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This text message is used to keep the image from rotating in ocr process. Be sure to crop the top .25" off after the ocr process. ? 501 S 600 EAST UTAH LIGHT & TRACTION CO. TROLLEY BARNS SALT LAKE CITY, SALT LAKE COUNTY EAST SIDE HISTORIC DISTRICT SCANNED FEB 21 2019 UTAH STATE HISTORY 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 3 9222 00583 0794 HISTORIC SITE FORM (Historic Sites Database version) Utah Statel:Iistoric Preservation Office ID#: 32298 1. Identification Property Name: UTAH LIGHT & TRACTION CO. TROLLEY BARNS Address: ?501 S 600 EAST City: . SALT LAKE CITY 266157 Plat: Block: County: SALT LAKE COUNTY 2. Documentation/Status Site: Dates Surveyed / Added to SHPO Files Evaluation: (A) ELIGIBLE/SIGNIFICANT Recon. Level Survey: Intensive Level Survey: . General/Misc. File: National Register Status: EAST SIDE HISTORIC DISTRICT Date Listed Old ID#: 01/94 / / Date Delisted: 8/22/1996 Areas of Significance: Thematic or MPS Affiliation: 3. Building Information 1906 c. Plan/Type: OTHERIUNDEFINED Style(s): MISSION Original Use RAIL TRANSP. RELATED Material(s) REGULAR BRICK Outbldgs: Contrib. Architect(s) : Date(s) of Construction: Height (# stories): 1 Non-Contrib. 0 Comments: TROLLEY SQUARE 4. Other SHPO File Information Federal Tax Project No.(s) 106 Case No .. Devel. Grant: State Tax Project No. (s) Historic Photo Date: HABS/HAER: Printout Date: J21912003 HIS TOR I C SIT E FOR M (UHCS version) Utah State Historic Preservation Office 1. IDENTIFICATION ==================================================== Name of Property: Address: City, County: UHCS ID#: TROLLEY BARNS *501 S 600 EAST SALT LAKE CITY, SALT LAKE COUNTY 0266157 2. DOCUMENTATION/STATUS ============================================== Evaluation: (A) ELIGIBLE/SIGNIF. Dates Surveyed or Added to Filing System: General/Misc. File: / Reconnaissance Survey: 01/94 Intensive Level Survey: / National Register Listing: 960822 National Register Status: CENTRAL CITY HISTORIC DIST. Thematic or Multiple Property: Other Documentation 106 Case Number: HABS/HAER Number: 3. BUILDING INFORMATION ============================================== Date(s) of Construction: Height (in stories): c. 1906 1 Plan/Type: PUBLIC UTILITIES BLDG. Original Use: RAIL TRANSP. RELATED Materials: REGULAR BRICK Styles: MISSION Themes: Outbuildings (total/contrib.): / Comments: Printout Date: 9/17/96 SALT LAKE CITY CELEBRATES THE STORY OF: REPRINTE. FROM OCTOBER , 1972 TRACTION & MODELS MAGAZINE ,- t - !tel. ~ R r-= , r ,I, " Main Street, Salt Lake City, March 8, 1915. - /~ /~ By JU LI A HOGAN I t was the famou s Monnon leader. Brigham Yo un~. who offered a solution to Salt Lake Ci tv 's mass transportation problem 100 nan; '4!o . e ver cognizant of the needs of a !!Towing pi o neer se ttlement. he fonned th e Salt Lake City Railroad Company. and o n JulY 1. lU72. th e first mule·drawn ~ tree t· " ar appeared on the ~ trp ets. One old timer recalled the inaugural trip. Hi" father was the Mountain West's first streetcar driver. Wi lliam Campbell. and Brigham Young was among the distinguish ed li ~ t of p asse nge r~ enjoying the fi rst ride . As the " ar proceeded down the stree t. all of the youngsters w.. re invited for a free rid e. Before long. there was a carload o f children all dazzkd at the novelty of this new muledrawn co ntraption. An earl v hi storian. LV. rohlin. had this to say abou t the reliabilitv of this new transportation ","stem: " When the first ; tree tcar ;ervi ce began in Salt Lake City, operati o ns Iw gan with a span of mules. which for a number ot' vears. faithfu ll y pull,' d th e cars through the prin cipal streets at a spee d of 20 to 60 minute s to the mile, according to the condition of the weather and wi th the prospects of being stuck at the half-w av, on the road. when it happened to be snowbound in the winter season. giving the passengers a choice of wading th e balance o f th e way through the snow-drifts to th ei r places of des tinatio n o r layover until th e road could be cl eared. Schedule Main Street, Salt Lake City, 1885 with four mule-drawn streetcars. tim e. ill tho"p d aY> was ke pt by the strce tcars a" co rrec tly a>' a Lim p pi ece wo uld wi th ou t a d ial ... The mult·" wpre imp o rted fr o m \Iisso uri . and. a,; Illult~,; !!o. th e v were no t e ntirel y de pendab le. ufk ntim es sitting a ,; pel l wh en th e mo od required. but this wa" th e nt' wt's t mean,; of transpo rtation in to wn - and af ter all. th e fare wa." o nly fiv t' ce nts. The n. ill I il89. th e fi rst elec tric tro ll ey ear re place d th e d onkey·drawn "tree tears. whi ch ddi !!hted >'t'a.-; on ed patrons. One historian rt' po rtt'd that he witnesse d th e first l'i ec tri c ca r whe n he was a small boy. L pon _-ce in £! the approac hing trolle y with its unu su al ove rh ead troll ey cable. a Chin ese :!ard cne r. eJ rrYin g t wo large baskets uf vege tab lt· s. thre w up hi s hand s and veil ed. "'i o pu shY1 \ 0 pulh'! Go like helly all the ~ aJn eeet": "' The tro lli es wpre an imm ediate success. Several co mpanies were comp e tin g for customers and prim e routes. T here wa.