New York Hotel (Salt Lake City)

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.[1]

New York Hotel
Location42 Post Office Pl., Salt Lake City, Utah
Coordinates40°45′42″N 111°53′31″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1906
ArchitectKletting,Richard K.A.
NRHP reference No.80003933[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 10, 1980

It was a work of leading Salt Lake City architect Richard K.A. Kletting.[2]

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, whoopee![2]

The building is 49 feet (15 m) tall; the first/second/third floors are 14 feet (4.3 m), 10 feet (3.0 m), and 10.5 feet (3.2 m) tall, respectively.[2]

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.[3]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. John McCormick; Lois Harris. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: New York Hotel". National Park Service. Retrieved May 26, 2019. With accompanying four photos from 1978
  3. "Utah State Historical Society Structure/Site Information: New York Hotel". National Park Service. Retrieved May 26, 2019. (PDF pages 50-52; appears 14th in collection of forms for numerous SLC buildings)
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