McCornick Building

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.[2]

McCornick Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	10 W. 100 South, Salt Lake City, Utah
Coordinates	40°46′03″N 111°53′26″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1890
Built by	William Pinney[1]
Architect	Mendelssohn, Fisher and Lawrie
Architectural style	Early Commercial
NRHP reference No.	77001312[2]
Added to NRHP	August 24, 1977

It is a seven-story commercial building, one of few surviving from those built during Salt Lake City's building boom before the Panic of 1893.[3]

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.[3][4][5]

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."[3]

It was designed by Louis Mendelssohn of architects Mendelssohn, Fisher and Lawrie, of Omaha, Nebraska.[3][1][notes 1]

It was owned and managed by Robert E. Crandall for 50 years.[1]

See also

• Knutsford Hotel (1891), also in Salt Lake City and designed by Mendelssohn, Fisher and Lawrie

Notes

1. 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.

References

1. Carma Wadley (April 15, 2005). "Biography of a building". Deseret News. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
3. John S. H. Smith; Allen D. Roberts (February 18, 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: McCornick Building / Crandall Building". National Park Service. Retrieved May 24, 2019. With accompanying photo from 1977
4. "Utah State Historical Society Structure/Site Information: McCornick Building, Crandall Building". National Park Service. February 18, 1979. Retrieved May 22, 2019. (PDF pages 8-11; appears 3rd in collection of forms for 24 SLC buildings)
5. "Crandall Building". (shows date of USHS reference)

External link

• Walter S. McCornick, banker, Salt Lake City, a cartoon portrait