National Register #70000632
ZCMI Cast Iron Front
15 South Main Street
Salt Lake City
Built 1876
ZCMI (Zions Cooperative Mercantile Association) was formed in 1868. By 1880, 156 branch stores reached into twenty-four
counties and 126 towns and cities.
In 1875, a committee chose this site for the Salt Lake City branch of the store. The land was purchased from Brigham
Young for $30,000.00. The building, reputed to be the first department store in America, opened for business in 1876.
The cost was $136,544. The architects were William H. Folsom and Obed Taylor. The structure is significant because
of its unusually well-maintained historic store front of cast iron.
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and accompanying photographs for the ZCMI Cast Iron Front.
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