Park (Rio Grande) Hotel
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brwhiz
N 40° 45.780 W 111° 54.222
12T E 423725 N 4512841
The Rio Grand Hotel (now called the Park Hotel) was a hostelry for the working man. It catered mainly to blue collar workers and passengers on the Denver & Rio Grande who wanted less than elegant accomodations at an affordable price.
Waymark Code: WM9NQY
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 09/10/2010
Views: 11
The plaque is inscribed:
Park (Rio Grande) Hotel
The Park Hotel is significant for its association with the early 20th-century development of Salt Lake City’s transportation and industrial district. Built immediately after the completion of the nearby Rio Grande and Union Pacific railroad stations (both built in 1909-10), the Park Hotel provided housing and services for blue collar workers, many of them ethnic immigrants, employed in local transportation, manufacturing, commercial, and construction enterprises. Designed by Ware and Treganza, one of Utah's most prominent architectural firms, and constructed in 1911, the Park Hotel was the first hotel erected near the Rio Grande Depot.
With shops and cafe on the first level and residential rooms on the second level, the Park Hotel was modest in size and design, yet it was one of the first of a soon-popular building type. Over the next few years, several other hotels were constructed to the east along 300 South, producing something of a "hotel row." Following World War II the name was changed to the Rio Grande Hotel. It continues its historic function as a single room occupancy hotel.
Marker Name: Park (Rio Grande) Hotel
Marker Type: City
Addtional Information:
This establishment is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
County: Salt Lake
City: Salt Lake City
Group Responsible for Placement: Utah State Historical Society
Date Dedicated: Not listed
Marker Number: Not listed
Web link(s) for additional information: Not listed
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