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Union Pacific Depot

400 W South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT

The depot's grand hall carries a 1909 mural of the golden spike, and it ended up as a nightclub and then a hotel.

📅 1909–1986🏛️ Train StationRepurposed
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The story

The Union Pacific depot was built in 1908-09 of sandstone and stone veneer in a French Renaissance style. Its grand hall is 136 by 100 feet under a vaulted ceiling, and John MacQuarrie painted the ceiling mural of the driving of the golden spike in 1909. Umbrella-style train sheds were added in 1925 and removed in 1972. Union Pacific's own passenger service ended May 1, 1971, and Amtrak used the depot until October 26, 1986, when it moved to the Rio Grande depot.

Union Pacific donated the building to the State of Utah on October 18, 1989. A plan to make it an art museum stalled over renovation costs. Ownership passed to the Boyer Company in December 1999, just as the surrounding rail yards were being cleared for The Gateway, which opened in 2001. A nightclub called The Depot opened in the north wing in 2006. The building reopened as the Asher Adams hotel on October 31, 2024.

What's There Now

The Asher Adams hotel, with 13 suites in the depot and a new tower behind it.

Everything that was here

Did you know?

The original slate roof was replaced with copper in 1978.
The south wing held a Virgin Megastore from 2002 to 2007.
TRAX light rail opened December 3, 1999, with a station directly in front.

Nearby history

Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center

100 S West Temple · 683 m away
Opened February 1996 on the demolished arena's site at 100 S West Temple.

Denver and Rio Grande Western Depot

300 S Rio Grande St · 734 m away
The Rio Grande built a $750,000 depot to outdo the Union Pacific's, then sold it to Utah for one dollar.

Dooly Block

109 W 200 South · 880 m away
A six-story Louis Sullivan office building, called his best work in the West, was torn down in 1964.

Crazy Goat Saloon

165 S West Temple · 927 m away
The Dead Goat renamed and reopened as a strip club, which led to a lawsuit with the LDS Church.

Utah Theatre (Pantages)

144 S Main Street · 965 m away
A Pantages vaudeville house that became the Utah Theatre, was split in two in 1968, and was torn down in 2022 despite a

Capitol Theatre (Orpheum)

50 W 200 South · 1.0 km away
Opened as the Orpheum Theatre in 1913, it became the Capitol in 1927 and now hosts Ballet West and Utah Opera.

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Sourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_City_Union_Pacific_Depot