SALT LAKE CITY HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION

The Historic Landmark Commission (HLC) reviews all applications for landmark sites, demolition and new construction within locally-designated historic districts. They do not review interior work or exterior paint color, only exterior alterations. The majority of the projects presented to the HLC are either approved as submitted or with modifications.

Capitol Hill Extension: 2002

Listed in 2002, the Capitol Hill Extension boundary increase is in a Salt Lake City Redevelopment Agency (RDA) target area. Thus, depending on the project, property owners can make use of RDA funding and historic preservation tax credits. This boundary increase extends the locally designated Capitol Hill Historic District ten square blocks to the west and consists of 357 buildings. Though the neighborhood is significant as a logical extension of the original district, the boundary increase area is significant in its own right as a historical record of Salt Lake City's gradual development into an urban center from an agricultural outpost. Because of its proximity to the railroad and a major north-south road, its population included the very prosperous and the very poor. Professionals and immigrant labor lived and worked west of 200 West, and the architecture reflects this diversity.