South temple street landmarks : Salt Lake City's first historic district / Bim Oliver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oliver, Bim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Streets.

Historic buildings--Utah--Salt Lake City.

Historic buildings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (152 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : The History Press, 2017.

Summary:

From the earliest days of settlement, South Temple was Salt Lake's most prestigious street. In 1857, William Staines built the Devereaux House, Salt Lake's first of many mansions. The once-bustling Union Pacific Depot eventually found itself increasingly isolated. Downtown's "gleaming copper landmark" overcame numerous hurdles before its construction was finally finished, and the Steiner American Building helped usher in acceptance of Modernist architecture. Evolving to reflect its continued prominence, in 1975, the thoroughfare's core became the city's first local historic district, and in 1982, it made the National Register of Historic Places. Author and historian Bim Oliver celebrates the changing landmarks along these famous eighteen blocks.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction. "Built to Stand for All Time"

1. The West End: "A Mixed-Indeterminate Area"

2. The Church Blocks: Traditionalism, Modernism and Mormon Identity

3. The Lower East: A Jumble of Coexisting Uses

4. The Mansion District: "Mature Vandalism Masquerading as Progress"

5. The Upper East: South Temple's Neighborhood

Epilogue. "The Richness of Human Variation"

Notes

Bibliography

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439659373

1439659370

OCLC:

972289977