Daft Block

The Daft Block, also known as the Daynes Jewelry Building, in Salt Lake City, Utah, is a 4-story Richardsonian Romanesque commercial building designed by Elias L. T. Harrison and H.W. Nichols and constructed 1887–1889. The brick building is trimmed with sandstone sills and lintels, and it features a prominent, two-story bay window. Above the bay window is a decorative sandstone pediment. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[2]

Daft Block
The Daft Block in 2019
Location128 S. Main St., Salt Lake City, Utah
Coordinates40°45′59″N 111°53′26″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1889 (1889)
ArchitectHarrison, Elias L.T.; Nichols,H.W.
Architectural styleRichardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.76001823[1]
Added to NRHPMay 28, 1976

An early tenant of the Daft Block was the Salt Lake 5 & 10 Cent Store, and in 1908 Daynes Jewelry Company purchased the building. The Daft Block later was connected to the adjacent Kearns Building by a steel and glass passageway, otherwise the building shows few alterations.[3]

Sarah Ann Daft (1828-1906) and her husband, E.J. Daft, immigrated to Utah from England in 1856. After E.J. Daft died in 1881, Mrs. Daft became active in business, owning real estate and investing in securities and mining interests. She commissioned the Daft Block in 1887.[4]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Daft Block". National Park Service. Retrieved May 10, 2019. With accompanying pictures
  3. Jack Goodman (January 23, 2000). "No Starbucks, But Salt Lake In 1908 Was 'Wired'". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 2D.
  4. Jack Goodman (February 24, 1991). "Cityview: Who was Sarah Daft and why did she build a Home?". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 7E.

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