Utah State Capitol Building
350 N Main St, Salt Lake City, UT 84103-1632;
Guided tours of the Capitol are given every half-hour from 9AM to 4PM, Monday through Friday.
The Capitol Building will be closed 2004-2008 for a $200 million renovation project;
State Capitol Preservation Board
- Dedicated to preservation and enhancement of the property.
Capitol College
- resource for teachers, students, and other individuals interested in having information about our Utah State Capitol Building.
Legislators chose Richard Kletting's Renaissance Revival plan for a 404-foot long, 240-foot wide and 286-foot tall statehouse.
The building was constructed between 1912 and 1916, using granite from nearby Little Cottonwood Canyon and the dome is covered with Utah copper.
It is an elegant architectural masterpiece set on a 40-acre hilltop parcel overlooking the Salt Lake Valley.
Utah Politics
This MainTour Special Feature has weblinks to many important state political officials and
government agencies.
Utah Supreme Court - East Wing
The Supreme Court is the "court of last resort" in Utah. The court consists of five justices who serve ten-year renewable terms.
The justices elect a chief justice by majority vote to serve for four years, and an associate chief justice to serve for two years.
Utah House of Representatives - West Wing
The House of Representatives is home to 75 state leaders during Utah's 45-day legislative session, which begins in January.
Representatives serve two years and are elected from districts of about 25,000 people.
The Senate, which is on the north side of the third floor, is where the state's 29 senators do
business during the session. Both the House and Senate are open to the public during legislative sessions.
Capitol Rotunda
Located in the center is the distintive 165-foot tall rotunda. The centerpiece is a
6000-pound chandelier suspended from a 7500-pound chain.
The ceiling is painted with clouds and seagulls, paying tribute to the state bird.
Twelve paintings lining the rotunda were a WPA project and depict scenes from the early history of the state and its settling.
Statues in the rotunda include likenesses of Brigham Young and Philo T. Farnsworth (inventor of television).
Capitol Gardens
The Utah State Capitol property includes beautifully maintained and sculpted lawns, trees, flowerbeds, and shrubs.
The gardens around the building are arranged in patterns similar to Native American weaving designs.
Capitol Offices
Other rooms of note located inside the State Capitol Building:
The Gold Room - State Reception Room which is used for important state functions and is adorned with French, Scottish, Russian and English period pieces.
The Governor's Office - Located on west end of the second floor directly below the House.
The Dungeony - first floor gift shop and exhibits about features unique to Utah, including ancient Lake Bonneville, National Parks, the Utah mountains, and matters of historical significance.
State Capitol Memorials
Mormon Battalion Memorial - monument on east grounds dedicated
to the 500 Mormons who pledged allegiance to their country by marching from Iowa to Mexico to fight in the 1846 Mexican conflict
before returning to their new home in Utah.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial - monument found on the west grounds, commemorating the 388 Utah natives who died in the war.
Pioneer Memorial Museum
Daughters of Utah Pioneers
300 North Main Street, SLC, UT; Museum Weblink;
Free Admission;
The Daughters of Utah Pioneers, founded in 1901, is actively working to preserve the history and artifacts of its Pioneer ancestors.
While the museum displays plenty of necessary objects fastened out of the scarce resources available in Utah,
the pioneers also leave a material record of remarkably ornate decorative arts.
Old Salt Lake City Hall
This historic building, located across from the State Capitol, served as the second
city hall for Salt Lake City (1866-1894). This well furnished Greek Revival style edifice
was designed by LDS Architect William Folsom and build of sandstone hauled in from Red Butte Canyon
on Utah's first chartered railroad. Today it serves as principle office for the following
organizations:
Utah Office of Tourism -
Utah Film Commission -
Thomas Kearns Mansion - Utah Governors Mansion
Thomas Kearns, owner of the Silver King Mine in Park City, spared no expense in building this elaborate new home (completed in 1902).
Guests marveled at elaborate fresh flower and palm decorations and furnishings imported from Europe.
Today it functions as office and mansion of the Utah State Governor.
Capitol Hill Neighborhood
The residential neighborhood surrounding the Capitol building feature block after block of
charming narrow but often steep streets in what is the oldest-surviving neighborhood of Salt Lake City.
Architectural styles include Greek Revival, Federal, Queen Anne, Beaux-Arts and Victorian classic
and were built between the 1850's and 1930's. Quite a few are listed in the National Register of
Historic Places.
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