-; th e Salt Lak e Railway Co mpany . th e Eas t Be nch Stree t Railwa v. The Poppe rton Place. Salt Lake Ra pid Tran sit and the Ft. Dougl as Ra· pid Transi t. Th ey late r mer!J;ed into two maj u r companies-Th e Salt Lake Railway Compan y and th e Salt Lak e Rapid Transit Compan y. The bitte r fi ghting be tw een th ese two o peration s still add s a tou ch of humor to Utah 's transpo rtation hi storY . On one o ccasion. men from the Rapid Transit we re laying tracks for their line while 150 men from th e City Railroad were busy tearing the m up - following at a considerahle distance for safe t y purposes. Anothe r time, two cars from both compani es me t on a sin gle track going opposite dire ctions. City authorities were summoned to the scene whil e th e passen gers. who obviously were having a good time. sat back in their st'a ts to watch th e e ntertainment. Tempers fl ew and in sults were shouted until authorities arriv ed and convinced th e conductors to back up their respec tiv e trolli es. This rivalrY co ntinued for more than ten vears until both companies merged in 1904 to become Utah Li ght and Railway Co mpanv . .-\nother page of exciting hi storY was add ed wh e n c .H. Harriman. the well-known railroad magnate and fath e r of Averell Harriman. purchased a controlling interest in the Company . and began to pour millions of dollars into transforming it into the fin est e le ctric stree tcar syste m in the nation. Harrim an's first action was to se lec t a perman ent site for the operations. After securing a te n-acre trac t o f land that had se rv ed as th e o ffi cial Te rritorial Fairgrounds, con stru ction o f carbams a nd mainte nan ce shops began in 1908. He al so added 50 new cars of the latest and bes t constru ction. An account publish ed at th a t tim e. o ffers a desc ription of these: "Some of the large r and handsom e cars hav e arrived and it is needless to state that for space and capacitv . like those of the past. th ey "ill be found to alway s hav e ' ruom for one more.''' Harriman also provided the verY lates t in Donkey-drawn streetcar proceeding down Main and First South, Salt Lake City, 1885. As to their speed, it was reponed, "if you \l\lere in a hurry, it was a lot quicker to walk '" 1872 marked the beginning of streetcar service in Salt Lake City. Car No.1 of the Rapid Transit-the company's first car to run the Salt Lake City tracks. [Photo-Utah Historical Society.] South Temple and Main to Third South car. Photo taken about 1900. At th is time, the Salt Lake City Railroad was in the m idst of a bitter " war " with the Rapid Transit Company . Later , the two compan ies merged to become the Utah Light & Railroad Company. (Photo Utah Power and Light Company .) housin g faci li ties. The mamm o th car bam wi th its unique \ lission-sty le architecture had a capacity for 144 doubl e-truck cars. It was 320 fee t wi de and 420 fee t long and was divided in to four bays. (A fifth bay was added later. ) Inside the car bam. tracks were laid on concrete pi t base s wi th depresse d troughs to collec t any moisture brough t in by th e trollies each nigh t. The pits we re illuminated so cars eoul d be inspec ted around th e clock as needed. The ceilings were approximately 33 fee t hi gh with 208 ~ k y li gh ts. to provide as mu ch natural li ght as possibl e. To redu ce fire ri sks. eac h bav was se parated at midpoi nt by a huge steel ro lling door and sprin kler lines we re installed direc tl y above and along the sides of each track. As another fire preve:l tio n measure. a 97-foot high water tower also was constru cted to hold 50,000 gallons of reserve water. Several re pair and mainte nance shops were al so constructed. Harriman was adament that the company be as self-suffici ent as possible due to its di stan ce from railw ay supply manufacturers. For this reason, if a part was needed and could not be immed iately ~uppli e d from mate rials stocked, it was produced in the company's blacksmith shop. In the paint and carpenter shops, the trollies receiv ed a coat of vamish eve ry 18 months whil e a co at of enamel paint was applied eve rY thre e years. In 19 14. the Utah Li ght and Traction Company took over all of the trolley lines_ In that year. more than 38 million passengers rode the stree tcars and the interurbans to suburbs north and south, and it appeared that Harriman's goal had been achieved-the Salt Lake o peration was considered one of th e finest stree tcar systems in the nation. At that tim e. the s tree t railway system in Sal t Lake Ci ty consisted of 192 pieces of passenger rolling stock_ The cars we re then all the Payee ( pay-as-y ou-enter) type, this model having been introduced in 1913. Meanwhile, the horseless carriage was seen clattering across intersec tions. frightening horses and onlooker s alik e. A few years later. ho wever. after considerable improvement, this so mewhat noisey contraption Utah Light & Railway Company's mammoth car barn was divided into 5 w bays. Note the distinctive "Mission1tyle architecture_ About 1910_ (Photo courtesy-Utah Historical Society.l Inside view of the "Rip Shop" of Utah Light & Traction Company . (Photo Utah Historical Society.) -and how! Trolley Square is steeped in nostalgia. Reminiscent of famed shopping plazas such as Gharadelli Square in San Francisco and Underground Atlanta, the new lold shopping center found a home in Salt Lake City's 65year-old trolley carbarns. Some shops are converted trolley cars; others are accented with doorways, staircases and stained glass rescued from old mansions before they were leveled by bulldozers. Thousands of tons of used bricks from demolished buildin gs pave Trolley Square's walkways. Antique wrought iron lighting fixtures that once adorned the streets of downtown Salt Lake City now illuminate Trolley Square at night with a warm glow. Not the usual glass-and-glitter shopping center, Trolley Square covers 11112 acres, with 