Main Street Heritage Buildings, Salt Lake City Photos

Main Street runs from Mormon Square to the secular center of Salt Lake City, and as such has an almost continuous strip of heritage commercial buildings. The traffic on the street is now limited, mostly as a streetcar mall, making it an ideal area for a stroll.

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Antique street clock on Main Street beside Gateway Tower West.	Zion's Bank Tower (1965) (18 floors) over ZCMI Cast iron facade on S. Main Street.	Cast iron facade of Zion’s Cooperative Mercantile Institution (1909) (now entrance to ZCMI Center Mall) (1976) (51 S. Main St.). Architect: S.T. Whitaker.	ZCMI Center entrance on South Temple Street.

Deseret (then First Security) Building (1919) (14 floors) (79 S. Main St.). Architect: Lewis Telle Cannon & John Fetzer.	Facade details of Deseret Building.	McCornick Block & McIntyre Building on S. Main Street.	McCornick Block (1891-3) (7 floors) (74 S. Main St.). Architect: Mendelsson & Fisher.

Zions First National Bank (originally Eagle Emporium) (1864) (102 S. Main St.) covered with terra-cotta in 1916. Architect: William Paul.	Original street clock (1873) in front of Zions First National Bank.	Zions First National Bank building shield with eagle over beehive.	Former bank now a community college (115 S. Main St.) with modern facade.

Sarah Daft Block (1889) (4 floors) (128 S. Main St.). Architect: E.L.T. Harrison of Harrison & Nichols.	Sarah Daft Block with elaborately carved 2-story bay window.	Kearns Building (1911) (10 floors) (136 S. Main St.). Style: Sullivanesque. Architect: Parkinson & Bergstrom. On National Register.	Upper story details of Kearns Building.

Lower story details of Kearns Building.	Sculpted terra-cotta detail of Kearns Building.	Sculpted terra-cotta detail of Kearns Building.	Capital detail of Kearns Building.

Salt Lake streetcar in front of Kearns Building on S. Main Street.	Streetscape of S. Main Street Mall with Salt Lake streetcar.	Salt Lake Tribune (originally Ezra Thompson) Building (1924) (143 S. Main St.). Style: Art Deco. Architect: Pope & Burton.	Pony Express monument on site of Pony Express Station (1860-61) now Salt Lake Tribune building site on S. Main Street.

Pony Express rider bronze plaque by A. Phimister Proctor on S. Main Street where Pony Express Station once stood.	Hope Gallery & Museum of Fine Arts (former Tracy Loan & Trust Co.) Building (1916) (153 S. Main St.). Style: Neoclassical. Architect: Walter J. Cooper.	Hepworth Carthey building (161 S. Main St.) with art tile front.	First National Bank (former Masonic Hall) (1871) (161 S. Main St.). Architect: Richard M. Upjohn. On National Register.

First National Bank (former Masonic Hall) balconies.	First National Bank (former Masonic Hall) & Salt Lake Herald Building on S. Main Street.	Salt Lake Herald Building (1905) (165-9 S. Main St.). Architect: John C. Craig. On National Register.	Walker Center (former Walker Bank Building) (1912) (16 floors) (175 S. Main St.). Architect: Eames & Young.

Upper story carvings with eagles of Walker Bank Building.	Streetscape down 200 South St. from Main with Capitol Theater (1913) & modern 175 W. 200 South commercial building.	US Bank Plaza & One Utah Center seen along 200 South St.	Hotel Monaco (former Continental Bank Building) (1924) (13 floors) (202 S. Main St.). Style: Renaissance Revival. Architect: George W. Kelham & Frederick Albert Hale. On National Register.

Facade of Hotel Monaco (former Continental Bank Building).	Karrick Building (1887) (236 S. Main St.). Architect: Richard K.A. Kletting.	Galvanized iron cornices of Karrick Building by architect who later designed Utah state capital.	Francis D. Clift Building (1919-1920) (10 West 300 South). Architect: James Leslie Chesebro.

Clift Building over S. Main Street mall.	Top floor corner of Clift Building with pedimented protruding windows.	Streetscape along S. Main Street architecture.	John Judge Building (former Railroad Exchange) (1907) (8 East 300 South). Architect: David C. Dart.

Facade details of Judge Building where once 22 railroads had their Salt Lake City offices.	Carved lions of Judge Building.	Portal of Judge Building.	Frank E. Moss Federal Courthouse (former U.S. Post Office) (1902-32) (350 S. Main St.). Style: Neoclassical. Architect: 1902 James Knox Taylor + 1931 James A. Wetmore.

Bronze eagle on Frank E. Moss Federal Courthouse.	Felt Building (1909-10) (341 S. Main St.). Style: Sullivanesque. Architect: Richard K.A. Kletting.	Terra-cotta details of Felt Building.	Woman's face in terra-cotta on Felt Building.

Lamp with surrounding on Felt Building.	Main Street (r-l) view with Newhouse, Boston, Felt, Judge & Wells Fargo buildings.	Boston & Newhouse Buildings (1908) (11 floors) (Exchange Place at S. Main St.). Architect: Henry Ives Cobb.	UTA Trax streetcars run in front of Boston & Newhouse Buildings.

Boston Building (1908) (11 floors) (11-17 Exchange Place). Architect: Henry Ives Cobb.	Rounded corner entrance of Boston Building.	Round upper corner cornice of Boston Building.	Newhouse Building (1908) (11 floors) (2-16 Exchange Place). Architect: Henry Ives Cobb.

Buffalo carving over corner entrance of Newhouse Building.	Corner details of Newhouse Building.	Golden door of Newhouse Building.	New Grand Hotel (1910) (369 S. Main St.). Architect: John C. Craig.

Commercial Club Building (1908-10) (32 Exchange Place). Style: Second Renaissance Revival. Architect: Walter Ware & Alberto Treganza.	Renaissance portal of Commercial Club, ancestor of Chamber of Commerce.	Columns on Commercial Club modeled after New York City Athletic Club.	Renaissance-style balcony of Commercial Club.

Inlaid mosaic tiles of Commercial Club.	Salt Lake Stock & Mining Exchange (1908-9) (39 Exchange Place). Style: Neoclassical. Architect: John C. Craig.	Newhouse Realty Building (1913-4) (44-56 & 62-64 Exchange Place). Architect: Headlund & Kent.