Boston Building (Salt Lake City, Utah)
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Samuel Newhouse began his south downtown empire by financing the construction of these two buildings. He named the Boston Building, to the north, after his Boston Consolidated Mine. The Newhouse Building, to the south, he named after himself, of course. Newhouse intended to construct a similar pair of buildings at the east end of Exchange Place, but went bankrupt before he could undertake this project.
The Boston and Newhouse Buildings are considered Utah’s first “skyscrapers.” In an attempt to bring some of the sophistication and prestige of the East to Salt Lake City, Newhouse hired famous Chicago/New York architect Henry Ives Cobb to design these towers.
Take a moment to look at the elaborate stone ornamentation on these buildings from the west side of Main Street. Notice how Cobb incorporates similar elements on each building, but varies their location and prevalence to give each building a distinct appearance.
In this building:
Maxwell's East Coast Eatery
The Boston and Newhouse Buildings are considered Utah’s first “skyscrapers.” In an attempt to bring some of the sophistication and prestige of the East to Salt Lake City, Newhouse hired famous Chicago/New York architect Henry Ives Cobb to design these towers.
Take a moment to look at the elaborate stone ornamentation on these buildings from the west side of Main Street. Notice how Cobb incorporates similar elements on each building, but varies their location and prevalence to give each building a distinct appearance.
In this building:
Maxwell's East Coast Eatery
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°45'41"N 111°53'26"W
- Valley Fair Mall 9 km
- Fort Union 15 km
- Jordan Landing 17 km
- Quarry Bend Shopping Center 19 km
- The District Shopping Center 25 km
- Swire Coca-Cola 26 km
- The original office park for WordPerfect Corporation 51 km
- University Place 56 km
- Wymount Terrace 59 km
- Mesa Mall 336 km
- Salt Lake Central Business District 0.9 km
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: World Headquarters 1.1 km
- Capitol Hill Complex 1.8 km
- Interstate 80/Interstate 15 Interchange 2.3 km
- The Avenues 2.5 km
- Utah State Fairpark 3.1 km
- Fairpark Neighbourhood 3.2 km
- Poplar Grove Neighbourhood 3.3 km
- Glendale Neighbourhood 4.2 km
- Jordan Meadows Neighbourhood 4.4 km