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Salt Lake Tribune Building (Ezra Thompson Building)

143 S Main St, Salt Lake City, UT

The Tribune bought this 1924 mining-mayor's tower in 1937 and left in 2005; now it is a university.

📅 1924–2005🏛️ Office BuildingRepurposed
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The story

Ezra Thompson, a mining entrepreneur and Salt Lake City mayor, built this high-rise in 1924. It was one of only four high-rises built in the city between World War I and the Great Depression, and it has a terra cotta cornice and some early Art Deco features. Thompson sold it to The Salt Lake Tribune in 1937.

The Tribune, founded in 1870 as what one local historian calls a strident anti-Mormon newspaper, began moving toward a more moderate position in the 1920s. It was the building's long-term occupant until 2005. Investors bought it empty in 2008, reportedly for $3.9 million, and Neumont University moved in in 2013. The building went on the National Register of Historic Places on July 30, 2012.

What's There Now

Neumont University.

Everything that was here

Did you know?

Pope & Burton designed it; the NRHP listing misspells the firm as Hope & Burton.
The ground-level facade has been altered over the years.
Markers at the site include Pony Express Division Headquarters.

Nearby history

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Utah Theatre (Pantages)

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Capitol Theatre (Orpheum)

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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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