250,000 sq . ft. of leasable space. Wallace A. Wright, developer of the project. purchased the 320 x 420 ft . building for $1 million and estimates total conversion cost will be S5 million. He expects value upon completion in 1975 to be S7 million . Meandering down Main Street The building is divided into five large bays, with 33-ft. high ceilings and over 200 skylights. This helped the developers avoid the usua I mall idea, with one main mall and secondary areas around it. The bays a re interconnected like streets, with shops tucked away in corners, around courtyards and along brick walkways. Basic materials of the carbarns are brick and steel, with stucco and wood accents added by the developers. The exterior was sandblasted and returned to its vinta ge red brick after years of hiding under layers of yellow paint. The old grease pits now hold underground wiring and serve as access tunnels for conduit. A second level was added in the building's interior. The view from the water tower The old water tower, a familiar .landmark of the carbams, is now serving as an observation deck. A wrought iron sevenspiral circular staircase and 6,000 lights deck out the tower. The shell of one Salt Lake City trolley was converted to a self-service gas station, while another trolley car was rebuilt and decorated as a savings and loan office placed on actual tracks on the site. The Open Market adds a distinctive country fair flair to Trolley Square, once the official Territorial Fairgrounds. The farmers' market area includes a bakery, fresh fish market, cheese store, general store, gourmet cookware store and a health food store. While the project seems to be composed of bits of the past assembled haphazardly , Ab Christensen, one of the designers, says there is unity to the project. " We've tried to fill in the blanks with attention to detail that modern architecture has lost ... and human beings respond to this detail ... There's a certain amount of tongue in cheek about the whole thing . We've tried to be a bit playful and have a little fun with it." Developer Wright feels that his rehabilitation of the historic piece of real estate "cannot be measured in dollars and cents alone; but must include consideration of the contribution to the architectural legacy of the community as welL" Recently, Trolley Square earned the annual merit award of the Utah Heritage Foundation for " preservation of Utah's heritage." / / / . ~ TROLLEY TOWER, once holding 50,000 gal · Ions of reserve water as a fire-prevention measure, is an observation deck for visitors , decorated with 6 ,000 li ghts and a wrought iron seven·spiral circular staircase. The little enginehouse that could DAYS OF YESTERYEAR are revived at Trolley Square, near downtown Salt Lake City. Converted carbarns of the Salt Lake City Lines are now the home of the 250,000 sq . ft . shopping center. Well·known railroad magnate E. H. Harriman constructed the carbarns for his electric streetcar system in 1908. STREETCAR ERA view of the carbarns shows the sand house and water tower of the Utah Light and Traction Company. The sand house stores money, not sand , for First Security Bank , the firm financing Trolley Square . 82 / September, 1973 FAMOUS FACES of former movie stars are painted on huge murals in the theater building at Trolley Square, formerly the old Mach ine Shop. Ushers dressed as Key· stone CDPS add another nostalgic touch . ....Iln\!nl a,. th .. aut o lll o hil" Oft'Prill \! ; tr .... ka r patro n:' it In o re ('o nH' nit' nt Itlt'aHS of tr an:-:- po rtati o ll , -\.; till' Ilumbn of ; tn' I' tear pa,.,w n!!n :, lw!!a ll to di milli sh. a Ilt' cd to k,'" p pa ce with tlw d la ll !!i ll ~ time,; lJt'ca mc a pp arcnt to " o m· pan v official ,., ~o, ill 1923. th .. fir,; t \!aso lilH" po w,' n' d uus wa, used o n all "x pt'rim t' nl al basi". a,. a ·' f.. edn '· 10 th e ma.ill ,. In·d ('a r rout ",.. !'in' 'Tar:i la k r. addiliollal bu ",',. w ere r"q uirl' d to [lrovirl e ,. Iub ",' rvic,' 10 u uth'in\! lown,;. alld "Vt' ntuall v Ihp Irack, to Ih e,; .. , u bllrb" wn,' removed . A fe w ,'pars la h' r. th e c ompan y w,,-, face d with a new c hall en!(t'. l:kc: au:il' dl'i'nr.. d mainten ance on tracks and pav e ment be1!an pilini! LIp at a rate entireh ' beyo nd th .. mea ns of thl' co mp any . a II I' W trans port a ti o n m e· d ium wa" Iwc ded that did not r l'quir.. Iracks but woul d lI ,e Ih e l'X i sti n ~ o Vt'rh ead li lli'S and po w,' r plant fac iliti es. T1w (' conomi .. al " tTa cklt:,.,; troll ev" ""I'm I'd to he tlw al" wn. Troll ey bu ses had neve r be en o pera ted ' JIl a !!rand ,;cale up to this tim e in any "itv . !:l ut offi cial" pe rsisted Ihat with a few de:,i!!l1 aI te ration :i. these bu ses would ,.o lve the pro ul e m, Afte r a rath er pe rsuasiv e pre· ',' nt ati o n to cit y o f!i cials fo r a franchise dm e nd ment. Salt Lak e Ci tv bec ame th e first in the na tion to successfull v o perate an el ec tri c co ach sys te m. Th e " trackless trol· I.. v" was introduce d in Utah in 1920. L933 marked th e v .. ar in Salt Lak e City whe n the tirst li ghtw"i ~ ht r.. ar·engine gaso· line bu s appeared . Th ese buses were designed for rapid accel eration and dec eleration. and their comple te route tlexibilitv made it possibl e for the company to meet th e co n· stantl y shiftin g nee ds of th e citv . It was the overwhelming success of these rear· engine buses, that literallv spelled the doom to Salt Lake 's troll ev cars, On Mav 31. 