Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-04-22 | Page 7 | First Skyscraper to be Built Here

FIRST SKYSCRAPER TO BE BUILT HERE r Big Real Estate Deal Which, if Consummated, Means tho Erection of a Large oteel Structure at the Corner of Washington Avenue and Twenty-fifth .Street Land Values Placed at $135,000. ' . What promibes to bet the biggest purchase of real esatcever madc'in Ogden is being 'negotiated by parties .said m represent tho Plngreo -National bank .and H. C. Wood. The. property to be transferred' includes in-cludes tro corner occupied by the Utahna Drug store- and the three buildings adjoining to the north .on Washlnprton avenue, up to the "Oracle" theater, representing a frontage on Washington avenue of S3 feet, with a depth of 132 feet. The deal may be closed this afternoon. after-noon. If the land Is obtained, a modern fireproof, steel structure, six to eight stories high, will bo erected, the present pres-ent buildings to bo torn down lo make war 'or Ogden's first skyscraper. The negotiations have been carried on in a quiet way and have been proceeding pro-ceeding for two months.