Oregon Shortline Railroad Company Building


The Oregon Shortline Railroad Company Building, at 126-140 Pierpont Ave. in Salt Lake City, Utah, was built in 1897–98. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
It is a complex of three buildings, connected and all two-storied. The west-most one, at 134-142 Pierpont, was the original Salt Lake High School.
It was architect Carl M. Neuhausen's first major commission, and its success greatly propelled his career.
Architecture: Renaissance
Other names: Armory Building;Western Newspaper Union Building
Historic function: Education; Transportation; Defense
Historic subfunction: Military Facility; School; Rail-related
Criteria: architecture/engineering