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Show /.f6~l^-0 Pierpont Avenue /i. Oregon Shortline Railroad1 Company Building/ Salt Lake High "School Armory Building/ Western Newspaper Union Building ARCHITECTURE (continued): course serves as the sill for the second -story windov/s which come in three sets of four each, also being Roman-arched but much smaller than the Y/indows below. The upper Y/indows have double-hung sashes and transoms. The parapet wall has no cornice decoration. The pilasters, belt courses snd corbeled brick arches are the only decorative elements of the building, which originally functioned as a warehouse. The most interesting building architecturally is the one built to house thefirst Salt Lake High School. The facade is symmetrical and is slightly greater in width than in heighth. All window bays are square, tall and have double-hung sash windov/s. The upper windows come in sets of three, each of the three sets separated by large pilasters. The central window in each set has a classical pediment, either a. Greek pyramid or a. Roman arch, and a, decorative frieze beneath each sill. Foliated scrolls fill the inset panels within ea.ch fancy pediment. The pilasters have stylized capitals and give the impression of supporting an entablature which isreally the parapet wall or false front concealing the gabled roof. A deep cornice v/ith brackets and dentils crosses the front of the building, turns the corner and dies. The copper parapet wall emphasizes the centrality of the composition through its higher and more decorative facade wall which is situated directly over the pilasters and main entry below. Themain entry is slightly recessed from the main plane of the facade. A set of double doors is surrounded by sidelights and two transoms overhead. This unlikely configuration is probabl5r not original. A Roman arched panel v/ith plaster foliated scrolls insets is situated at the top of the main entry bay giving depth and shadow to the design. A corbeled belt course serves as a. continuous lintel for the windov/s of the main level. The various design elements have modest Renaissance Revival overtones and reflect Neuhau8en f s recent contact v/ith styles in his native Germany, 5. HISTORY (continued): and. came into existence in 1890 following the passage of Utah 1 s public school law. In its early days the school led a vagabon existence. First it was housed in the second floor ofthe Fremont School, then known as the Fourteenth Ward. School. A few years later it v/as transferred to the Clayto Block at 21Af.-2l8 South State. The next move was to the OSLRR annex and nev= high school building, the first structure specifically built to house a Utrh high school. The high school rented its new facility from the railroad but soon founcEE that continued use of the building v/as contingent upon economic factors th;= influenced the OSLRR management. Despite its enthusiastic beginning, the OoLRR relinquished part of its interests to the Union Pacific Railroad in 1393 3 and by 1399 the UPR held nearly all OSLRR stock. Shortly thereafter OSLRR again became a part of the UPR. Consequently, because of changes.in OY.TierGhip of the building, and because the school had no recreational area and v.'as made uncomfortable by the noisy boiler factory located next door, the school decided to seek other facilities. A fire in 1901 or 1902 force the school out immediately. The old University buildings located on 200 IV liar recently been vacated and provided a new home for the school. |
