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Show 90 employed by John Burton, who allowed Mr. netting to draw the plans for the old University of Ut ah o Later he opened his own office and continued practicing until his death. Kr. Kletting 1 s plans for the Utah State Capitol won over those of thirty nine other architects who were competing. Mr. IG.etting was also the architect of the first Salt Air Beach pavilion, a worldfa mous resort on the shores of Great Salt lake. This building, con- str ue ted in 1893, vras crescent shaped, Moorish in de sign, and had the l arges t unobstruc ted dance floor in the worldo It was destroyed in 1925 by fire. Other bu jldings d~si gned by !G!·,. Klettir1g .are: State Mental Hospital t Provo; Salt Palace; Utah Commercial and Savings Bank, Dese ret lfows, He In tyre, Board of Trade and Felt Buildings in Salt Lake City; telephone buildings in Salt Lake City, Butte, Helena , Billings, llissoula, and Gr eat Falls :Ln hlontana, and Cheyenne in Wyoming; Brigham Young Academy at Provo, Bryant, Lowell, rl8 shingtor.., Grant, Jefferson, and imittier schools in Salt Lake City., Mro Kletting was alYays interested in the technical trainlllg of young people~ Soon after arriving in Salt La ke City he opened, and for five yea r s conducted, the firs t school in the city that gave ins truction in geo~2try, algebra, languages, and science. cataloged the Salt Lake Public Library~ his civic and professional work. He also He received many honors for He was made an honora r y citizen of |