1941. a wreath was pl aced on wh a t wa.; to be the " last trollev run in Salt Lak e Ci tv ," Spec ta tors lin ed th e stree ts 10 be wiln es,; to this solemn occasion. With o ld "Dol'" Evans. a 50·vear stre etcar vde ran a t th e con trol s. the car made it s las t histori c nm . On board were other old tim ers. W.S. Woodruff claimed he was a passenge r o n th e tirst elec tri c stree tcar and al so wanted to make the last ride. Being wreath·draped, the Old 7 12 attracted considerable attention all alo ng the rou teo and eve n after it reached the end of its des tina tion, park ed in the car barn al o ngside 21 o the r ve te rans o f a by· gon e day . Seven months late r, due to a shortU!!e of gasolin e and mate rials to provide n .. w bu s"s during World War II , t he trollies were re· instated back into se rvi ce and c ontinu ed se r· vice un til August 19. 19 45. Th e days of tro l· li es ill Salt Lake Citv were unoffi ciall v o ver. Todav. more than 6 0 Ye ars after th eir constru ction . the car barn and mainte nance shops have a new fun cti o n. as they are being renov ated into a S7 million shoppin g and ente rt ai nment ce nter. appropriatelv named " Troll c, ' Square," Several of th e 510 se ries trolli es are beini! restored al so, One as a .. as hier·s office. anothe r as a savin gs and The last word in public tra:lsportation-Utah Light and Traction Company's fleet of modern trolley cars , (Photo-Walt Horrocks ,) Rail crews on the job at South Temple between Main and State, just across from Hotel Utah. (Photo-Walt Horrocks'! 1927 street scene in Salt Lake City with car 659. (Photo-Utah Power & Light) One of the "Bam burger" interurban cars providing service to suburbs north of Salt Lake City, (Photo-Gordon Cardall, Bountiful, Utah,) Shoppers and browsers "discover" shops and entertainment attractions inside renovated carbarns at Trolley Square. Huge graphics on exterior of maintenance shop adds a nostalgic touch to the new Theatre building. Vintage water tower that once held 50,000 gallons of re o serve water in case of fire, now redecorated, stands as landmark of the Square. The famous Salt Lake Bamberger interurban cars have found a new home at Trolley Square. Here one serves as a quick lunch operation , located in the Open Market, at the west end of the carbarn . loan and one a8 a flori st shop. One of the interurban ca rs now is a quick lunch co unter. Trollev Square is 8teeped in nostalgia. An tiqu e li ghting fixture s that once adorned the ' streets of downtown Salt Lake City, now illuminate the Square a t night with a warm glow. Thousands of tons of used brick have bee n use d to transform the vin· tage carba rns and maintenance shops into an exciting. live Iv shopping and entertainment ce nter. \leanwhile. th e old water tower has heen transformed into a new landmark for the cen ter. ..\ 8even·spiral staircase has been added. and from its vantal!e point. visitors mav enjoy a mal!nificent view of the Sq uare and the Valle v . ..\ t nil!ht. more than 6.000 tiny li gh ts illuminate the Towe r. Presentlv more than 90 shops and busi· nesses are open at Trollev Sq uare. with more opening every month through 1975. Included in Trollev Square are theaters (movie), res taurants. nigh tspots. sidewalk cafes. gift shops, specialty s tores. jewelry stores. dothing and accessories stores, an open marke t. artists' workshop, home fur· nishings and se veral service·o riented busi· nessess including a bank. savings and loan offices. beauty shops. e tc. The bays inside the car barn are interconnected like streets, with shops tu cked away in corners, around courtyards and along brick walkwayS"Where shoppers will find woodcarvers, diamond cu tters to bakers and seamstresses to glass blowers and s tainglass workers. Developer Wallace ..... Wright, Jr .. man· airing partner of Trollev Square Associates. savs th e Sq uare is one of th e largest pri· vate renova tion projects in the nation. and has been designed to preserve much of the state's historical past. " \1any parts of Utah 's historic mansions and buildings sche· duled for demolition have been preserved and incorporated into the design of Trolley Square. Thus far we have helped restore a portion of Utah 's his tory on an open market atmosphere for everyone to enjoy," Wright stated. Recentlv Trolley Square was selected to be listed on the l ' tah State Register of Histori c Sites. which is a unique distinction for a shopping ce nter. From fairgrounds to trolley bams to Trolley Square. the rehabilitation of this his· toric piece of real es tate is a tribute to man 's ingenuity. The size and sco pe of the pro· ject places Trolley Square as one of the most unique developments in the nation today . . . and there 's more to co me! Architect is Albert A. Christensen of Architects Planners Alliance. Jack L. Rubv. Trolley Square Co nstru ction Company , is project superintend ent. Water Tower wi Tanant Signs removed W 0::: « ::J OfZ C/)w ~ EAST ELEVAllON - BUILDING C >-~ 1/32"=1'-0" W..J W -1> -1~ ~I ~ I 0 z 0:::-< 1-0.. ..J SOUTH ELEVATION - BUILDING C 1/32"=1'-0" Building SKU ~~\1~~WtEI~I!:AHRp.. ~oa~HAj' ~~ ~ BLAKE HUNT V EN TURES WEST ELEVAllON - BUILDING C ~ 'O I SW..,,,Ve.1 SUTEI2DO POAT\.ANO, OA 187204 IIIW.UUWU I'50l.22l.113e1 - Masonry Screen Wall 1/ 32"=1 '-0" TROLLEY SQUARE-Building SAL TLAKE CITY , UTAH I"""" c Elevations JUNE 29, 2007 I BUILDING C w a:: .. ". $ ~j, ~ « ." '%! 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POR'1\.ANO,OA I eT2lW 1$03.2Z1.8030jfro3.221.83llt Parking ........,.-- SECTION LOOKING EAST - BUILDING A I"""''' 1/32"=1'-0· TROLLEY SQUARE-Building A SALTLAKE CITY, UTAH Elevations/ Section JUNE 29, 2007 1 BUILDING A I C \.