Clift Building

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Clift Building
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The Clift Building in 2019
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Location272 S. Main St., Salt Lake City, Utah
Coordinates 40°45′47″N111°53′27″W / 40.76306°N 111.89083°W / 40.76306; -111.89083 (Clift Building)
Area0 acres (0 ha)
Built1919 (1919)
Built byLarsen-Sampson Co.
ArchitectChesebro, James L.
Architectural styleLate 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Second Renaissance Revival
MPS Salt Lake City Business District MRA
NRHP reference No. 82004139 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 17, 1982

The Clift Building in Salt Lake City, Utah, is an 8-story commercial office building designed by James L. Chesebro and constructed by the Larsen-Sampson Company in 1919. Chesebro included a theater accessed from the Main Street exposure. The building features a glazed terracotta facade associated with the Second Renaissance Revival style. [2]

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Virtue (Butcher) Clift (March 20, 1837 – October 23, 1925) constructed the Clift Building in honor of her late husband, Francis D. Clift (December 7, 1832 – December 21, 1913). The Clifts owned real estate in Salt Lake City, and they had operated a residential hotel, the Clift House, at the future site of the Clift Building. [2]

Francis D. Clift was an 1851 pioneer, opening a mercantile business on Main Street and later investing in the Emma Silver Mine. [3]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Clift Building". National Park Service . Retrieved May 20, 2019. With accompanying pictures
  3. "Death Summons Francis D. Clift". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. December 22, 1913. p. 12. Retrieved May 20, 2019.

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