Everything that was here
- 1993–present · still open
Joseph Smith Memorial BuildingOffice Building
Renamed and dedicated in 1993 as an LDS church office building and community center after the hotel closed.
See the map in 1994 → - 1911–1987
Hotel UtahHotel
Salt Lake's Grande Dame hotel opened in 1911, and its basement held what was billed as the largest bar in the West.
See the map in 1912 →
Nearby history
ZCMI Center Mall
15 S Main Street · 106 m away
A Gruen Associates mall on the block bounded by Main, South Temple, State and 100 South; retail closed July 28, 2007.
Alta Club
100 E South Temple · 253 m away
Founded in 1883 as a social club that kept Mormons out, it bought two slot machines in 1936 to pay the bills.
Salt Lake Theatre
75 E 100 S · 292 m away
Brigham Young called himself designer and general dictator of a 1,500-seat theatre that took months to knock down.
Kearns Building
132 S Main Street · 404 m away
Thomas Kearns's white terracotta office tower opened in 1911 and housed what was billed as the most beautiful buffet in
Salt Lake City Hall (Council Hall)
120 E 100 S · 407 m away
City hall where Utah woman cast the first woman's vote in 1870, then moved stone by stone in 325 numbered slabs.
Salt Lake Tribune Building (Ezra Thompson Building)
143 S Main St · 430 m away
The Tribune bought this 1924 mining-mayor's tower in 1937 and left in 2005; now it is a university.
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