Buildings and sites of Salt Lake City, Utah

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Salt Lake City, Utah is the most ethnically, politically, and religiously diverse city in the state of Utah. In addition to being the State capital, Salt Lake City is also among the largest and most historically significant cities in the Mountain West. As such, there are many historical or otherwise notable buildings and sites within Salt Lake City.

View of Salt Lake City from the north looking south

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[edit] Definition of "Salt Lake City"

Several suburbs and incorporated cities surround Salt Lake City itself in Salt Lake County, Utah. These are often called "Salt Lake City", and they use the same road coordinate system originating on the southwest corner of Temple Square (South Temple street is 0 North/South, while Main Street is 0 East/West). This article is concerned only with the buildings and sites in Salt Lake City proper and some areas immediately adjacent.

[edit] Neighborhoods and areas

Several areas within the city proper are named.

The Avenues neighborhood is so-called because the smaller blocks in this old residential neighborhood are bound by sequential Avenues and Streets named after alphabetical letters, not the regular coordinate system streets used elsewhere in the city. Federal Heights gets its name because it was originally settled by federal troops who observed the Latter-day Saints from above the city at Fort Douglas on the eastern benches. Sugar House, a pedestrian-friendly neighborhood, was to be the site of a sugar beet sugar mill in the early 1850s. Rose Park is on the west side of Salt Lake City. The west side, considered either west of the railroad tracks or west of State Street, is often thought to be the poorest area of Salt Lake City. Currently Rose Park is among the most racially diverse areas having a large population of Latino and Pacific Islander immigrants.

  • Avenues – climbs uphill just northeast of downtown
  • Capitol Hill – north quadrant near State Capitol, affluent residential
  • Central City – large area stretching through the center of the city east to west, mainly residential
  • Downtown – city center, commercial district
  • East Bench – eastern mountain slopes, residential
  • Fairpark – northwest near State Fairgrounds, middle-class residential
  • Federal Heights – northeast mountain slopes, affluent residential
  • Glendale – southwest, largely Hispanic, poor residential
  • Poplar Grove – west, poor residential
  • Rose Park – northwest, World War II-era residential bungalows
  • Sugar House – southeast, affluent commercial and residential

[edit] Parks/Places

  • Temple Square - Top tourist attraction in Utah, a downtown religious campus for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (sometimes called the LDS Church or Mormons).
  • Main Street Plaza - parcel of land that was once Main Street, which the LDS Church controversially bought to make a pedestrian thoroughfare and connect its major properties.
  • Hogle Zoo - far east in the foothills.
  • University of Utah - campus on east side of the city.
  • Salt Lake City Cemetery - one of the largest cemeteries in the mountain west, with many notable burial sites.
  • Gilgal Garden - small park featuring eccentric Mormonism-based stone carvings.
  • Liberty Park - public park featuring an aviary and other attractions.
  • Memory Grove - World War I and war dead memorial park.
  • Sugar House Park - site of the first state prison, constructed for polygamists.
  • International Peace Gardens - founded after World War II to promote peace. Located in Glendale.

[edit] Buildings

Religious, particularly LDS buildings, are prominent in Salt Lake City.

Settled by Brigham Young and 147 other pioneers on July 24, these Latter-day Saints were fleeing persecution after the death of their first leader Joseph Smith, Jr. Young originally intended the city and territory to a religious theocracy. Although the government has long been secular, and even though less than 50% of residents in Salt Lake City are LDS, the city has an unusual number of religious buildings. It's the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, so can be considered a kind of holy city. As the largest single landowner in the city, the LDS Church also has been very influential throughout its history.

Unless noted, all of these buildings are in or around downtown Salt Lake City.

[edit] Religious

[edit] LDS

[edit] Other Faiths

[edit] Government

[edit] Educational/Arts

[edit] Commercial

[edit] Residences

[edit] Monuments

  • Brigham Young Monument - monument south of the Main Street Plaza to Brigham Young and the original 147 pioneers.
  • Eagle Gate - gate remnant to the original city wall.
  • Seagull Monument - LDS monument celebrating the Miracle of the Gulls.
  • This is the Place Monument - Monument high in the east near Hogle Zoo commemorating Brigham Young's words when entering the valley: "This is the right place."

[edit] Other

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