The Salt Lake Theatre - Salt Lake City, UT
N 40° 46.044 W 111° 53.306
12T E 425018 N 4513316
Prior to the Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Building, this corner of 100 South and State Street housed the Salt Lake Theatre in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. This historical marker includes reief art that adds imagery to the plaque.
Waymark Code: WMGFRZ
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 02/28/2013
Views: 7
This bronze historical marker is attached to the outside wall of the Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Building. It describes the Salt Lake Theatre, which predates the existing building at this site. The marker reads:
[Depiction of five muses dancing with musical instruments]
LONG, LONG BE MY HEART WITH SUCH MEMORIES FILLED:
LIKE THE VASE IN WHICH ROSES HAVE ONCE BEEN DISTILL'D.
YOU MAY BREAK, YOU MAY SHATTER THE VASE YOU WILL,
BUT THE SCENT OF THE ROSES WILL HANG 'ROUND IT STILL.
THOMAS MOORE
[Depiction of the Salt Lake Theatre, with men and women arriving, some by horse-drawn carriage]
"THE PEOPLE MUST HAVE AMUSEMENT AS WELL AS RELIGION."
BRIGHAM YOUNG
THE SALT LAKE THEATRE
1860 - 1929
ERECTED ON THIS SITE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG
DEDICATED MARCH 6, 1862
[Depiction of a pair of theatrical comedy tragedy masks in front of a wreath and quill pens]
TABLET PLACED BY
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS &
THE MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO.
MAHONRI, 1940
Your impression of the sculpture?: 
Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 01/01/1940
Website for sculpture?: [Web Link]
Where is this sculpture?:
90 South State Street
Salt Lake City, UT USA
84111
Sculptors Name: Unknown
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