Citizens for the Preservation of Hotel Utah scrapbook, 1987.

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Citizens for the Preservation of Hotel Utah scrapbook, 1987.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86172020

The Citizens for the Preservation of Hotel Utah scrapbook contains materials documenting community reaction to close Hotel Utah and efforts to maintain the structure as a hotel.

Original .5 lin. ft. (1 box)

Utah Division of State History, Utah Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8353285

Utah Division of State History, Utah Historical Society

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Citizens for the Preservation of Hotel Utah.

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Hotel Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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On 17 April 1909, a group of prominent businessmen from varied religious and ethnic backgrounds met at the Deseret National Bank to discuss the need for a new hotel on Main Street in Salt Lake City. The new hotel was to become the city's show piece, a social gathering cernter, and a symbol of Mormon and non-Mormon cooperation in the city's development. Days later, the Mormon church president, Joseph F. Smith, lent his support to the endeavor and announced that the church would allow the new hote...