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Joseph Smith Memorial Building

Formerly: Hotel Utah
Built: 1909-1911
Cost: US$2,000,000.00
Designed by: Parkinson and Bergstrom
Type: Multi-Purpose Facility
Stories: 13
Maximum Height: 182 feet / 55 meters
Location: 15 East South Temple Street, Salt Lake City, United States

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A s Salt Lake City grew from a frontier outpost to a thriving capital, it had to cope with an influx of visitors. In 1909, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints commissioned the building of the Hotel Utah.

Inspired by French architecture, its two parallel wings and central tower form the shape of an H, providing maximum natural light to the guest rooms. The tower is in the shape of a beehive, a symbol of industriousness central to the Mormon church.

While the hotel served the city well for more than seven decades, it was closed in 1987. The structure did not meet the building codes that had developed over the years, including standards for earthquake resistance. When the church decided to renovate, rather than demolish, the structure certain challenges had to be overcome. To make the historic hotel better able to resist earthquakes, seven concrete walls are erected inside the building and tied together with steel beams.

  • August, 1987 - This building is added to the National Registry of Historic Places.
  • 1990 - Renovation begins on the new building, which includes adding a tenth floor.

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> A nine-foot-tall Italian marble statue of church founder Joseph Smith in the lobby.




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