Show 1 1 1 1 t tro ro p r f fv fy y v rs 3 4 A r P i i e a r r t i g P e k ad t I x 4 1 w o v t a An exclusive photograph taken by a Utah Tourist and Publicity Publicity Publicity city Council Counch i photographer captures the dramatic moment when the ton and a half Salt Lake City Hall cupola is hoisted into place during restoration I A grand old lady has proudly raised her head once again in the Utah Capital City I She's the elegant Salt Lake City Hall built bum by Mormon pioneers pio- pio nears exactly years ago and now restored as closely as possible possible pos pos- sible to her original frontier beauty beau beau- I ty I Irhe The rhe historic pioneer building once located in downtown Salt I i I I Lake City was wee torn down stone I i by stone and relocated a few I blocks away near the Utah State I Capitol Her removal from the original site was necessary to tomake tomake to tomake make room for a new Federal I i Office Building I II I iI Finest Historic Place I I When the restoration is complete possibly by the end ot of November the grand old lady will house offices of the Utah Tourist and Publicity Council and will serve serve as a historical museum In I pioneer days she housed the Leg Leg- Legislative illative Executive and Judicial I branches branched of the Territorial gov- gov I Because the City Hall promises to be an outstanding tourist at attraction attraction at at- I traction it is being featured in inthis inthis inthis this weeks week's See Utah series of I articles sponsored by the Utah Tourist and Publicity Council and I designed to better acquaint Utahna with Utah I Work on the Salt Lake City Hall hail restoration progressed rapidly rapid rapid- ly this summer and by mid Octo ber all ot of the exterior work was wasI I completed including the hoisting I I into position of a ton and a half I copper dome or cupola I in all all some 10 tons of Utah I copper sheathing have gone into the roof A similar amount of ot copper went Into the original I building but the tho pioneers had to ship hip it by wagons from Crom the east I as Utah's copper mines had not notI yet ot been opened I Shell be the most moot historic building in the West said philanthropist philanthropist phil N N. G. G Morgan Sr as ae ho watched the massive copper cupola being hoisted into place More history transpired within her walls than In any other public building Historical Data Every historical civic civlo advancement advance ment of Utah originated within her walls Three U. U SS S. S presidents in her chambers A score of famous Americans marched across the pages of her records and documents And the statehood of ot Utah was celebrated from her I I walls For a number of ot years yeaM after the and Building I City County was I Ia built the old City Hall served as us asa asa a police station and finally stripped stripped strip strip- 1 I ped of her glory she eha was she was used by bythe bythe i the city as storage s space ace and as as' as I I part of Number 1 fire station 1 As time went by her dome was removed and for a number p pt pf i years her dignity was soiled when I the converted upper story was Into a part of the city jail housIng housing hous hous- I hous-I I ing lug women prisoners When th the historic building was I I torn down the stone work was found to be in remarkably good condition The woodwork however however how how- ever because of a leaky roof root had hadr r rotted away beyond repair The pioneers cut the stone by oy hand quarrying it from Red Butte Mountain just east of ot the city near Emigration Canyon It was wan hauled to the construction site on the first railroad in Utah a short line built by Brigham as a work make-work project to keep people employed First Builders I II I I Workmen today on the job marel marvel marvel mar mar- I vel el at the fine Cine craftsmanship displayed displayed dis played by the first builders whoso whose humble tools fashioned thesel these l L k I stones in 57 1866 when Salt Lake I City was still a rugged frontier I settlement a thousand miles mUes from the comforts of civilization When the old oid building was torn down each of the ornate handcut handcut hand hand- cut ston stones s was numbered so the structure could be put back to together together to to- gether again 1 I At times the general contractor contras tor Jensen Construction Company Company Com Com- pany felt like the project was like a saw Jig puzzle During the winter some of the numbers washed off oft and workmen often scratched their heads wondering which stone went want w nt where However early day photographs of the building helped solve dolve the riddles According t to Edwin O. O ADderson Anderson Ander ADder son on who dir directed the restoration the original building was designed by Truman 0 O Angell the same pioneer draftsman who designed the tho Salt Lake Temple Cultural i Influence The Salt Lake City Hall was wasI an expression ot of the culture of I the people who built it Mr Anderson An An- I II I demon Iderson said She represents the architectural influences these people carried with them across 6 i the plains mixed with the influences in tn of ot the rugged frontier I r The City of Salt Lake donated the property Private parties donated donated don don- I the capital Mr Anderson said sald the property and building will be held in escrow until the project Is completed Then deeds will be turned over to the State of ot Utah I When finished the the building wUl will rest on a base of polished cut flagstone form forming g a 12 foot 12 foot walkway walkway walk walk- way and set two feet teet above the surrounding lawn The original walls were made of solid stone two feet thick and end plastered Inside Its modern modem counterpart counterpart coun coun- in the Interest of economy economy economy econ econ- omy is made of smaller stone backed by concrete block |