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Show Site No: Street Address: Architect/Builder: Building Materials: Concrete, Stone, and Brick Building Type/Style: DescripHorvof physical appearance & significant architectural features: (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) The Salt Lake Union Pacific Station is a large detached building, " '•. •ba.~lca.lly rectangular in shape v/ith wings on both sides of-the central waiting--room complex. The central area is 100 by 136 feet while the wings measure 71 by 126 feet each. The central complex is the tallest but contains only two stories, theadded height taken up by a dome ceiling over the waiting room. The wings contain three stories each and are arranged symmetrically with respect to the central complex. .There .is a basement under both wings but not under the central complex. Basernentwalls are*. •• constructed of reinforced concrete with some brick work. Exterior walls : on the first level.are made of cut gray sandstone which -has ,a smooth. . dressed finish and is laid in even courses. The sandstone is a veneer for the structural walls of reinfirced concrete. . Walls above/the, first ... . "level : are .Bade, o'f brick, .1-aid in, stretcher 'bond. _;•'• • : ;_> - VJ-.^'V-'^.;.:. .-.''-- \ :->-\ -: • The'"maMm6tn roof .is-mansard and' features' small r'clrcular ;FreTicli v-Se"corid '"-"-" Em-Dire dormers which-'seem overwhelmed by the massive, "arc of the roof and :• the large windows on the lower level. Perhaps the : most distinctive- .-;-. ^rcjaltectural -feature, the roof is -covered-with black slate shingles and ;. r;[st;t'ermina.ted by fancy metal .entablatures and crestwork, all in French.-. • Renaissance style.. .The cornice, is heavily molded, boxed, bracketed, and has •a molded .'frieze. •-..•••• • •' : '.' •'• • •. - "• '"-.•' -.'."' '•_ "-..'""' . '. Statement of Historical Significance: Construction Date: 1908-19O .The'completion of the Union Passenger Station which provided joint services for the San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake Railroad and the . Oregon'Short Line was the culmination of a. series of events, the most • important of which was the establishment of a.more direct rail route to ". . Southern California. • In the early 1900s there existed a rivalry between Senator-'William A. Clark of Montana and the- E..H. '-Harriman railroad interests over a pro "Dosed rail link between Salt Lake City and'Los-Angeles,' California. A settlement was reached in June of 1903 and in .September of that year, rna'Ds were published indicating the proposed improvements for. the-Oregon . -. Short Line in Salt Lake City, including a new depot to.be shared with the ,3an Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad. 'The new direct route wa:, completed an3 opened for business in the spring of 190'5. By'^eliminating the~ne.ecl to .travel to Southern 'California via Sacramento (on Harriman-. ; controlled .systems), passengers and freight traveled more quickly .and •- 'inexpensively due to ' a savings of over ^-00 miles between the' two cities'. : On September 12, 1903, an announcement was carried in the. Deseret Evening j'ov/Sj noting plans for a proposed depot on the present site. Two years later YHT"Gregon Short Line was given permission to go ahead with the proposed uo'oofc; however, • work -did not commence until February 1903. D. J. Patterson, •i-chitect for the Southern Pacific Company, prepared the plans for the .lilding. in cooperation with John D. Isaacs, consulting engineer for the urririian' System. The (ie'oot \vas complete:! in July 1909 and has serveo. as Sal" . Lake City 1 s 'Irosd transportation center since that .time. Its greatest significance, . ;over ? -is Its place as one of the outstanding architectural structures Utah. |
