Original Salt Lake City & County Building

The City and County Building was born of a competition — the design by Proudfoot, Bird and Monheim beat rivals from across the country — and built between 1891 and 1894 from Kyune sandstone into a towering Richardsonian Romanesque landmark. Its grandest chapter came a century later. Sitting near a major fault, the building was in the 1980s lifted from its foundations and set down on a cushion of rubber-and-lead isolators — one of the first historic buildings anywhere given a seismic base-isolation retrofit, so it could ride out an earthquake unshaken.

What the plaque says

Built 1891-1894 of Kyune sandstone. Architects: Proudfoot, Bird and Monheim. Served as Utah State Capitol 1896-1916.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Salt Lake City — 0.8 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.
• Temple Square — 0.8 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City
• Liberty Park — 1.2 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882
• Gilgal Sculpture Garden — 1.5 mi
  A surreal and eccentric sculpture garden hidden in a residential neighborhood

More markers nearby

• City & County Building Restoration — steps away
• Salt Lake City and County Building — steps away
• Pioneer Camping Grounds — steps away
• Salt Lake Stock & Mining Exchange Building — 0.2 mi