Converse Hall is one of the oldest and central buildings on the campus of
Westminster University in
Salt Lake City
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,
Utah
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,
United States
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. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1978.
Description
The -story masonry structure was built out of red brick and white stone in the
Jacobethan
The Jacobethan ( ) architectural style, also known as Jacobean Revival, is the mixed national Renaissance revival style that was made popular in England from the late 1820s, which derived most of its inspiration and its repertory from the Engli ...
and
Tudor Revival
Tudor Revival architecture, also known as mock Tudor in the UK, first manifested in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architecture, in rea ...
styles. It was the first building erected for the college in 1906, to a design by the Salt Lake City architectural firm of Erskine and Liljenberg, and is a regionally rare example of this unusual architectural style.
The building suffered extensive damage in a fire early in the morning of 12 March 1926, but was rebuilt and re-opened in September of that year.
[Salt Lake Telegram, 20 Sept. 1926, p. 2.]
Gallery
Conversehall.jpg, in the early 2000s
Converse Hall, Westmister College, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.jpg, 2008
Westminster College Converse Hall.jpg, March 2017
Converse Hall at Westminster College Utah.jpg, 2016
See also
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References
External links
Official website of Westminster University
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Utah
National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake City
Tudor Revival architecture in Utah
University and college buildings completed in 1906
Buildings and structures in Salt Lake City
1906 establishments in Utah
Westminster University (Utah)
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