National Register of Historic Places
Western General Agency Building
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
The record
- Listed
- September 29, 2015
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 780 E. South Temple St., Salt Lake City
- County
- Salt Lake
- State
- Utah
- Contributing resources
- 1 building
- Coordinates
- 40.76913, -111.86856
- Reference number
- 15000678
The story
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The Western General Agency Building is a commercial building at 780 E. South Temple St. in Salt Lake City, listed in the National Register in 2015. It took its present New Formalist form during a 1965-1969 remodel by architect Arthur K. Olsen.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criterion C, with local-level significance in architecture. The nomination gives its period of significance as 1965 to 1969, reflecting the 1965 construction of a rectilinear volume on the South Temple facade and the 1969 addition of an octagonal tower with a skylight.
Physical character
Stucco and brick walls rise to a flat concrete roof under aluminum and glass windows, and the New Formalist facade features tall, narrow arches and arcades framed by slender columns. A 1965 remodel enlarged the foyer and raised the roofline; a 1969 addition added a second floor of open porches and an octagonal tower with a skylight. The porches were enclosed in 1975, and a rear garage and pool followed in 1977.
Historical context
Tracy Insurance Company purchased a vacant lot on the site in 1957, and Western General Agency bought the lot and building in 1964; the building was used for commerce and trade historically and at the time of its listing.