-..~ --- ­ PROPOSED BUILDING A -ADDITION 'h ~_ 8ICYCL£P~ _ _.__. __ __________ __EXIl?TlNG__ _ BUILDING A .... 1-:- TYP. 1< ~ r -• ."~~;:; ;:;;;'~'~~F'z";~~ w 0::: « => Of--z Curbless Street Trolley Lane (j)w ~ >-~ W~ --1> w --10 Oz !. 0:::« -....~. " .: " PROPOSED , BUILDING P .... ' ~.~ .:: ' .; , _. .c:>. TENANT · 3200st ~ ..: . B~i~r%~\J;¥i~V'.··!' EXISTING . i BUILDINGB l(MIERPlAZA - ~-:;r=~' ;., ;(_1-~?};5: } . i ~o... EXlST.~~ -, 30,410 sf- . ;:.:'~:. -l . ' .. ;~ :.ed~ ~ ..:: SKB ~~~~\~~.t<Rr~Nla~~~nH ~o."!~,. '~ -,' NEWSlUREFROfoIT- ~.~'~' GLAZlNG'TOfm..N::E PLYWOODINFUnP, . ~ ":.....- ,,.:. BLAKE HUNT VENTURES .t:;~. k' .. : !Jl'LAml,J,- -~.::. " IOISW2Jll)"VE.I Sl.l11!: 12OC1 1'ORT1JHJ. OR I 117204 .. ';'1 ;.", I'· EXI.S1JNG ' ... BUILDING, D TROLLEY SQUARE -Building B SALTLAKE CITY , UTAH -- 15012tl.403Q I ' 5IlJ.ZZl.13I1 ~ '~'. , -':~" Site Plan JUNE 29, 200,E11 BUILDING B (E) TENANT NEW POTTERY BARN """.,,,..... """"""'''''''' '0 ...... w ~ « :::> Of-z SOUTH ELEVATION - BUILDING B 1/32"=1'-0" (J)w ~ >-~ w~ -1> w -10 Oz EAST ELEVATION - BUILDING B ~~ 1/32"=1'-0" -l ~a.. SKB ~~~~~~~~Ef'IlBtHI\PH~O.:'!I',.At. WEST ELEVATION - BUILDING B $ 1/ 32"=1'-0· BLAI(c HUNT VEN TU Res " ,;'" <1_ .,- >4' " '1~~ ~Y~- .. ~ ", 101 , I ,i IS" v.. ,~- sw 2ND"'~ I SIATI! 1200 I"ORll..AHO,ORI . ~ tl5a1.2Zl.eo:JOlf~83ll .......,.,.- NORTH ELEVATION - BUILDING B 1/ 32"=1 '-0" TROLLEY SQUARE-Building B SAL TLAKE CITY, UTAH Elevations JUNE 29, 2007 BUILDING B w 0::: « GrandStair En~ typical Concrete Base, I)p. Transition Slructure WI Ovarflead Rottrlg Saean Saeen WaJ WEST ELEVATION - BUILDING P ::J 01- 1/40"=1'-0" Z r - Relocated I Raoonsb'uded (f)w Tenant S9l t)1> Bank Buicing ~ >-~ W~ 600 South EAST ELEVATION - BUILDING P --I> w and Stair Access --10 1/40"=1'-0" Oz .. .. 0:::<1': --l ~a.. .. ,,1#:4 , .. ~ . I BuildingD ~ .," ". J , 'It:'" '-::"4' SKB RaJIng SECTION LOOKING SOUTH - BUILDING P SECTION LOOKING NORTH - BUILDING P 1/ 40"-1'-0" 1/40"=1'-0" ~~~~I(~~!<fti~EIRft~A"Rf',.Cfl~'!,:!,t; * SOUTH ELEVATION - BUILDING P 1/ 40"= 1'-0" BLAKE H U NT v eN TURes Buitd"gD o ~ g Be)'Ond o ~ @I~ &/l I SW2HDAVE.ISUTeUOCl 6OOS"",, POAll.MlO.ORt~ - ISCl.22Uil3O 111101223.13111 SECTION LOOKING EAST - BUILDING P I ....... 1/ 40"=1'-0" TROLLEY SQUARE -Building p SALTLAKE CITY , UTAH Elevations/ Section JUNE 29, 2007 I BUILDING P r----------------j I I r' w '-, I I I 'j I ;II. I I Ii I a:: :1 12Isp~FErITTTr i~ I Ii i.1 « 101: I :::> Of-z 84 3 2 89 Standard (f)UJ Handicap ::2 VanAccessibie Spaces >-~ SITE PLAN - BUILDING P - LEVEL P1 1" W~ -I> UJ -10 50-0 Oz a::<t: 1-0.. ...J SKB • ~~~'tW~~tEI~~t,"Rf,. 'f0.,,!P,.AJ' 120 Standard ~ Spaces 211 e~A~K~ SITE PLAN - BUILDING P - LEVEL P2 1" - 50'-0" uHl't'I Total ParI<ing: 204 Standilld 5 Handicap 2 Van Acces~bIe 211 Tolal 1SQ1SW2NOA.VE. ISUTI!.I21X1 I"ORTLAND,OR 187204 150U23..103O 1150~1 -'- T R 0 L LEY S QUA R E - B u i I din 9 P SALTLAKE CITY , UTAH Floor Plans $- I~-~ILDING JUNE 29, 2007 P W 0:: <{ => 01Z (J)w ~ >-~ W....J W ~~.- I I ....J> ....Jw IH Ij I \ l l ll~§ :'J 0 0 o::~ II t-~ SKB SCANlANKEMPERB ARD COMI'Al' // -------_ . t .. // ~ •• TA TI . . . "e H ... ,. T , .. :OK // // / ~""' ~ // _ _ _- _ - _ _ _: : :; :/ ' 600 EAST ~'eANK~ uHk'~'t 101 = 30' TROLLEY SQUARE-Building P SAL TLAKE CIT Y, UTAH I SUTE 12011 PORflNU),~111204 ENLARGED PLAN - DOCK AREA 1" sw 2ND AVE. 1~.1Glll1 f 5GUt11311 ........,..... Floor Plans JUNE 29, 200;Et1 BUILDING P SALT LAKE CITY CELEBRATES THE STORY OF: REPRINTE , FROM OCTOBER , 1972 TRACTION & MODELS MAGAZINE ~ I - Main Stntflt, Salt Lake City, March 8, 1915_ ~- . - '" . '". !-Il; ..... By JU LI A HOGAN It wa.; the famou s ~ lonnon leader. Brig:ham Y o unl!. who offered a solution to Sal t Lake City 's mass transpo rtation problem 100 Han; aj!O. Ever cognizant of the needs of a >!Towing pioneer set tl ement. he fanned th e Sal t Lake City Railroad Company. and on ./ u" 2. l!l72. the fir5t mule·drawn stree t,'ar appea red on the streets. ')ne old timer rec alled the inaugural trip . Hi" father was the Mountain West 's fin;t 5tredca r driver. William Campbell. and Brigham) oung was among the di stinl!llished li s t ot passenge rs enjov in f! the fi rs t ri de. As th e "a r procI'edcd down the street. all of the Youn!!"te rs were invited for a free ride. Before Ion!!. there was a ca rload of c hildren all dazz led at the nove ltv of this new muledrawn wn trap ti on. An earlv hi s to rian . E. \ '. F ohlin. had th is to ,;ay abou t the reliabili tv of this new t ransporta ti on ",:; te m : "When the first "lTeetcar ;erv ice began in Salt Lake City. o pe ra ti OilS began wi th a span of mul es. wh ich ior a number ot years. faithfully pulled the cars through th e principal streets at a :;peed of 20 to 60 minutes to the mile. according to the condition of the weather and with th e pros pects of being s tu ck at the half-waY>' on th e road . when it happened to be snowbound in th e winter season. giving th e passe ngen' a choice of wading the balance of the way through th e snow-drifts to th ei r places of destination o r layover until th e road cou ld be cleared. Schedule Main Street, Salt Lake City, 1885 with four mule-drawn streetcars. tim~ ill tho,~ cia\",; wa, k~pt by th~ s tr ~e t car.; a" eo rrert ly a, a tim~ pi~c~ would wi thou t a dial .. . The rnul~" wne imported from \Iissouri. and. a" rnule,; go . they w"re not ~ntireh" dependabl~. o( tentimes ,;tlling a ,;pell when tht' mood required. but thi s wa' th e twwe"t mean,: o f tran,:portation