Ogden/Weber Municipal Building Explained

Ogden/Weber Municipal Building
Coordinates:41.2197°N -111.9703°W
Built:1938-40
Architect:Hodgson and McClenahan
Builder:George A. Whitmeyer & Sons
Architecture:Art Deco
Added:June 7, 1983
Area:less than one acre
Mpsub:Ogden Art Deco Building TR
Refnum:83003202

The Ogden/Weber Municipal Building, at 2541 Washington Blvd. in Ogden, Utah, was built in 1938–1940. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

It was funded as a Public Works Administration project. It was designed by architects Hodgson and McClenahan in Art Deco style and built by George A. Whitmeyer & Sons. It is built of warm brick and glazed terra cotta.[1]

Its nomination claims that "In many ways it is a 'typical' Art Deco example, resembling the Syracuse Lighting Company Office Building (1932), in Syracuse, New York",[1] but frankly it is a great deal less spectacular than that extraordinary example.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=83003202}} Utah State Historical Society Structure/Site Information: Ogden/Weber Municipal Building ]. National Park Service. October 13, 2019. With