Cate Equipment Company Office & Warehouse
Cate Equipment Company has served the construction, mining and industrial industries in the intermountain west since 1938. They provide new and used machine sales, rentals, parts, service, and repairs. In 1956 they commissioned Ashton, Evans & Brazier to build a new office and warehouse to replace their then-current headquarters building on 900 South in Salt…
Hotel Vernal
In the 1940s, there were two ways to cross Utah on a transcontinental trip: on the Lincoln Highway (US 30) through northern Utah or on US 40 through Vernal Utah. Vernal at that time had few accommodations. In fact, the Vernal newspaper reported about a national (?) broadcast recommending that tourists travel US 30, rather…
Kennecott Copper Research Center
For University of Utah President Ray Olpin, a post-war university had an obligation to more directly demonstrate its value to society. He believed that goal could be accomplished by transforming the university from a purely academic institution to one actively pursuing research that could impact the state’s economy. This vision materialized in the form of…