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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Vaudeville is Added
Salt Lake Tribune, 25 January 1910, page 11
The Happy Hour theater has added vaudeville with moving pictures, and the management Is contemplating working along these lines in the future. This theater is now one of the leading houses of amusement here, and is gaining in public favor daily. The Pantages circuit will, it is said, furnish the attractions.
