Converse Hall - Salt Lake City, Utah
N 40° 43.915 W 111° 51.266
12T E 427850 N 4509349
Converse Hall is located on the Westminster College Campus Salt Lake City Utah.
Waymark Code: WMB9VH
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 04/24/2011
Views: 9
Converse Hall is a Utah Historic Site and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The plaque reads:
Although the origins of Westminster College date back to the establishment of the Salt Lake Collegiate Institute on April 12, 1875 Converse Hall, constructed in 1906, was the first building erected on the campus of Westminster College. The building was designed by Architect Walter E. Ware, and named for John Converse, President of the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, who donated 20,000 dollars of the 27,000 dollars costs for the building. As the first building on the campus, it served many functions, including the boys dormitory, administration offices, assembly hall, chemistry lab, lecture hall, classrooms and library. It currently houses administrative and faculty offices, classrooms and lounge theater. Marker placed July 1978.
Marker Name: Converse Hall
Marker Type: City
County: Salt Lake
City: Salt Lake City
Group Responsible for Placement: Division of State History
Marker Number: N-181
Addtional Information: Not listed
Date Dedicated: Not listed
Web link(s) for additional information: Not listed
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