The McCornick Building, at 10 W. 100 South in

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, was built in 1890–93. It is also known as the Crandall Building. It was listed on the

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in 1977.

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The seven-story commercial building is one of few surviving from those built during Salt Lake City's building boom before the

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. It was built for William S. McCornick (1837-?), "a classic western entrepreneur whose business success mirrors the history of western economic development" who derived from a farm near Picton,

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, Canada, and who arrived in Salt Lake City in 1873. (PDF pages 8-11; appears 3rd in collection of forms for 24 SLC buildings) (shows date of USHS reference) It was deemed "an outstanding example of the transitional period of commercial architecture which anticipated Louis Sullivan's 'skyscraper' movement, originally situated among small one- and two-story stores which it dominated, the McCornick Block is significant as a precursor in the development of early modern architecture in Salt Lake City, as evident in the purely

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(National Register nominee) which adjoined the McCornick Block on the north in 1909." It was designed by Louis Mendelssohn of architects

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, of Omaha, Nebraska. With Its architect was stated to be a "Mr. Mendolson of Omaha, Nebraska" in its National Register nomination, and attributed to "Mendlessohn, Fisher & Laurie" by the 2005 Desert News article by Wadley. This is apparently Louis Mendelssohn of

. It was owned and managed by Robert E. Crandall for 50 years.

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Walter S. McCornick, banker, Salt Lake City
a cartoon portrait National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake City Early Commercial architecture in the United States Buildings and structures completed in 1890 {{Utah-NRHP-stub

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