in town-and after all. th" fare wa.' unh' five c~nts. Tht'n. ill I flB(). tlw firs t ele c tric trolln" car re placed the rlunkt'v-drawn "treetcars. which rldighted ,,~a:;uned patrons. One historian fI' portpd that he wi tnessed th e fir.;t l'Iectric ca r wht'n h~ wa" a small boy. Lpun ,ceing th~ approaching trolley with it:' unusual u\"erhead tr olley cab le. a Cltinel't' "~ardencr. l'JrrYing two large baskets of \"~ge tabl,·s. tltrew up hi s hands and yell ed. ":'-10 pu"hv I \ 0 pulh"! Go like helly all th e :; ame~ee : The tr ollie s w~re an immediate success. Several cu mpanies we.re competi n g for customers and prime routes. There was th e Salt Lake Railway Company. the East Bench Street Railwa\". The Popperton Place. Sal t Lake Rapid Tran sit and the Ft. Douglas Rapid Transit. Thev late r merged into two major ('ompanies- The Salt Lake Railwa\ Cumpany and th e Salt Lake Rapid Transit Companv . The biller fi!!hting between th es~ two operations still adds a tou ch of humor to I j tah 's tran,;porta tion hi s torv . On one occasion. men from the Rapid Transit were laving track s for thei r line while 150 men from the Cit" Railroad were buSY tearing them up-following at a conside rable di stanc e for safety purposes. Another time. tw o cars from both companies met on a singl e track going opposi te directions. City authoriti es were summon ed to th e ,:cene while th e passengers. who ubviou slv wpre having a good time. sat back in thpir >ea ts to watch th e entertainment. Tempers flew and insults were shouted until authorities arrived and convinced th e conductors to back up their respective trolli es. This rivalrv co ntinued for more than tt'n years until both companies merged in 1904 to become Utah Light and Railwav Companv. Another page of exciting historv was added whe n [ .H. Harriman. the well-known railroad mag:nate and father of Averell Harriman. purchased a con trollin g inte rest in the Companv. and began to pour million s of dollars into transforming it into the fine s t e lec tri c streetcar system in th e nation. Harriman's first action was to select a perman ent ,.i te for the operations. After secu rin g a te n-acre trac t of land that had ,erved as the official Territorial Fairgrounds. construction of carb am s and maintenan ce ,;hops began in 1908. He a1~0 added 50 new cars of th e latest and be ~ t construction. An account published at that tim e. offers a desc ription of th ese : " Some uf the larger and hand some cars have arrived and it is needless to stat e th at for "pace and capacitv. like those of the past. thev "ill be found to alway s hav e 'room for une more. '" Harriman also provided the verv la tes t in Donkey-drawn streetcar proceeding down Main and First South, Salt lake City, 1885. As to their speed, it was reported, "if you were in a hurry, it was a lot quicker to walk!" 1872 marked the beginning of streetcar service in Salt lake City . Car No . 1 of the Rapid Transit-the company's first car to run the Salt lake City tracks. [Photo-Utah Historical Society.] South Temple and Main to Third South car. Photo taken about 1900. At this time. the Salt Lake City Railroad was in the midst of a bitter " war" with the Rapid Transit Company. Later, the two companies merged to become the Utah Light & Railroad Company. (Photo Utah Power and Light Company .1 hou sing fac ilities. Th e mammoth car bam with its unique ~1is.,ion·stv l e architecture had a capaci tv for 14.+ double· truck cars. It was 320 fee t wide and 420 feet long and was divided into four bays. (A fifth bay was . . added later.) Insid e the car bam. tracks we re laid on concre te pit bases with depressed troughs to co llec t an\' moisture brought in bv th e trolli es eac h night. The pits were illuminated so cars cou ld be inspec ted around th e clock as needed. The ceilings were approximately 33 fee t high with 208 ~ kyli~hts. to provide as much natural li ght as possible. To redu ce fire ri sks. each bay was separated at midpoin t bv a huge steel roll ing door and sprinkler lines were installed directlv above and alon g the sides of each track. As another fire preve:ltio n measure. a 97-foot high wate r to wer also was constructed to hold 50.000 gallons of reserve water. Se veral repai r and maintenance shops were al so constru cted. Harriman was adament that th e company be as self-sufficient as possible due to its distance from railwav supply manufacturers. For this reason. if a part was needed and could not be immediatelv supplied from materials stocked. it was produced in the company's blacksmi th shop. In th e pain t and carpen ter shops. th e trollies received a coat of vamish everY 18 months while a coat of enamel paint was applied everY thre e years. In 1914. the Utah Light and Traction Company took over all of the trollev lines_ In th at year. more than 38 million passengers rode the streetcars and the interurban s to suburbs north and south, and it appeared that Harriman's goal had been achieved-t he Sal t Lake operation was considered one of the fine st stree tcar systems in the nati on. At that time. the s treet railway sys te m in Sal t Lake Ci ty consisted of 192 pieces of passenger rolling stock. The cars were th en all the Payee (pay-as-vou-enter) type, this model having been introduced in 1913. Me anwhile. the horseless carriage was see n clattering across intersections, frightening horses and on lookers alike. A few years later. howeve r. after co nside rable improvement. this somewhat noisey contraption Utah Light & Railway Company's mammoth car barn was