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Show 4. ARCHITECTURE (CONTINUED) trim was painted brown. On the west side of the building a small asbestos and glass three-story addition was made to house an elevator. At the same time the interiors of the two upper levels were done by Muir-Chong Architects in a contemporary idiom. The owner also placed old European street lamps in front of the building. 5. HISTORY (CONTINUED) the United Filter Corporation. Salisbury took part in the construction of concentrating mills on the Salmon River near Challis, Idaho and the Deer Trail mine near Marysvale, Utah. During World War I, he directed the planning and construction of a shell -loading plant and later directed operations of the plant. He was president of the Salisbury Investment Co. in Salt Lake City. He also designed and financed the construction of a number of commercial buildinqs in Salt Lake and in Idaho Falls, Idaho. He was a director of the Utah Light and Traction Co. and was affiliated with the Electric Bond and Share Co. A sports enthusiast*, he v/as a sponsor of the Salt lake Tennis Club. He moved to Southern California in 1921 and died in January, 1943 in Altadena, California. When Salisbury decided to build a hotel in downtown Salt Lake Citv, it was to be a luxury hotel. The architect was Richard K.A. Klettinq, the architect of Utah's State Capitol Building and many of Utah's finest structures. The hotel had seventy five rooms. Only the suites had private baths, with both steam heat and electric lights. The hotel opened in November, 1906. Alexander J. Stratton, who had previously been the head clerk of the Cull en Hotel was the properietor. Hotel advertisements boasted of Mr. Stratton 's experience in catering to the public and assured all guests of excellent service. The hotel offered permanent quarters c-s wall as daily and v/eekly rooms. Over the years, the once elegant hotel began to show its age and by the 1960's had fallen into a state of disrepair. The ov/ners made minor renovations in 1968 and 1970, but this was not enough to stop the > inevitable. In February, 1975 the Salt Lake City Health Department ordered the building closed, citing health and safety reasons for their action. In 1976 Salt .. :!'e developer John Williams bought the hotel and undertook an extensive renovation fffcrt* It now houses a restaurant and law offices. |
