photographic survey of 19th and early 20th century architecture in salt lake city

april 7th, 2019:

a small selection of images from my photographic documentation of late 19th and early 20th century buildings (emphasis on architectural ornament as always) in and around salt lake city taken over the weekend. 

when time permits, will need to retrace my steps (thankfully i take meticulous notes of each location) and assign narratives to these buildings. 
historically, i always gravitate towards ornament, why it was used, who fabricated it, and how it ages over time – for better or worse. i don't see enough of it recorded in great detail when researching buildings, so i will continue to do it whenever/wherever i shoot.

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april 6th, 2019:

images of elaborately carved and heavily symbolic gray utah kyune sandstone ornament adorning salt lake city's 5-story city and county building, built between 18991-1894. 
the architectural firm of monheim, bird, and proudfoot designed the richardsonian romanesque building. local architect henry monheim partnered with george w. bird and willis t. proudfoot of wichita, kansas to establish the firm in 1891 specifically to design the building. 

some really nice residential and commercial architectural here. it was sad to visit the site where adler and sullivan's dooly block (1892) once stood. it was demolished in 1964. thankfully, richard nickel thoroughly documented it before its demolition.

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