Salt Lake City & County Building
Posted by: Lord Mot
N 40° 45.531 W 111° 53.129
12T E 425258 N 4512364
Located in Washington Square in Salt Lake City
Waymark Code: WMBDV2
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 05/10/2011
Views: 20
The Salt Lake City & County Building is one of Salt Lake City’s most beloved landmarks. The building is Utah’s finest example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. Numerous detailed carvings, including Indian chiefs, Spanish explorers, and the faces of the first Mormon women to arrive in the Salt Lake Valley, decorate the building’s exterior. Columbia, a female personification of the United States, crowns the clock tower. During the late 1980s, Salt Lake City undertook a major renovation of the building. It now sits on 440 base isolators which will allow the building to move as a whole during an earthquake. This seismic retrofit project received international attention for pioneering the use of base isolators in historic buildings.
Physical Address: 451 Washington Square Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
Related Web Site: [Web Link]
Description of Postcard Location: Picture was taken from the either the Northwest or Southeast corner of the property. Based on the mountains in the background, I'm guessing the Northwest.
Parking Coordinates: Not Listed
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