Hotel Plandome - Salt Lake City, Utah
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Lord Mot
N 40° 45.651 W 111° 53.300
12T E 425020 N 4512589
Exchange Place & Market Street Tour Stop #31
Waymark Code: WMBEGY
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 05/11/2011
Views: 5
The elaborate flower details on its molded cornice and lion
heads peering from atop its pilasters give the Federation of
Labor Hall a fanciful feel. The building was designed by
prominent Utah architect Richard Kletting. Kletting is best
known for designing the Utah State Capitol Building.
Jewish immigrant and local brewer Albert Fisher constructed
this building in 1903 to house the Utah Federation of Labor
and its associated unions. The second and third floors of
the building originally featured lodge rooms and a spacious
auditorium.
In 1913, Fisher decided to remodel the building as a hotel.
The north side of the building still bears a painted sign for
the Hotel Plandome. The “European” attraction advertised
here may be the hotel’s “specialty of serving breakfast for
the convenience of its guests.”
Group that erected the marker: Utah Heritage Foundation
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
69 East 400 South
Salt Lake City, Utah
84111
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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