Converse Hall

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Converse Hall
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Location1840 South 13th East
Salt Lake City, Utah
United States
Coordinates 40°43′55″N111°51′14″W / 40.73194°N 111.85389°W / 40.73194; -111.85389
Arealess than one acre
Built1906 (1906)
ArchitectErskine & Liljenberg
Architectural styleTudor Revival, Jacobethan Revival
NRHP reference No. 78002685 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 20, 1978

Converse Hall is one of the oldest and central buildings on the campus of Westminster University in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]

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The 3+12-story masonry structure was built out of red brick and white stone in the Jacobethan and Tudor Revival styles. It was the first building erected for the college in 1906, to a design by the Salt Lake City architectural firm of Erskine and Liljenberg, [2] and is a regionally rare example of this unusual architectural style. [3] The building suffered extensive damage in a fire early in the morning of 12 March 1926, but was rebuilt and re-opened in September of that year. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Deseret Evening News, 19 March 1906
  3. "NRHP nomination for Converse Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  4. Salt Lake Telegram, 20 Sept. 1926, p. 2.