Kingsbury Hall
Salt Lake City, Utah
The University of Utah dedicated its first auditorium, Kingsbury Hall, on 22 May 1930. The $275,000 assembly hall was funded by the State of Utah and named in honor of Joseph T. Kingsbury, who served as President of the University from 1897 until 1926. Kingsbury Hall is one of nine buildings in the University Circle historic district, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The auditorium was built with a projection booth and an organ loft, to accommodate silent films.
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Curtain falling on stately old Queen
Deseret News, 30 April 1997, page B2
Article Summary:
In April 1997 the Bountiful City Council approved a plan to demolish
the Queen theater and build a Deseret Book store in its place.
Consolidated Theaters, which closed the Queen after opening the new
Gateway 6 two blocks away, still owned the property and was going to
lease it to Deseret Book.
