| Clift Building | |
| Coordinates: | 40.7631°N -111.8908°W |
| Architect: | Chesebro, James L. |
| Builder: | Larsen-Sampson Co. |
| Architecture: | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Second Renaissance Revival |
| Added: | August 17, 1982 |
| Mpsub: | Salt Lake City Business District MRA |
| Refnum: | 82004139 |
The Clift Building in Salt Lake City, Utah, is an 8-story commercial office building designed by James L. Chesebro and constructed by the Larsen-Sampson Company in 1919. Chesebro included a theater accessed from the Main Street exposure. The building features a glazed terracotta facade associated with the Second Renaissance Revival style.[1]
Virtue (Butcher) Clift (March 20, 1837 – October 23, 1925) constructed the Clift Building in honor of her late husband, Francis D. Clift (December 7, 1832 – December 21, 1913). The Clifts owned real estate in Salt Lake City, and they had operated a residential hotel, the Clift House, at the future site of the Clift Building.[1]
Francis D. Clift was an 1851 pioneer, opening a mercantile business on Main Street and later investing in the Emma Silver Mine.[2]