divided into 5 bays. Note the distinctive "Mission-stylearchitecture. About 1910_ (Photo courtesy-Utah Historical Society . I Inside view of the "Rip Shop" of Utah Light & Traction Company. (Photo Utah Historical Society.l "lIln<!nl a:; Ih .. aululnohile offerin<! "I r.... kar patrnn :o: it more 4'O H\'t" llit'nt In\'a''~ of trJIl:-:- porl a ti o n. A, lilt' T11lmber of -tn"'tear pa"""n!!l'r:; b.. gan to di mini"h . a n .. ed to k"ep pac .. with lilt' dlan!!in~ tim .. " IH' .. ame appar .. nt to ,'o mpanV' officiak :'0. in 1'123. th .. I'ir,t !!asoli llt'powen' d bU:i \Va" used on an n:p .. rim .. ntal basi". "" a .. f .... fl,·r .. to thr main -tre~tcar rouk". I: i\'!, \'I'ar>' latn. additional hu ,-,'" wne r"quin'd to provid" -tllb -'Tvi .. " 10 uuth'inF! lo\\'n". alld "",'n tuaJl \' the track:- 10 these "uburb" wen' removed . A few \'I' an; la ter. the compan\' W<l.' fac~fl with a new chall .. nge . Ikca use deferred maintenance on tracks and pavement be<!aJ1 piling up at a rate entirel\' be\'ond th .. means of the companv. a IWW transportation m .. dium wa:, Iweded that did not require track> hut would lise the existing overh .. afl lint'S and power plant facilities. Th .. economical .. track I.. "" trolle\''' :'e .. med to Ill' the am'wer. Trolle\' buse~ had never b .... n op~rat e d on a grand :;caJe lip to Ihis tim e in am' .. it\,. Hut official:; persi~ted that with a fe w d .."ign aJt~rations . thes~ buses would "olve th .. problem. After a rather persuasive pre," 'ntation 10 cit" officials for a franchise d.lllendment. Sal t Lake Citv b.. came the first in the nation to successfull\' operate an elec tric coach sv~ tem. The .. trackless trollev" was int rodu c~d in Utah in 1928. 1933 marked the Har in Sal t Lake Ci ty when the tirst lightweight r .. ar-engine gasoline bus appeared. These buse:; were designed for rapid acceleration and deceleration. and their complete route tlexibility made it possible for the company to meet the con, tanllv shifti ng needs of the citv . It was the overwhdming succe ss of these rear-engine buses. that literally spelled the doom to Salt Lake 's trolley cars. On Mav :31 . 1941. a wreath was placed on what was to be the " last trolle" nm in Sal t Lake Cit\'." Spectators lined the s treets to be witne~~ to this so lemn occasion. With old "Dot"· Evans. a 50-v ear ~t redcar veteran at the l'ont rol ~_ the car made it~ las t his tori e mn . On board were other old timers. W.S. Woodruff claimed he was a passenger on the tirst e lect ric streetcar and also wanted to make the last ride . Being wreath-draped, the Old 712 attracted consid erable attention all along the rou teo and even af ter it reached the end of its destination, parked in th e car barn alongside 21 other veterans of a bvgone day. Se ven months later. due to a shortage of gasolin e and materials to provide new bu s"s during " 'orld War II. th e trollies were rl'instated back into St' rvi ce and con tinu ed ~e r­ vice until August 19. 1945. The days of trolli es in Sal t Lake Citv were unofficiallv over. Todav. more than 60 Years after their construction. the car bam and mainte nance shops have a new function. as thev are being renovated into a $7 million shopping and en tertainment center. appropriate Iv named "Troll e, ' Sq uare ." Several of the 510 se ri es trollies are being restored also. One as a cash ier 's office. another as a savings and The last word in pubtic tra"sportation-Utah Light and Traction Company's fleet of modern trolley cars. (Photo-Walt Horrocks.) Rail crews on the job at South Temple between Main and State, just across from Hotel Utah. (Photo-Walt Horrocks.) 1927 street scene in Salt Lake City with car 659_ (Photo-Utah Power & Light) One of the "Bam burger" interurban cars providing service to suburbs north of Satt Lake City. (Photo-Gordon Cardali, Bountifut, Utah.) Shoppers and browsers " discover " shops and entertainment attractions inside renovated car barns at Trolley Square. Huge graphics on exterior of maintenance shop adds a nostalgic touch to the new Theatre building. Vintage water tower that once held 50,000 gallons of reo serve water in case of fire, now redecorated , stands as landmark of the Square. The famous Salt Lake Bamberger interurban cars have found a new home at Trolley Square . Here one serves as a quick lunch operation , located in the Open Market, at the west end of the carbarn . loan and o ne as a norist shop. One of the interurban cars now is a quick lunch counter. Trolley Square is steeped in nostahria. Antique lightin!! fixtures th at once adorned the ' stree ts of downtown Sa lt Lake City, now illuminate the Square at night with a wann Irlow. Thousands of tons of used brick have been used to transfonn the vin· tage ca rbarns and maintenance shops into an exciting. livelv s hoppin~ and entertainment ce nter. \Ieanwhile. the old water tower has heen transfo rmed into a new landmark for the ce nter. .-\ seven·spiral staircase has been added. and from its vantalre point. visitors mav enjoy a magnificent view of the Square and th e Valin'. .