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PI-60 Building Stones of Downtown Salt Lake City, A Walking Tour

Sedimentary Building Stones
(Trade name in italics; stone quarried in Utah unless indicated otherwise;
year of construction follows building name)
Sandstone:
Nugget Sandstone
  • Council Hall, 1864-1866
  • 204 North State Street, 1890
  • McCune Mansion, 1901
  • LDS* Tabernacle, 1863-1867
  • Lion House, 1856
  • Social Hall, 1852
  • Utah Commercial and Savings Bank,1888-1890

    		• Kyune sandstone/Colton Formation
  • Alta Club, 1897-98
  • McCornick Building, 1890
  • David Keith Building, 1902
  • Frank E. Moss Courthouse, original building, 1903-1906
  • Salt Lake City and County Building, 1892-1894

    • Limestone:
    Sanpete oolitic limestone/Green River Formation
  • State Capitol-interior, 1913-1915
  • Hansen Planetarium, 1905
    Travertine or Onyx Marble/limestone
  • State Capitol-interior, 1913-1915
  • LDS* Administration Building interior, 1914-1917
  • 115 South Main Street, 1963
    		• Birdseye marble/Flagstaff limestone
  • State Capitol-interior, 1913-1915
  • LDS* Administration Building interior, 1914-1917
    • Igneous Building Stones
    Granite:
    Town Mountain Granite (Texas)
  • One Utah Center, 1992
    		• Rockville White Granite/Rockville Granite (Minnesota)
  • American Stores Tower, 1998
    • Diorite:
    Academy Black Granite/Knowles Granodiorite (California)
  • American Stores Tower, 1998
    • Quartz Monzonite:
    Little Cottonwood stock
  • State Capitol, 1913-1915
  • LDS* Temple, 1853-1893
  • Assembly Hall, 1877-1882
  • LDS* Administration Building, 1914-1917
    • Metamorphic Building Stones
    Quartzite:
    Quartzite of Clarks Basin
  • Cabana Club, 1940 (1950s)
    Elba Quartzite
  • Cabana Club, 1940 (1950s)
    		• Gartra Grit Member of Ankareh Formation
  • LDS* Tabernacle, 1863-1867
    • Marble:
    Murphy Marble (Georgia)
  • State Capitol-interior, 1913-1915
    Hualien Jade (Taiwan)
  • ZCMI Center Mall, renovation 1991
    		• Breccia Oniciata (Italy)
  • ZCMI Center Mall, renovation 1991
    Crema Marfil (Spain)**
  • ZCMI Center Mall, renovation 1991

    • *Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
    **Might be a limestone.