The Tribune Building is a historic commercial building in
Salt Lake City
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,
Utah
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, United States, that is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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(NRHP).
Description
It is located at 137 South Main Street and built in 1924. It was listed on the NRHP July 30, 2012.
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It has also been known as the Ezra Thompson Building after three-time mayor Ezra Thompson, or as the former ]Salt Lake Tribune
''The Salt Lake Tribune'' is a newspaper published in the city of Salt Lake City, Utah. The ''Tribune'' is owned by The Salt Lake Tribune, Inc., a non-profit corporation. The newspaper's motto is "Utah's Independent Voice Since 1871."
History ...
building, as the newspaper was a longtime occupant until 2005.[
It was one of only four high-rise buildings constructed in Salt Lake City between ]World War I
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and the Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industrial production and international trade, and widespread bank and ...
.Neumont University
Neumont College of Computer Science (formerly Neumont University, originally named Northface University) is a private for-profit career college in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was founded in 2003 by Graham Doxey, Scott McKinley, and Marlow Einelund ...
.[
It was a work of architects Pope & Burton.][ NRIS listed the building's architects as "Hope & Burton", apparently a typo for Pope & Burton.] It is a two-part commercial block building. Although the lower level's facade has been modified, the building retains its notable terra cotta
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cornice
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.[
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See also
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Notes
References
External links
National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake City
Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements architecture
Buildings and structures completed in 1924
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