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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County Drops Theater Lease
Ogden Standard Examiner, 27 December 1977, page A12
The County Commission has terminated the lease of the Orpheum Corporation for the movie theater in the county-owned Ben Lomond Hotel complex.
In exchange for the lease termination, the corporation has agreed to give the county the theater's internal fixtures -- projection equipment, chairs, lights and other items.
