4 The Western Macaroni Manufacturing Company Factory has good historic integrity in terms of location, setting, design, feeling, and association. Some alterations have impacted the integrity of the materials and workmanship, but will likely be addressed during the proposed rehabilitation. 3 A Salt Lake City building permit dated August 18, 1915 describes a three-story brick factory, but photographs taken in the early 1920s shows of the current four-story building. 4 Both buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 4 |
