University of Utah: Bureau of Mines Building (demolished) – Salt Lake City UT

City:
Salt Lake City, UT

Site Type:
Education and Health

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Started:
1939

Completed:
1940

Designer:
Cannon and Mullen

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
No Longer Extant

Description

The Public Works Administration paid for the construction of the United States Bureau of Mines building on the University of Utah campus in 1939-40.  It was designed by Cannon and Mullen architects.  The building was demolished recently to make way for the new Frederick Albert Sutton building of the College of Mines & Earth Sciences – or, more specifically, the parking garage for the Sutton complex.

In 1938, the land had been deeded to the U. S. Government by the University of Utah, so a federal facility could be built on the campus.  In 1981, the Bureau of Mines property was deeded back to the university, along with the buildings.

Source notes

University of Utah Historic Buildings

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee, Joan Greer on December 11, 2016.

Location Info


124 Central Campus Dr
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Salt Lake County County

Coordinates: 40.767200, -111.844291

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