The Exchange Place Historic District in
Downtown
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Salt Lake City
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,
Utah
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,
United States
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is a
historic district
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains historic building, older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal p ...
that was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1978. It included ten
contributing buildings
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and three non-contributing buildings on a area, with significance dating to 1903.
[
Its oldest building in the NRHP nomination was the Federal Building and Post Office, which had been built during 1903–06.][ and ] That building was renamed in 1990 as the Frank E. Moss United States Courthouse
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.[General Service Administration page](_blank)
on the Frank E. Moss United States Courthouse]. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
In addition, the original nomination for the NRHP included the Felt Building (1909), Newhouse Realty Building (1917), Boston and Newhouse Buildings (1910), Federal Building and Post Office (1906), Salt Lake Stock and Mining Exchange Building (1908), Commercial Club Building (1908), New Grand Hotel (1910), Hotel Plandome (1905), and the now-demolished Hotel Newhouse (1912).[ The ]Sullivanesque
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Felt Building was designed by Richard K.A. Kletting
Richard Karl August Kletting (July 1, 1858 – September 25, 1943) was an influential architect in Utah. He designed many well-known buildings, including the Utah State Capitol, the Enos Wall Mansion (which now houses the Thomas S. Monson Center) ...
, who designed many buildings around Salt Lake City such as the McIntyre Building farther north on Main Street and the Utah State Capitol
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. Other buildings included in the district boundaries today include the New York Hotel (1906), which today houses Market Street Grill, and the Judge Building
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(1907).
File:TRAX courthouse.jpg, Frank E. Moss United States Courthouse in Salt Lake City
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, 2004
File:Newhouse Realty Building (3).jpg, Newhouse Realty Building
File:Exchange Place Historic District (2).jpg, Felt Building (center-left) and the twin Boston and Newhouse Buildings (center-right)
File:Salt Lake Stock and Mining Exchange Building (1).jpg, Salt Lake Stock and Mining Exchange Building
File:Judge Building (4).jpg, Judge Building
File:Exchange Place Historic District (1).jpg, Hotel Plandome (foreground right) and Exchange Place Historic District
File:New York Hotel (1).jpg, New York Hotel
See also
*
References
Further reading
* (1994
"Mining"
article in th
''Utah History Encyclopedia.''
The article was written by Philip F. Notarianni and the Encyclopedia was published by the University of Utah Press. ISBN 9780874804256. Archived fro
the original
on November 4, 2023, and retrieved on October 2, 2024.
* (1994
"NEWHOUSE, SAMUEL"
article in th
''Utah History Encyclopedia.''
The article was written by Allan Kent Powell and the Encyclopedia was published by the University of Utah Press. ISBN 9780874804256. Archived fro
the original
on October 7, 2024, and retrieved on June 7, 2025.
External links
Buildings and structures completed in 1903
Geography of Salt Lake City
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Utah
National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake City
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