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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The Thumb
Salt Lake Tribune, 14 November 2004
Article Summary:
Fountain Green, a community of 900, raised $700,000 to restore its ruined dance hall and theater, built in 1918 and abandoned in the 1950s.
"It's brought our city together like nothing anyone could have ever imagined." (Scott Collard, Mayor)
