McCornick Building
{{Short description|Historic building in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = McCornick Building
| nrhp_type =
| image = McCornick_Bldg.jpg
| caption =
| location= 10 W. 100 South, Salt Lake City, Utah
| coordinates = {{coord|40|46|03|N|111|53|26|W|source:NRIS2013a|name=McCornick Building|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Utah#USA
| built = 1890
| architect =Mendelssohn, Fisher and Lawrie
| architecture = Early Commercial
| added = August 24, 1977
| area = less than one acre
| refnum = 77001312{{NRISref|version=2013a}}
}}
The McCornick Building, at 10 W. 100 South in Salt Lake City, Utah, was built in 1890–93. It is also known as the Crandall Building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
Description
The seven-story commercial building is one of few surviving from those built during Salt Lake City's building boom before the Panic of 1893.
It was built for William S. McCornick (1837-?), "a classic western entrepreneur whose business success mirrors the history of western economic development" who derived from a farm near Picton, Ontario, Canada, and who arrived in Salt Lake City in 1873.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=82004149}} |title=Utah State Historical Society Structure/Site Information: McCornick Building, Crandall Building |publisher=National Park Service |author= |date=February 18, 1979 |accessdate=May 22, 2019}} (PDF pages 8-11; appears 3rd in collection of forms for 24 SLC buildings){{cite web|url=https://crandallbuildingslc.com/history/ |title=Crandall Building}} (shows date of USHS reference)
It was deemed "an outstanding example of the transitional period of commercial architecture which anticipated Louis Sullivan's 'skyscraper'
movement, originally situated among small one- and two-story stores which it dominated, the McCornick Block is significant as a precursor in the development of early modern architecture in Salt Lake City, as evident in the purely Sullivanesque McIntyre Building (National Register nominee) which adjoined the McCornick Block on the north in 1909."
It was designed by Louis Mendelssohn of architects Mendelssohn, Fisher and Lawrie, of Omaha, Nebraska.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=77001312}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: McCornick Building / Crandall Building |publisher=National Park Service|author=John S. H. Smith |author2=Allen D. Roberts |date=February 18, 1977 |accessdate=May 24, 2019}} With {{NRHP url|id=77001312|photos=y|title=accompanying photo from 1977}}{{cite web|url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/600126236/Biography-of-a-building.html |title=Biography of a building |author=Carma Wadley |date=April 15, 2005 |publisher=Deseret News |accessdate=May 24, 2019}}{{dead link|date=November 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}Its architect was stated to be a "Mr. Mendolson of Omaha, Nebraska" in its National Register nomination, and attributed to "Mendlessohn, Fisher & Laurie" by the 2005 Desert News article by Wadley. This is apparently Louis Mendelssohn of Mendelssohn, Fisher and Lawrie.
It was owned and managed by Robert E. Crandall for 50 years.
See also
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- National Register of Historic Places listings in Salt Lake City
- Knutsford Hotel (1891), also in Salt Lake City and designed by Mendelssohn, Fisher and Lawrie
Notes
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References
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External links
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- [https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=428908 Walter S. McCornick, banker, Salt Lake City], a cartoon portrait
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Category:National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake City
Category:Early Commercial architecture in the United States
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1890
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