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Church University (Salt Lake City)

1892 establishments in Utah TerritoryDefunct private universities and colleges in UtahDemolished buildings and structures in Salt Lake CityEducational institutions disestablished in 1894Former properties of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Universities and colleges affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsUniversities and colleges established in 1892Universities and colleges in Salt Lake County, UtahUse mdy dates from March 2025
Former Church University building Salt Lake City, Utah Improvement Era, Sep 1911
Former Church University building Salt Lake City, Utah Improvement Era, Sep 1911

The Church University (officially the University of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and known as Young University during its development) was a short-lived, private university in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. Opened in 1893, it was meant to be the flagship institution of the education system run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), but closed after a single year of operation. Instead, church leaders encouraged their members to support the University of Utah. In later years, Brigham Young Academy in Provo, Utah would take on the role of the church's flagship school, evolving into Brigham Young University. A building for the university was constructed in downtown Salt Lake City, which it shared with another of the church's educational institutions, the Deseret Museum. Following the university's closure, the building was used by the University of Utah, then West High School, and eventually became the long-time home of the city's Horace Mann Junior High School.

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Church University (Salt Lake City)
200 North, Salt Lake City

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200 North 299
84103 Salt Lake City
Utah, United States
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Former Church University building Salt Lake City, Utah Improvement Era, Sep 1911
Former Church University building Salt Lake City, Utah Improvement Era, Sep 1911
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The Dooly Building was an office building designed by architect Louis Sullivan in Salt Lake City, Utah, at 109 West Second South Street. It was one of four buildings Sullivan designed in the western United States. Built in 1892, it was demolished in 1964. It was described by the Historic American Buildings Survey as the best work by Sullivan in the west. The building's contractor was Bernard Henry Lichter. Tenants included a post office, the Alta Club, and offices of architects and engineers. The Dooly Building was named for John E. Dooly (1841-?), a member of the building's investment syndicate and a prominent civic leader.The six-story building used a structural steel frame, with a masonry facade and wood floor joists, fireproofed by cinder aggregate in the joist spaces. The exterior featured a sandstone storefront at street level, with a row of paired arched windows above. The top four floors were brick with paired sashes, the topmost pairs arched at the top. A plain, deeply overhanging cornice crowned the building. The main entrance was a deep arch at the center of the long elevation. The rear walls were common brick, plainly detailed. Heating was originally provided by potbelly stoves in each suite with flues in the building's columns.The McIntyre Building (1908-09), also in Salt Lake City, designed by architect Richard K. A. Kletting, has been asserted to be "the earliest and best example of Sullivanesque architecture in the state" besides the Dooly Building.