New York Hotel (Salt Lake City) Explained

New York Hotel
Coordinates:40.7617°N -111.8919°W
Built:1906
Architect:Kletting,Richard K.A.
Added:March 10, 1980
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:80003933

The New York Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah, at 42 Post Office Pl., was built in 1906. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

It was a work of leading Salt Lake City architect Richard K.A. Kletting.

It is a three-story brick building designed to have shops on the ground floor and 62 hotel rooms above. Some hotel room suites had bathrooms; there were also single rooms served by a bathroom on each floor. It was "completely modern" in 1906, having both steam heat and electric lights.

The building is 49feet tall; the first/second/third floors are 14feet, 10feet, and 10.5feet tall, respectively.[1]

It was built as a luxury hotel for Orange J. Salisbury, a mining engineer and businessman who obtained patents and started the United Filter Corporation.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=80003933}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: New York Hotel ]. National Park Service. John McCormick . Lois Harris . May 26, 2019. With
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=82004149}} Utah State Historical Society Structure/Site Information: New York Hotel ]. National Park Service. May 26, 2019. (PDF pages 50-52; appears 14th in collection of forms for numerous SLC buildings)