The McIntyre Building is a historic commercial building in downtown
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake Ci ...
,
Utah
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, United States, that is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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(NRHP).
Description
The building is located at 68-72 South Main Street and was designed by architect
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) ...
in
Sullivanesque
Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism". He was an influential architect of the Chicago School, a mentor to Frank Lloy ...
style.
It has been said to be "the earliest and best example of Sullivanesque architecture in the state" (besides the
Dooly Building
The Dooly Building was an office building designed by architect Louis Sullivan in Salt Lake City, Utah, at 109 West Second South Street. It was one of four buildings Sullivan designed in the western United States. Built in 1892, it was demolished ...
, demolished, designed by
Louis Sullivan
Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism". He was an influential architect of the Chicago school (architecture), Chicago ...
himself).
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It was believed to be the "first all reinforced concrete and fireproof building west of the
Mississippi River
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" when it was completed in 1909.
It was originally I-shaped in plan, and this has only been modified minimally. It has
clerestory windows
A clerestory ( ; , also clearstory, clearstorey, or overstorey; from Old French ''cler estor'') is a high section of wall that contains windows above eye-level. Its purpose is to admit light, fresh air, or both.
Historically, a ''clerestory' ...
over its main stairway.
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The building was listed on the NRHP July 15, 1977.][
]
See also
*
* McCornick Building
The McCornick Building, at 10 W. 100 South in Salt Lake City, Utah, was built in 1890–93. It is also known as the Crandall Building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
Description
The seven-story commercial bu ...
, adjacent, also NRHP-listed.
References
External links
National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake City
Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements architecture
Commercial buildings completed in 1909
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