Clift Building

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.^[2]

Clift Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Clift Building in 2019
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Location	272 S. Main St., Salt Lake City, Utah
Coordinates	40°45′47″N 111°53′27″W
Area	0 acres (0 ha)
Built	1919 (1919)
Built by	Larsen-Sampson Co.
Architect	Chesebro, James L.
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Second Renaissance Revival
MPS	Salt Lake City Business District MRA
NRHP reference No.	82004139[1]
Added to NRHP	August 17, 1982

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.^[2]

Francis D. Clift was an 1851 pioneer, opening a mercantile business on Main Street and later investing in the Emma Silver Mine.^[3]