Kanab Hotel and Cafe

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Kanab Hotel and Cafe
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Location19 W. Center St., Kanab, Utah
Coordinates 37°02′52″N112°31′42″W / 37.04778°N 112.52833°W / 37.04778; -112.52833
Arealess than one acre
Built1929, 1958
Architectural style Early Commercial
MPS Kanab, Utah MPS
NRHP reference No. 03000152 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 14, 2003

The Kanab Hotel and Cafe, located at 19 W. Center St. in Kanab, Utah, was built in 1929. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003, by which time it had also been known as Virge's Kanab Hotel, Cafe and Bakery. [1]

It is a brick two-part commercial block building on a concrete foundation, with a flat roof behind a "cascading" parapet. It has one-story later additions on its north and east sides. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Korral Broschinsky (January 23, 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration". National Park Service . Retrieved March 7, 2018. With six photos.