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Show Page 2b Enterprise Review, March 17, 1976 Grants Promise Building Restoration porches of the old Amussens by M. M. Gaber Jewelry building. As oblivious passersby stroll blithely down Main Street, quiet rustlings whisper to them through the breeze. I was once the most handsome and most costly building on the Pacific Coast," one voice says. "I housed Utahs only objective Mormon newspaper," whispers another. The voices come from and gargoyles of Salt Lake Citys oldest buildings. Worn with age and often unkempt, the structures tell wild and wooley stories of Utahs history and the mighty achievements of her architects and business people. The eldest, built in 1869 was once Amussens Jewelry. It is now Richards Candy and A & W stores (60-6- 2 South Main) and is the only period commercial building left standing in the city. Designed by William H. Folsom, who also designed the Manti temple and the ZCMI storefront, it is built entirely of red sandstone. Two years before the Chicago fire in 1871, Folsom designed Amussens to be fireproof. He specified that all the floors be made of concrete, and the roof of slate. Amussen also had the first plate glass windows in Utah. In the rear of the building a fountain bubbled in the garden. In front, along Main Street, bands played proudly at parades, standing on the filli-gre- pre-railro- The second-olde- st building in the city, the First National Bank, was erected in 1871. One newspaper reporter of its day called it the "handsomest building has housed some of the most prestigous businesses of the state. The First National Bank was the first chartered national bank in the marble Territory. After it went out of and most costly building on the Pacific Coast." Designed by Richard M. Upjohn of New York City, it now houses the Utah 3 Theatre at South Main. Decorated with floors and gold filligree, the business because of poor management, the building housed the American Telephone and Telegraph and Wells Fargo companies. Clarence and Simon Bamberger held meetings in their offices on the second floor. The Masonic Library, the first library in the Territory, kept its records and books on the es top floor. Richard Upjohn, the foremost American architect in his period, was a leader of the gothic revival style as well as other American styles. From New York City, he designed the building for Utahs Warren Hussey, who paid $140,000 to build it in 1871. Nominated to Register Besides those two buildings seven other Main Street buildings have been nominated to the national register by the Utah . Historical Society. continued on page 9b ad QUICK PRINTING 363-029- 4 LETTERHEADS ENVELOPES FORMS & NCR FORMS BUSINESS CARDS Most reasonable rates on stock prospectuses 1 Original display cases have adorned the Leyson-Pearsa- ll Building since 1905. Building architect also designed the state capitol. l I L 10 discount with this coupon for orders over $25 .00 179 W. 400 So. SLC, Utah 84101 Bank Plans Thwarted Until Mining Begins Until alunite mining facilities are operating in Milford, Utah, it seems the First Security State Bank of Milford will not become a reality. In September, 1975, the proposed bank requested permission to establish an office in Milford, claiming projected growth from planned alunite mines would require additional banking services in the area. Last week the Commissioner of Financial Institutions denied the request, stating there were too many uncertainties regarding the impact of such a project, and the present population level would not support a new bank. "The economic base of Milford adequately supports one bank," the Commissioner stated, but, he added, a new bank would unreasonably interfere with the business of Milford State Bank, the pres ently established institution. Elroy Nelson, a principal of the proposed First Security Bank of Milford, said people involved with the planned bank had no definite plans for renewing their request in Milford jor elsewhere. ISa)(ias ills DM. We think the TV late news is aptly named. So is the Late Edition of your newspaper. Because by the time you get it, it is late. KWMS 1280 doesnt have any late news. Ours is all up to the minute, 24 hours a day. The worlds largest news gathering news team lets you know what is happening around the nation and around the world. And well let you know whats going on around our town with all the news, all the time. 1280 on your AM dial. j j i |