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Show 126-l£fO Pierpont Avenue tr j+ IT To qmn XlJL J-U "Oy i\ J. Oregon Shortline Railroad Company Building/ Salt Lake High School Armory Building/ Western Newspaper Union Building r> ^-n -M rm r> r! y^ .• \f C.OI.I U J-IIUOQ Beginning July 1, 1905, the complex of buildings on Pierpont Avenue wss leased by the National Guard foruse as an armory. The Salt Lake Companies of the National Guard found the large assembly rooms to their liking and leased the buildings until 192*u During the twenty-year period during v/hich the Pierpont Street Armory was occupied by the National Guard it played an important role in military affairs in Utah. The National Guard was mobilized on three occasions: to guard the Mexican border in!91§; as part of the general mobilization during World War I; and in 1922 during a strike of Utah coal miners. In about 19^0 the buildings were occupied by the Western Newspaper Union. Howard and Harold Gerber, brothers, presently own the buildings and run a. small printing shop there while leasing the larger portions to the Restaurant and Store Equipment Company for use as a warehouse and workshop. The Gerbers plan to restore the buildings and ha.ve been approached by a, professional theatrical group v/hich may want to establish their theatre there. In summary, the significance of this site derives from its being the early home of the Oregon Short Line Railroad, the first "permanent11 home of Salt Lake City ? s first high school, the early home of the Salt Lake companies of the Utah National Guard, and the firstciajor architectural work of Carl M. Neuhausen, prominent Utah architect. |
