Horticulture Building

When the state bought this west-side acreage in 1902 and called it Agriculture Park, the Horticulture Building went up first — the gateway structure that greeted everyone arriving for the fair. Salt Lake architects Walter Ware and Alberto Treganza gave it a low, hipped-roof Beaux Arts elegance, the same hand behind the city's First Presbyterian Church and the University Club. It has outlasted most of its neighbors: renamed Promontory Hall in 1977, it still fills each September with prize produce and, the rest of the year, with trade shows and concerts.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Temple Square — 1.5 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City
• Salt Lake City — 1.5 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.
• Ensign Peak — 2.2 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley
• Liberty Park — 3.0 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882

More markers nearby

• Donner Trail 1846 — steps away
• Central Warehouse Building — 0.9 mi
• Transcontinental Railroad — 0.9 mi
• Joseph F. Steenblik Park — 1.0 mi