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Show UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION Clipping Service (801) 328-8678 SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Salt Lake's 94-year-old McCune Mansion will be sold in July. .J McCune Mansion for Sale During Silent Auction By David Clifton THE SALT LAKE TRI BUNE Chris Pack has wat.ched more than 40,000 people enter the McCune Mansion for weddings, parties, business meetings and social affairs. "In eight years, we've had more . than 2,000 parties," said Pack, manager of the 94-year-old historic home in Salt Lake City. "You walk in here and have a comfortable feeling." On July 11, the Packs will sell the 16,868-square-foot building at 200 N. Main Street during a silent auction. The asking price: $2.5 million. , l~ Mansion For Sale During Silent Auction "When we started this 8 years ago, my sister and I didn't have any kids," Pack said. "Now, we have four between us. The business has become too time consuming." Bids will be accepted beginning at 11 a.m. The winning offer will be announced in about a day . Pr ospective buyers stepp ed forward soon after the sale was first adver tised in January, said Greg Gunn of Consolidated Realty Group. "Someone wants to use it as a bed and breakfast," said Gunn. • See MANSION, Page B-12 tect S.C. Dallas to Europe for three years in search of elegant wood and art, Pack said. Dallas built a 27 -room, threestory structure that has 18 fireplaces, a drawing room and gra~d ballroom. Much of the oak used m the interior is nearly 300 years old, Pack said. • Continued from B-6 The McCune ' s donated the mansi.on to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in "Another buyer is looking at turn- 1920. In 1959, it was used by . ing it back into a school." Brigham Young University for Pack warns investors who plan extension classes. to "carve up" the building into A private investor bought the apartment units to stay away. mansion in 1974. It was sold 13 "We are going to be pretty selec- years later the Pack family, tive in finding someone who real- which turnedto the Manly cares about the history of the sion into a weddingMcCune reception and mansion." The mansion was built in 1901 party site. It is listed on the national and by Alfred W. and Elizabeth C. McCune. The couple sent archi- ·state historic registers. |
