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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Ventilation for Theatre Provided
Ogden Standard Examiner, 30 November 1923, page 8
H. E. Skinner, manager of the Colonial theatre, today announced that a complete ventilating system was being installed in the new theatre and would be in this month. The system, he said, is designed to furnish 20 cubic feet of air each minute for every seat in the auditorium. For cold weather the air will be heated over steam coils and in the summer the air will pass through filtered water.
