Cluff Apartments, also known as Bennett Apartments and Hillview Apartments, is a historic building in northeastern

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, United States, that is located within the University Neighborhood Historic District, but is individually listed on the

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The building was constructed in 1911 for the Cluff Investment Company by W.C.A. Vissing, "one of the most active developers of apartment buildings in Salt Lake City during the pre-World War I period", and designed in the

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the arch ...

and

Classical Revival Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassic ...

styles. With It was renamed Bennett Apartments in 1936, twelve years after it was acquired by William H. Bennett and his wife Jennie, and Hillview Apartments in 1947. It has been listed on the

since October 20, 1989. Vissing also was involved with the Cornell Apartments, which are also National Register-listed.

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National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake City Colonial Revival architecture in Utah Neoclassical architecture in Utah Residential buildings completed in 1911 1911 establishments in Utah Residential buildings in Salt Lake City Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Utah {{SaltLakeCountyUT-NRHP-stub

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