-\ t night. more than 6.000 tiny ligh ts illuminate the Tower. Presently more than 90 shops and busi· nesses are open at Trolley Square. with more opening every month through 1975. Included in Trollev Square are theaters (movie), restauran Is. nigh tspots, sidewalk cafes, g:ift shops, specialty s tores, jewelry stores. clothin!! and accessories stores, an open market. artists' workshop, home fur· nishin!!s and se veral service·oriented busi· nessess including a bank, sav ings and loan offices, beauty sho ps, etc. The bays inside the carbarn are interconnected like streets, with shops tucked awaY in comers, around courtyards and along brick walkways-where shoppers will find woodcarvers, diamond cu lters to bakers and seamstresses to glass blowers and staing/ass workers. Developer Wallace A. Wright, Jr. . man· agi ng partner of Trolley Square Associates. says th e Square is one of the largest pri· vate renovation projects in the nation. and has been designed to preserve much of the " '1any parts of state 's historical past. Utah 's historic mansions and buildings sche· duled for demolition have been preserved and incorporated into the design of Trolley Square . Thus far we have helped restore a portion of Utah 's history on an open market atmosphere for everyone to enjoy," Wright stated. Recently Trolley Sq uare was selected to be listed on the nah State Register of lIistoric Sites. which is a unique distinction for a shopping center. From fairgrounds to trolley barns to Trolley Sq uare, the rehabilitation of this his· toric piece of real es tate is a tribute to man's ingenuity . The size and scope of the pro· ject places Trolley Square as one of the most unique developments in the nation today ... and there 's more to come! .- \rchitect is Albert A. Christensen of Architects Planners Alliance. Jack L. Rubv. Trollev Sq uare Construction Co mpany , is project superintend en t. The little enginehouse that could DAYS OF YESTERYEAR are revived at Trolley Square. near downtown Salt Lake City. Converted carbarns of the Salt Lake City Lines are now the home of the 250.000 sq. ft . shopping center. Well-known railroad magnate E. H. Harriman constructed the carbarns for his electric streetcar system in 1908. STREETCAR ERA view of the carbarns shows the sand house and water tower of the Utah Light and Traction Company. The sand house stores money, not sand. for First Security Bank. the firm f i nancing Trolley Square . 82 ! September. 1973 FAMOUS FACES of former movie stars are painted on huge murals in the theater building at Trolley Square. formerly the old Machine Shop. Ushers dressed as Keystone CDPS add another nostalgic touch . -and how! Trolley Square is steeped in nostalgia. Reminiscent of famed shopping plazas such as Gharadelli Square in San Francisco and Underground Atlanta, the new / old shopping center found a home in Salt Lake City's 65year-old trolley carbarns. Some shops are converted trolley cars; others are accented with doorways, staircases and stained glass rescued from old mansions before they were leveled by bulldozers. Thousands of tons of used bricks from demolished buildings pave Trolley Square's walkways. Antique wrought iron lighting fixtures that once adorned the streets of downtown SaIt Lake City now illuminate Trolley Square at night with a warm glow. Not the usual glass-and-glitter shopping center, Trolley Square covers llih acres, with 250,000 sq. ft . of leasable space. Wallace A. Wright, developer of the project. purchased the 320 x 420 ft. building for $1 million and estima tes total conversion cost will be 55 million. He expects value upon completion in 1975 to be S7 million. Meandering down Main Street The building is divided into five large bays, with 33-ft. high ceilings and over 200 skylights. This helped the developers avoid the usual mall idea, with one main mall and secondary areas around it. The bays are interconnected like streets, with shops tucked away in corners, around courtyards and along brick walkways. Basic materials of the carbarns are brick and steel, with stucco and wood accents added by the developers. The exterior was sandblasted and returned to its vintage red brick after years of hiding under layers of yellow paint. The old grease pits now hold underground wiring and serve as access tunnels for conduit. A second level was added in the building's interior. The view from the water tower The old water tower, a familiar landmark of the carbarns, is now serving as an observation deck. A wrought iron sevenspiral circular staircase and 6,000 lights deck out the tower. The shell of one Salt Lake City trolley was converted to a self-service gas station, while another trolley car was rebuilt and decorated as a savings and loan office placed on actual tracks on the site. The Open Market adds a distinctive country fair flair to Trolley Square, once the official Territorial Fairgrounds. The farmers' market area includes a bakery, fresh fish market, cheese store, general store, gourmet cookware store and a health food store. While the project seems to be composed of bits of the past assembled haphazardly, Ab Christensen. one of the designers. says there is unity to the project. "We've tried to fill in the blanks with attention to detail that modern architecture has lost . . . and human beings respond to this detail . .. There's a certain amount of tongue in cheek a bout the whole thing. We've tried to be a bit playful and have a little fun with it." Developer Wright feels that his rehabilitation of the historic piece of real estate "cannot be measured in dollars and cents alone; but must include consideration of the contribution to the architectural legacy of the community as well." Recently, Trolley Square earned the annual merit award of the Utah Heritage Foundation for "preservation of Utah's heritage." / ....... TROLLEY TOWER, once holding 50.000 gal· Ions of reserve water as a fire·prevention measure. is an observation deck for visitors. decorated with 6 .000 lights and a wrought iron seven·spiral circular staircase.