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Begin your tour at The Joseph Smith Memorial Building at the intersection of Main Street and South Temple Street. Cross South Temple Street and head south to 50 South Main Street, site of America's first department store (ZCMI).

Continue south to the corner, and look west across Main Street to the McCornick Block. This 1891 building was the city's first skyscraper. Now, look south across the street to the Utah Commercial and Savings Bank Building at 22 East 100 South that was built of red sandstone in 1889.

Next, cross to the southwestern corner of the intersection and the Zion's First National Bank Building at 102 South Main. This classical structure dates from 1864 and is the city's oldest existing building. The ornate clock fronting the building began keeping time on this corner in 1873 and was originally powered by waterwheel.

Cross again to the east side of Main Street and continue south to 143 South Main Street, The Salt Lake Tribune Building. Entrepreneur Ezra Thompson built this structure in 1924 on the site of the Salt Lake City Pony Express stop. Across the street, the elaborate 1889 Daft Block connects by modern glass enclosure to the Kearns Building, which was built by U.S. Senator Thomas Kearns in 1911. The faces carved in relief along the building's second floor are reputed to resemble Kearns' daughter.

Continue south and turn left at 200 South. Turn left again and walk along Regent Street. Now home to the valley's two largest newspapers, this lane was once the haunt of loose women and hard-drinking men. Turn right on Orpheum Avenue and walk under the parking structure. Continue east to the corner of Orpheum and State Street, where the Orpheum Theatre has stood since its inception as a vaudeville playhouse in 1905. Cross State Street and head north to the glass-enclosed ZCMI Center entrance at 35 South State Street. Downstairs lies the well-illustrated foundation of what was once the Mormon pioneers' Social Hall and Utah's first theatre.

Continue north to 15 South State Street and the Hansen Planetarium, a Beaux Arts limestone edifice constructed in 1905 as the city's first library. Finally, walk west on South Temple Street one block to return to this tour's point of origin, the intersection of South Temple Street and Main Street.







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Clark Planetarium


Gateway to the Stars
 110 South 400 W
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
United States
+1 801 456 7827
http://www.clarkplanetarium.org/ 		Occupying an impressive limestone structure built in 1905; this interactive museum offers the young and young-at-heart an entertaining look at the universe. An ideal reward for kids who behaved well while touring nearby Temple Square, the museum encourages participation with simulated space flights, star shows, and dancing laser lights. Astronomy courses are available for all ages in the summer, and special programs are scheduled throughout the year. Call ahead to find out show timings. Exhibits are free, and shows vary from USD5-USD8.

Review © 2007, Wcities
Clark Planetarium photo by Chris Beckett
Photo: Chris Beckett
 

 
Joseph Smith Memorial Building


At Temple Square
 15 East South Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84150
United States
+1 801 536 7277 		Once home of the Hotel Utah, this historical building stands majestically in downtown Salt Lake City. On the top floor are two restaurants, The Garden and The Roof, both overlooking Temple Square. The building and its facilities are owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Elsewhere in the building, 13 banquet halls offer space for meetings, banquets and wedding receptions. The church welcomes members and non-members alike to use the facilities.

Review © 2007, Wcities
Joseph Smith Memorial Building photo by Sam Westwood
Photo: Sam Westwood
Joseph Smith Memorial Building photo by Kristy Tye
Photo: Kristy Tye
Joseph Smith Memorial Building photo by Atelier Teee
Photo: Atelier Teee
Joseph Smith Memorial Building photo by Atelier Teee
Photo: Atelier Teee
Joseph Smith Memorial Building photo by Ted Larsen
Photo: Ted Larsen
Joseph Smith Memorial Building photo by Apoorva Mathur
Photo: Apoorva Mathur
Joseph Smith Memorial Building photo by Donald W. Meyers
Photo: Donald W. Meyers
Joseph Smith Memorial Building photo by Michelle Brumley
Photo: Michelle Brumley
 

 
ZCMI Center


America's first department store
 36 South State Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
United States
+1 801 321 8751 		The ZCMI Center original lays claim to the distinction "America's first department store" and proudly wears its 1868 facade on the mall's western entrance. Other shops tend toward services and supplies with popular stops including Franklin Covey, Office & Things, and The Metro Sports Club. Splashing fountains accompany a pianist in the central courtyard where lunchtime crowds gather in the atrium food court.

Review © 2007, Wcities
ZCMI Center photo by Phil Edwards
Photo: Phil Edwards
 

 
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