Karrick Block

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Karrick Block
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The Karrick Block in 2019
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Location236 S. Main St., Salt Lake City, Utah
Coordinates 40°45′49″N111°53′26″W / 40.76361°N 111.89056°W / 40.76361; -111.89056 (Karrick Block)
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1887 (1887)
ArchitectKletting,Richard K.A.
Architectural styleEarly Commercial
NRHP reference No. 76001828 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 16, 1976

The Karrick Block in Salt Lake City, Utah, is a 3-story, brick and stone commercial building designed by Richard K.A. Kletting and constructed in 1887. The building is Kletting's earliest work to survive in the city, and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [2] Architectural historian Allan D. Roberts described the building as "essentially a Victorian work." [3]

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During construction the Karrick Block was known as Karrick's White Elephant, a name borrowed from the adjacent White Elephant Saloon, when it was discovered that the saloon overlapped Karrick's property by several inches. [4] Roberts & Nelden pharmacy was an early tenant of the building, [5] and the building housed eight prostitutes. [2]

Lewis C. Karrick owned mining and mercantile interests, and he served on the city council in the 1880s. After he lost his fortune to bad investments, his wife, Sarah (Ellerbeck) Karrick, [6] filed for divorce in 1904. [7] Karrick died of a self inflicted gunshot wound in 1905. [8] [2] His son, Lewis C. Karrick, Jr., became a petroleum engineer who developed a mineral extraction technique known as the Karrick process.

The Karrick Block was covered in a Utah State information form of 1979. [9]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Allen D. Roberts (January 5, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Karrick Block". National Park Service . Retrieved May 22, 2019. With accompanying two photos from 1976
  3. Allan D. Roberts; Kent Powell (December 31, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lollin Block". National Park Service . Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  4. "Karrick's White Elephant". The Salt Lake Herald. Salt Lake City, Utah. June 8, 1887. p. 1. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  5. "The New Drug Store". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. October 23, 1887. p. 4. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  6. "Married". The Salt Lake Herald. Salt Lake City, Utah. November 8, 1887. p. 5. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  7. "Judge Hall Grants Two Divorces". The Salt Lake Herald. Salt Lake City, Utah. January 14, 1904. p. 5. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  8. "Karrick". The Salt Lake Herald. Salt Lake City, Utah. December 7, 1905. p. 8. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  9. Lorraine Pace (September 17, 1979). "Utah State Historical Society Structure/Site Information: Karrick Block". National Park Service . Retrieved May 22, 2019. (PDF pages 32-35; appears 10th in collection of forms for numerous SLC buildings)

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